Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by gware (D) on March 09, 2003 at 05:36:58

In Reply to: Re: "Sergeant York" and the American Way of Life posted by Bambi B on March 08, 2003 at 23:47:05:

Bambi,
that's an apt post mortem. It's a memorable film for some of the scenes as you describe, Gary Cooper does a good job of weaving the somewhat unusual character of York into a credible screen persona.
I had a Granduncle who survived WW1 France who'd secretly kept a diary; an offense punishable at that time by Court martial, and if found guilty, death by firing squad. He told me there were battle scenes so awful, he believed that had television existed as a medium at that time that that War would've been curtailed by public outcry from all sides.
My Granduncles diary was published and later adapted into a play.
I have never met anyone more ardently anti-war! Peckinpahs "Cross of Iron" is the best anti-war film I've seen; James Coburns Sgt. Steiner as the battle weary vet and my Granduncle would've understood each other well
There's a great Antiwar scene in "The People vs Larry Flint" when he's questioning the morality of the media publishing scenes of Vietnam while he's being persecuted for printing nudity; slides of victims of war are being projected while he's making his point
That's a sleeper of a film, and probably more relevant now than when it was released
Eric
Tokyo