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In Reply to: Memorable War Movies posted by AudioHead on September 03, 1999 at 13:17:55:
You should certainly add the Paths of Glory to that list. If you open your search wider and include the European ones, then such gems as Das Boot must be included too.On a less traditional note, I would also consider a masterpiece Seven Beauties definitely amont the best war movies ever made.
And.... my current favorite... easily one of the best... The Forbidden Games.
As far as the Saving Private Ryan... I din't realize how awful it was until I saw the Thin Red Line. While the TRL is not a masterpiece, it is also not full of phony offensive junk. If the TRL is simply a weak cheap coffee, then Saving is a cheap coffee with a very definite smell of unine in it.
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Haven't seen the movies you mentioned, but remember that "Paths of Glory"
was early Kubrick; have read good things about Das Boot, believe it won
a Cannes Film Festival Award once; "The Forbidden Games" is that domestic
or foreign? Also, never saw "Patton", did you? - AH
***Haven't seen the movies you mentioned, but remember that "Paths of Glory"
was early Kubrick; have read good things about Das Boot, believe it won
a Cannes Film Festival Award once; "The Forbidden Games" is that domestic
or foreign?It is French, 1956 I believe, by Rene Clement. It may not fit the standard definition of a war movie, but it is one of the greatest.
***Also, never saw "Patton", did you?
Ye, but long ago and don't remember being impressed. Generally, movies based in facts or biographies tend to be weak in the artistic department. Apparently, one can concentrate on either facts or artistic means, and the two approaches are orthogonal if not opposite.
Victor
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