Next in our mini-fundraising series of films from 1956 is what I consider to be the second greatest film of that fine year in cinema history: The Burmese Harp, directed by Kon Ichikawa. Of all the many great films made about World War II, this...
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Lino Ventura in Army of Shadows. ÊPhoto courtesy Rialto Pictures I have talked a good bit about the films of World War II and when I did my slightly flawed.
In the early 1940s, Billy Wilder was the new hot director in Hollywood. The Major and the Minor was very well received when it was released in 1942 and some.
Last night I threw on the Dick Powell-directed World War II film from 1957, The Enemy Below. I figured this would be a standard WWII procedural. Robert Mitchum is the captain of an American destroyer. Curt Jürgens is the commander of a German sub. And...
This is a pretty interesting World War II infantry training film. See, an American takes two Japanese soldiers hostage. He's furious that they killed so many of his men. But.
Most of my familiarity with Paul Muni is with Scarface, in which he does a great job and uses an accent that was far more immigrant-English focused that anything else.
World War II did not lead to a wave of great literature, especially given its overwhelming importance in the twentieth century. But it sure led to a wave of great film. Perhaps no other event has so dominated global film. Some of this is of...