Full-on Full Battle Rattle

Ask and you shall receive, as Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber found out. The directors of Full Battle Rattle were granted full access from the military to a simulated Iraq in the Mojave Desert where troops go to prepare for the real war in Iraq. The film is a fascinating mix between real and fake, serious and funny, and moves from surrealism to comedy to tragedy. With its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, the film has come to the Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival by way of SXSW, and has been lauded all along the way.