The Literal Cost of War: The Outpost
Even though a lot has been said about the obvious aspects of war on screen, there are still more nuanced comments to be...
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Saving Private Ryan: What Separates a Hero From a Bystander
As Americans, we know the stories, we’ve studied the events, we’ve seen the movies, we’ve argued over the history...
Expectation, Forgiveness, and Rebirth in Born on the Fourth of July
It probably is no surprise that we are choosing to discuss Oliver Stone’s 1989 master work Born on the Fourth of July...
The Meaningless Athleticism of 1917
The war film is about as old a genre as cinema is an art form It was a subject where there was always plentyof re...