the Fall of the black falcon is a film American, left in 2001 and carried out by Ridley Scott.

It is based on the book Black Hawk Down: In Story off Modern War of Mark Bowden, documentary reporting the Engagements of Mogadiscio of the October 3rd and 4th 1993 during which eighteen American soldiers and several hundreds of Somali found death.

Synopsis

In October 1993, in Somalia, the civil war causes a famine in the civil population. The forces of UNO are attacked by a faction directed by the general Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The Americans send to a unit of special forces made up members of the Delta Forces, of the Rangers and the 160th SOAR (A) having for mission of stopping Aidid. Fault of being able to find Aidid in person, the unit is caught some with its lieutenants.

The October 3rd 1993, a Somali indicator reveals the meeting holding of rebellious members of the faction close to the market of Bakara. The special forces launch a héliporté raid, the operators of the Delta Force must capture rebellious leaders, Rangers being charged to cover them. But the operation, which was to proceed in thirty minutes, turns badly when the militia of the faction of Aidid counter-attack and cut down two helicopters Black Hawk literally (: “black falcon”).

Data sheet

  • French Title: the Fall of the black falcon
  • original Title: Black Hawk Down

  • Realization: Ridley Scott

  • Scenario: Mark Bowden (delivers original), Ken Nolan (scenario)

  • Coming out date: 2001 (the United States)

  • American Film
  • Format: 2.40:1
  • Kind: film of war
  • Lasted: 144 minutes
  • Film made to Salted with the Morocco (districts Kariat Oulad Foamed and Sidi Moussa)

Distribution

Concerning film

It was reproached Ridley Scott for carrying out a propaganda film. The assistance provided by the US army as councils and materials can support this thesis. However one can express some doubts on this aspect. Would be this only by the covered subject, which clearly shows an American defeat due to too much arrogance, and a too great confidence in their technological potential.

The speeches allotted to the soldiers, in particular that of the Delta force Norm Gibson (played by Eric Bana) is contrary to a patriotic speech or propagandist: “We do that for our buddies”, thus replaçant film at the purely human level, without political considerations. At least concerning the “American” side.

Political dimension, and possibly critical, is rather allotted to the “enemies”. To note a remark placed in the mouth of a “rebel”: “You them American, you cling to names. You think that by eliminating a person, you will regulate the problem. But you do not understand that if it falls, several are ready to take its place” which is to be brought closer to the American policy with respect to Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein where the American authorities seem to cling to a name rather than to regulate a situation, otherwise more complex.

Before the credits of end, some historical explanations are to be brought closer to this sentence: the general Mohamed Farrah Aidid dies in 1996, but the civil war does not stop therefore. This accredits this idea of the futility of the American action at the time of the battle of Mogadiscio.

External bonds

  • '' the Fall of the black falcon '' on Internet Movie Database

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