KSubzero1000 wrote: ↑December 28th, 2018, 12:35 am I watched House of Saddam, a BBC/HBO co-production mini-series about the rise and fall of the former Iraqi dictator.
It bears most of the flaws of the made-for-TV format: The production values are rather low, it's sometimes noticeable that the actors only had a limited number of takes to perfect their scenes, and the writing suffers from the same low-rent-Godfather syndrome that the vast majority of western scripts involving violent patriarchal structures have had for the past 40+ years. But I found it rather interesting for the most part, if only because it tries to show a (mostly) local perspective on his reign and family dynamics. Not outstanding in any way, but definitely worth watching if you're interested in pseudo-documentary fiction.
I’ve been thinking about watching this. After hearing your thoughts I’m gonna jump in.