Unexplained Cinema: Battle

Monday, August 23, 2010

Battle

6 comments:

Felix Gonzalez, Jr. said...: Excellent post. I remember watching this film in a history class in high school. Most of the students in the class weren't accustomed to watching films from the 1930s, but we were all pretty startled by this moment.; August 23, 2010 11:58 PM
Greg said...: The first time I ever saw that it startled me too. Lewis Milestone does a tremendous job throughout the battle sequences at creating a hellish, filthy, unrelenting environment.; August 24, 2010 11:43 PM
Just Another Film Buff said...: Haven't seen the film yet, but the limbs just take over the entire image towards the end. I mean, it almost seems stuck on the image, obscuring the other elements...

Cheers!; August 26, 2010 12:56 AM
Greg said...: Milestone does a very good job with the film in visual terms. The battle scenes are so well done because he does tend to take a large, cratered battlefield and focus the viewer in on one aspect of it.; August 26, 2010 8:15 AM
Arbogast said...: That guy's going to be okay, right?; August 28, 2010 11:27 AM
Greg said...: Well, sure, I mean, I assume the body just grows back.; August 28, 2010 12:19 PM