Great War Films

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there are some great battle scenes in Barry Lyndon, but there is no sense in which it is a war film.

DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 22 June 2003 18:47 (twenty years ago) link

I gather there is also a good film about Leonidas and the 300 Spartans fight at Thermopylae, but I have never seen it.

That'd be Frank Miller's 300 -- errr, this isn't I Love Comics, huh?

Leee (Leee), Monday, 23 June 2003 16:39 (twenty years ago) link

ten years pass...

anyone ever seen The Bridge at Remagen? (1969) George Segal, Ben Gazzara, only screenplay by Richard (Revolutionary Road) Yates, die by John Guillermin. Showing at Lincoln Ctr tnite.

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link

also great in this genre:

Fires on the Plain
Bitter Victory

Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link

speaking of bridges, my personal favorite is Die Brucke or 'The Bridge' - 1959 directed by Bernhard Wicki. It's pretty devastating but great. I saw it once 10 years ago but I think about it a lot.

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link

eleven months pass...

WWI films getting a workout at MoMA in NYC for the centennial of the Great War's start:

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1490

http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/antiwar-heroes-the-cinematic-legacy-of-world-war-i

son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link

three years pass...

anyone ever seen 1987's Vietnam-set Hamburger Hill? screening tomw in NYC

https://quadcinema.com/film/hamburger-hill/

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link

five years pass...

watching Dambusters and his dog is now called Trigger...

koogs, Saturday, 13 May 2023 19:19 (eleven months ago) link

I mean I'm not usually in favour of rewriting old stuff (cf. the recent roald dahl controversy) but maybe it's not always bad...

ledge, Saturday, 13 May 2023 20:03 (eleven months ago) link

it's not exactly a war movie that stands up with any of Rossilini's war trilogy, it's fucking shite!

calzino, Saturday, 13 May 2023 20:07 (eleven months ago) link

Any recommendations re Spanish Civil War?

sarahell, Saturday, 13 May 2023 20:31 (eleven months ago) link


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