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To: shadowman who wrote (102429)	9/17/2005 12:32:16 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 132070

Hi shadowman; I think the movie could have been improved if they'd had slow motion photography of several different varieties of automatic weapons firing. If I recall, they only showed you the mechanism of the AK-47 which is gas operated. I would have liked to see the comparison with a recoil operated weapon and one that fires from the open bolt. It turns out that the movie was made with the assistance of arms dealers because it was cheaper to borrow 5000 real AK-47s then to borrow enough props. The critics are panning it, but I don't think that they get the point, except this one, maybe: The screenwriter for "Lord of War," Andrew Niccol, lavishes a great deal of time and many words building a case against guns; unfortunately, the film's director, who also happens to be Mr. Niccol, enjoys playing with toy guns. His words may say no, but his overworked, overslick visual style says lock and load, baby. nytimes.com It was filmed in the Czech Republic, South Africa and, I think, New York city. -- Carl