A war film either glorifies war or denounces it. A good one does neither. It follows one person to the end. Three descend. Do not start the next thing right after. Leave one night empty. 1. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) — The farther up the river, the more the terror is people rather than war. 2. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998) — Twenty minutes on a beach changed what a war film had to be. 3. Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (Kang Je-gyu, 2004) — Two brothers stand on opposite sides of the same war. The Iliad begins with wrath and ends with a funeral.

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Question:“On war films”

On war films

A war film either glorifies war or denounces it. A good one does neither. It follows one person to the end.

Three descend. Do not start the next thing right after. Leave one night empty.

Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)The farther up the river, the more the terror is people rather than war.
Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)Twenty minutes on a beach changed what a war film had to be.
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (Kang Je-gyu, 2004)Two brothers stand on opposite sides of the same war.

The Iliad begins with wrath and ends with a funeral.