Men’s Journal – “Combat as Home Movie”

The new Iraq war documentary Severe Clear features footage shot by a Marine who lived it, putting the viewer into the chaos like never before. Interview by Jordan Reed When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti and the rest of the 1st Battalion,...

Art Throb – Interview with Director Kristian Fraga

by Elias Andrinopoulos “Severe Clear”, the uncompromsing new documentary film from Sirk Producions, had it’s inception in 2004 when a young Marine, newly returned from combat, walked into NYU’s Tisch School of Film one fateful day. Heavy with a bag of DV tapes under...

The Record – “Soldiers’ story told from the front line”

Right before U.S. Marine First Lt. Mike Scotti left for Iraq in March 2003 as part of the first wave of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he bought a video camera. “I bought it right before I left San Diego,” says Scotti, a Colts Neck resident. “I think it was a Canon. I told...