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re: What World War II films do you consider "essential" viewing?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:29 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:29 am to RollTide1987
Fair enough, difference of opinions.
I loved Letters of Iwo Jima. But didn't enjoy Flags of Our Fathers.
I loved Letters of Iwo Jima. But didn't enjoy Flags of Our Fathers.
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Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:30 am to RollTide1987
Well everyone knows I love noir so I'll recommend a few non-Hitchcock WWII noir thrillers.
Hangmen Also Die!
The Small Back Room
Man Hunt
Ministry of Fear
Green for Danger
And one of my favorite WWII movies that doesn't really have any battle scenes in it.
A Matter of Life and Death
Hangmen Also Die!
The Small Back Room
Man Hunt
Ministry of Fear
Green for Danger
And one of my favorite WWII movies that doesn't really have any battle scenes in it.
A Matter of Life and Death
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:30 am to RollTide1987
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in order to understand the conflict from a cinematic perspective
Sorry ... I missed this part.
Never mind.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:30 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:30 am to navy
quote:Entertaining film. But it's definitely not essential viewing.
Might want to add that U-Boat movie with Matt McC and Harvey Keitel.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:39 am to Baloo
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Yeah, I think Flags of Our Fathers is one of the greatest WWII movies probably because it is so unconcerned with mythmaking. In fact, it punctures the myth and shows them as people.
Never saw the movie but the book was great and if you liked that aspect of the movie I would really suggest reading the book
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:40 am to etm512
How can you leave out Windtalkers??!?1
J/K, that and Fury were two of the biggest wastes of 2 hours in my life.
Fury was god awful.
J/K, that and Fury were two of the biggest wastes of 2 hours in my life.
Fury was god awful.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:45 am to RollTide1987
I don't know if it is 'essential,' but Solider of Orange directed by Verhoeven is a fantastic Dutch WW2 film.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:47 am to RollTide1987
I know people don't seem to care much for the Pacific relative to BoB but I think it did a good job of making war not seem "glamorous"
I wish there were some better films about the epic battles / war the Soviets and the Germans were having on the Eastern front.
I wish there were some better films about the epic battles / war the Soviets and the Germans were having on the Eastern front.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:51 am to RollTide1987
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RollTide1987
I agree with all of the films you listed, and Patton is probably my second favorite film, overall, so I agree with that endorsement, highly.
At a minimum, though, I think you should add:
12 O'Clock High (the definitive USAF war film)
The Best Years of Our Lives (from a critical standpoint, as good as any film there is on the war, possibly excepting Patton, Schindler and SPR)
Judgment at Nuremberg (also one of the best courtroom dramas in film history - giving you 2 for 1)
When Trumpets Fade (excellent, underrated modern infantry platoon/squad level film)
Sands of Iwo Jima (the Duke was in The Longest Day - the Duke WAS Sands of Iwo Jima)
I'm struggling for a definitive film on the bomb, and I guess it would be Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) - it cannot be omitted from an essential list.
Not a film, but Band of Brothers would be highly recommended.
Non-fictional material abounds and much of it is good, but "essential" would be British television's World at War, that ran from 1973 to 1974. Of similar importance is U.S. television's Victory at Sea series, 1952-1953.
(ETA: Mrs. Midnight's favorite war film is Kelly's Heroes - so honorable mention to that, and to What Did You Do in the War Daddy? and Catch-22)
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 10:55 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:52 am to STLhog
Flags of Our Fathers ... liked the book ... did not really like the movie.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:55 am to Ace Midnight
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Non-fictional material abounds and much of it is good, but "essential" would be British television's World at War, that ran from 1973 and 1974. Of similar importance is U.S. television's Victory at Sea series, 1952-1953.
Seemed like there was anothe one on History called "Rise & Fall of the Third Reich" or something to that effect.
For entertainment ... as an aside ... I recommend the audio version of "The Book Thief" ... simply oustanding.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:55 am to RollTide1987
The Pianist
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:57 am to Tubedog13
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Tubedog13
Beat me to it.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:58 am to etm512
I love the book, too. In fact, I read the book first which I agree, is even better.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:59 am to RollTide1987
Besides the one's mentioned. A Walk In The Sun, and Battleground are a couple of my favorite ones.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:02 am to navy
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Might want to add that U-Boat movie with Matt McC and Harvey Keitel.
Ah yes, that movie that is so essential you can't even think of the name of it.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:08 am to REG861
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I don't know if it is 'essential,' but Solider of Orange directed by Verhoeven is a fantastic Dutch WW2 film.
This is an excellent film.
Soldaat van Oranje is required viewing in most/all Dutch schools.
It shows all the angles of the war in the Netherlands- German invasion, those who fled to England, those who were in the Resistance, those who collaborated, those who didnt get involved, liberation, etc.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:09 am to STLhog
quote:Fury was a good film.
Fury were two of the biggest wastes of 2 hours in my life.
Fury was god awful.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:09 am to RollTide1987
The Thin Red Line.
People need to understand the greatness that is Terrence Malick
People need to understand the greatness that is Terrence Malick
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