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Posted Monday, May 14th, 2012 - 4 Comments »

Peter Berg Blows Up His BATTLESHIP In Israeli TV Interview MNSFW (1’34″)

“What the fuck is going to happen in Israel? What’s the nickname for Benjamin, what do you guys call him? You got Bibi, and who’s his Secretary of Defense, the Defense Minister? You have two men that are now dictating the policy towards Iran. It’s a real mess, because you’ve gotta decide whether it’s better to allow Iran to be armed, and whether a nuclear Iran is less of a threat than an attacked Iran. If you attack Iran now, they’re gonna fight you back, right? There’s gonna be blood. Israelis will die, right? No question. Would you rather take that now, or let them get a nuclear bomb. It’s the most serious issue facing our planet today.  More so than the movie Battleship, which I’m very excited to have directed, I love Rihanna, she’s a great actress, did a wonderful job in the film, my Dad was a Navy historian… Have you been in the Israeli army? What? How’d you get out of that, are you a draft dodger? You gotta join the army, motherfucker! How’d you get out of that?” [Via reader JR74.]

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4 Responses to “Peter Berg Blows Up His BATTLESHIP In Israeli TV Interview MNSFW (1’34″)”

  1. Not David Bordwell says:
    May 14, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    WOW, he is one lucid drunk. That’s gotta be it, right?

    Right?!?

  2. Ray Pride says:
    May 14, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Maybe it’s just jetlag? Or the “two extra drinks OK on plane rule”?

  3. Eliram says:
    May 14, 2012 at 10:41 pm

    His interview didn’t seem to go too well, but I found this amusing because he succeeded in touching upon a very sensitive personal topic for his interviewer.
    In Israeli society, military service is very important, and someone who hasn’t served most often feels embarrassed about it. (Most often the reasons for not getting drafted are mental and serious physical health problems, a criminal background, a very-religious lifestyle, or extreme family/financial issues).

  4. Not David Bordwell says:
    May 15, 2012 at 10:18 am

    What’s surreal is that Berg is treating the entertainment reporter like he’s the Israeli Mike Wallace (RIP) for what should be a standard-issue junket-style segment… and the obviously shellshocked interviewer finally snaps out of his stupefaction when he realizes that both his patrimony and his patriotism have been called into question by a guy who just called him a “motherfucker.”

    “We are not having this conversation,” indeed!

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