As the world continues to follow the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in myanmar, condemnation has been put on the burmese authorities for not doing more to protect them from attacks from buddhist militants. My guest today is acclaimed swiss film director barbet schroeder, whose latest documentary is about an influential Buddhist Monk in myanmar who uses strong anti muslim rhetoric in his speeches and writings. Barbet schroeder has made the subject of evil the focus of many of his documentaries and films. He has worked in hollywood and europe and has been directing films for nearly 50 years. What has he learned about the nature of evil . Barbet schroeder, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You said in 1990 that evil is more interesting than good. Are you obsessed with evil . No, im not obsessed. As a filmmaker, i think it is more interesting because it gives complexities to the characters. And evil is human, unfortunately. It is a part of humanity. There is no other way. I dont believe it i
The cia seal is a piece everyone sees as a first come into the lobby. Some people do not like to walk across it. Some people will walk around it. You see museums filmed in the movies filmed in the lobby, people crossing the seal. It was an interesting piece, in designed by the same group that designed the tomb of the unknown soldier. It has the eagle. Our nations symbol of vigilance, the eagle. Everybody here works for the president of the United States. We carry on our badge is the great seal of the United States. If you look at the great seal, you see an eagle with its wings spread. It is called an eagle rampant in heraldic terms. The eagle holds the all in branch of peace. And the 13 arrows for war for the original 13 colonies. During world war ii, a war eagle looked to the left, to those arrows. After the war, president truman decided we would no longer project a bellicose image. Truman had the eagle flipped. Postwar, our eagle looked to the right, in an advancing position, to the
Through this entrance, every knew agent so i officer takes their oath of office here in this lobby in front of 107 of our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tom
Our fallen officers commemorated on the wall of honor, they have walked across the agency, sealed out morning to take their place in the lobby and the father of Central Intelligence is watching over their shoulder as they begin their career for the Central Intelligence agency in our nation. Were standing close to a sculpture of wild bill donovan, the father of Central Intelligence, donovan was tapped by president roosevelt in 1942 to head the office of Strategic Services. Established by president roosevelt to coordinate information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tomb of the unknown soldiers. Its our nations symbol of vij lengs, the eagle. Everybody here at the cia works for the pre
Information intelligence with the war growing overseas. The single star behind us commemorates the loss of 116 ossers who the cia seal is something everyone sees as they come into the office, some people dont want to cross it, some want to walk around it. But you have seen movies filmed here in the lobby. It was designed by the crew that designed the tomb of the unknown soldiers. Its our nations symbol of vij lengs, the eagle. Everybody here at the cia works for the president of the United States, were an executive agency and we all carry on our badges the great seal of the United States, if you look at the great seal, youll see a different kind of eagle, an eagle with its wings spread, and the eagle in its right taleons old the olive branch of peace. During world war 2, our country us played what was called a war eagle. After the war it was president truman who decided we would no longer project a bellicose image and had the eagle flipped. Our eagle looks to the right, in the advancin