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Oh boy, this film is a masterpiece in almost every aspect. The narration (done with original sound recordings by actual WW1 veterans) is just perfect. The last
by lqet 8y ago
Oh boy, this film is a masterpiece in almost every aspect. The narration (done with original sound recordings by actual WW1 veterans) is just perfect. The last third of the movie, where death becomes a regular, almost trivial annoyance, left a haunting impression on me. At the end of the film, one of the narrators describes the minutes after the truce: most of the men could not grasp the fact that they could now stand upright without dying immediately.
- blueadept111 8y ago>minutes after the truce: most of the men could not grasp the fact that they could now stand upright without dying immediately. But seriously, would you be the first to stand up, when the last guy that did it was mowed down?
- retSava 8y agoInteresting sidetrack here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroo_Onoda > was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender in August 1945. After the war ended Onoda spent 29 years holding out in the Philippines