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In Reply to: Man, tin... "Come And See' is a brutal film. posted by sjb on May 8, 2007 at 07:53:48:
I've been wanting to watch it again after it was brought up recently, but I can't make myself. It's hard to get into the mood to watch something that uncomfortable.The way the boy stares blankly into the camera is almost harder to watch than most of the violence.
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"The way the boy stares blankly into the camera is almost harder to watch than most of the violence."That and the girl after the truckload of Nazi's is through with her... man!!
Yes, that last bit with the girl is the most disturbing of the whole thing. I get a sick feeling just thinking about it.Both of those kid actors did a hell of a job with some heavy material, no doubt.
for his role, he's literally sleep walking his way through most of it
I'd describe Come and See as the most powerful Anti-war film as it doesn't glorify the characters or their situation ( not the usual jingoistic dapper chaps doing daring deeds *rubbish* that constitutes war films )The Winter War ( Finnish film, Pekka Parikka dir. ) also falls into the same ( rare ) category of believability, I see Amazon have this on DVD, + concerns the earlier Russian invasion of Finland
Finland 1, Russia 0Grins
I was thinking about picking that one up next...Also good is "The Red & The White" by Miklos Jancso. Not quite as graphic as "Come & See", but it explores the same thematic vein...
but well worth seeing; be warned, the original European VHS of Talvisota is 70 minutes *longer* than the DVD; that will undoubtedly compromise the film and the storyBefore I saw Come and See, Talvisota was my #1 war film, if anything Talvisota is a more evenly paced film than Come and See where the 1st 1/2 of the film nothing much happens....
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