Scent of a Madman

(New York Times) - An intriguing and bizarre documentary, "Uncle Saddam," by the French journalist Joel Soler, paints Saddam as the genocidal Jerry Seinfeld. He gasses the Kurds without flinching and murders his relatives without twitching. But when it comes to personal hygiene, the guy is extremely fastidious - a clean freak who craves dirty bombs. He also loves to go grenade fishing. Aides in scuba gear retrieve the catch.


2002-09-02 00:00:00

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