Snow Days

This is the Station from the secret section of 'Crocodiles' but almost exactly six months later. Pretty weird.
As snow has us bound in our respective homes/huts/shelters/holes, here's a few summaries of storylines in 'House of War'.

All tales revolve around the draft, imagining we'll be in that moment of crisis again (or not...). We don't want to make a partizan film at the cost of caricature; but nor do we want to falsely (these adverbs are important) try for BBC impartiality/ presenting both sides of the argument. Part of the point of this project (on a narrative level) is to sidestep that facile thought that there are two sides to every question. This 'question' is in reality several different questions, and there are many sides to each one. Something like the democratic process. So, the point of all these debates, discussions and feeling out of territory is not to 'find the answer' or ratify anybody's opinions, but to find areas of truth and uncertainty and explore them.

Here are some storylines we are batting back and forth at the moment:

A couple do not wish to join the fight. The young woman gets pregnant. The young man gets drafted. The young woman decides to enlist alongside him. So what about the pregnancy?

A young man runs away into the woods, (falsely?) believing he's safe, but pressure is put on his family, only some of whom support his stance.

A young man flees the country. His goodbyes and the arduous trip.

A young child's view of his father's draft or enlistment.

A group of anti-war slackers passivly avoid turning up for their convocation. they find out that passive resistance isn't so easy.

A person not at risk of being drafted, enlists. Reasons and reactions.

Actual veterans from previous wars are interviewed in a relaxed way about their decisions and regrets. Somewhere between fiction and documentary.

These are our elements on this 13th of December. Now, watch 'Elephant'.