I couldn't help myself. I was drawn by adorable, intriguing Audrey Tautou. By the idea of Silas, a "hulking" Albino monk, as portrayed by a thin, rage-filled Paul Bettany. By Tom Hanks' mullet.

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Why do we fight?

Eugene Jarecki wondered enough to make a film, Why We Fight, about it. I saw it this weekend at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe.

The film presented an impressive collage of news footage and interviews with high-level players in the fedral government, the military, watchdog organizations and others.

Despite the adroit editing, I felt disappointed. Where was the new information? Where were the facts I hadn't read about in the news or on the Web?

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