# Contra versus Contra

In "Contra vs. Contra," Devin Monnens mixes Konami's Contra and historical footage related to the Iran-Contra affair to create a piece that mixes video art and political commentary. A provocative use of videogame footage. -- HEL "I label Contra vs Contra as an experimental documentary. It's main purpose is to provide information on Iran-Contra but to also illustrate the degrees to which we take war so lightly - at times as frivolous, as a game. There are also references to cheating in games (such as the Konami Code) and the use of tool-assisted speedruns is sometimes contested; these too have relations to Oliver North's destruction of evidence and forging of documents and his treatment of the whole thing as a game." -- Devin Monnens

- Kind: Cartoon
- Year: 2007
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: Monnens, Devin
- Genres: Animation
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ContraVsContra)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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