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Your favourite World War 1 film...

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Sir Calumn

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This one is two days early due to me being on holiday from tommorow til next Saturday, will get back to normal after that.

World War 1 is the genre this week, as usual you just have to vote for your favourites from the list of ten above and back it up with a post explaining your choice if you wish too. Also feel free to post if you notice anything missing, but once I have explained its absence or apologised for forgetting it please do not continue to mention it.
 
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KingPaulV

Starting XI
Not much to say about All Quiet, the book is a literary must-read so, and the movie catches World War I's atmosphere perfectly...gloomy
 
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::shinji::

Min
Paths of Glory and All Quiet are my faves from that list (admittedly I've only seen like half the films up there) I kina liked Gallipoli too, but I thought it ended kinda abruptly..
 
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PhiLLer

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Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement, english title) is also a brilliant WWI film. Although it's more of a story set in WWI, still excellent though.
 
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Frostwolf

Starting XI
I've only seen Gallipoli and All Quiet on the Western Front. Gallipoli in history class (H)

And I thought both movies were great.
 
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Sir Calumn

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PhiLLer said:
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement, english title) is also a brilliant WWI film. Although it's more of a story set in WWI, still excellent though.
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I really didnt enjoy that film at all, in my opinion Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the most overated directors ever, there are so many better arthouse directors but because he is the only one to really make it to mainstream he is the one everyone raves about.

Anyway, I voted for Cross of Iron because I thought it was a superbly powerful film and showed the first world war from a perspective never before done, plus it was brilliantly acted and superbly directed by legend Sam Peckinpah. I also love Paths of Glory though and it was a tough choice between the two.
 
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Virgo

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Jeunet is surely among the best directors in the world regarding camera work and the best in film esthetics. You could argue that that's the work of the Art Director but he's had more than one Art Directors over the years and his movies always look awesome. If you can't see what I mean watch Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children. The world he creates is just unmatchable, especially if you think 10-15 years ago CGI was not what it is today and was barely used if used at all.

I tell you I don't care much for his movies because the plot and dialog are usually thick and boring, but I can't have issues with his direction, because he's the best around.
 
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Sir Calumn

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Virgo said:
Jeunet is surely among the best directors in the world regarding camera work and the best in film esthetics. You could argue that that's the work of the Art Director but he's had more than one Art Directors over the years and his movies always look awesome. If you can't see what I mean watch Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children. The world he creates is just unmatchable, especially if you think 10-15 years ago CGI was not what it is today and was barely used if used at all.

I tell you I don't care much for his movies because the plot and dialog are usually thick and boring, but I can't have issues with his direction, because he's the best around.
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I disagree, I think that Jeunet is only thought of like that because he is the only arthouse director to make it to the public eye. I've seen Amelie, A Very Long Engagement and Delicatessan and while the artistic direction is better than most mainstream films out there, it is very mediocre compared to the great arthouse films in my collection. The likes of Bergman, Fellini, Antonioni, Vigo, Renoir, Greenaway, Taviani, Bieniex, Kurosawa, Visconti, Tavernier, Stoppard, Olmi, Kiarostami and Schlondorff all make him look like an amateur. Jeunet just happens, by shear luck, to be the one that gets seen.
 
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Sir Calumn

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You're completely blanking, it's set in the trenches of World War 1.
 
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Virgo

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Cross of Iron (1977)
The film opens with a squad of seasoned German soldiers, led by a disillusioned but skilled sergeant, on a patrol on the Russian front in WWII. They return to base to find a new commander, a traditional Prussian officer who wants only one thing from his command - An Iron Cross to maintain his family honour. The scene is set for a graphic portrayal of the horrors of war and of the conflict between two men of differing backgrounds.


funny that someone voted for it too :D
 
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Sir Calumn

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Really? Damnit I really thought it was WW1. This is one poll ****up I am willing to take abuse for :D
 
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Sir Calumn

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I'm just gonna stick all the others in 'Other Wars'. I doubt there even are 10 films about the American Civil War.
 
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