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072: January 2005
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'1917' Is this the 'film of the year' or a 'turkey'?
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The hype around the new Sam Mendes film '1917' is building up. The film is due to be released in the UK on 10 January. Below is a long 'trailer' which WFA members may find interesting. (Hint: try watching in full-screen mode if you are viewing this on a desktop. To view in full-screen more, after pressing 'play' - click the icon in the bottom r...
1917: Right Story, Wrong Location
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The following piece, by military historian Andrew Rawson discusses the location implied in the new film '1917'. I am no fan of the majority of modern World War I films, because errors and inconsistencies with the facts irritate me. However, they do bring pleasure to a great many and even introduce new people to this important period of history....
Truth in the Telling: A Review of 1917
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There is much to write about the film 1917. But in the interest of those prospective cinema-goers who will journey to the trenches for Sam Mendes’ ode to his grandfather (Rifleman Alfred Mendes M.M., 1st Rifle Brigade, 4th Division), I will do my best, for now, to say little. The problem is one of expectations. Some audience members have made t...
Filming All Quiet on the Western Front by Andrew Kelly
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I.B. Taurus, 1998. Price unknown. ISBN 86064 000 0. Erich Maria Remarque's extraordinary novel All Quiet on the Western Front invariably leaves a deep and lasting impression. 600,000 copies were sold across the world within three months of its publication in January 1929. Though not the first war film to be made, Lewis Milestone's film of the...
FILM REVIEW : All Quiet on the Western Front
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This article by Prof. Stephen Badsey first appeared in the December issue of Bulletin 123. This is the first ever German film to be based on Erich Maria Remarque’s bestselling novel of 1928 Im Westen nichts Neues, better known as All Quiet on the Western Front through its Hollywood adaptation in 1930, directed by Lewis Milestone. (There was...
Film Review : All Quiet on the Western Front reviewed by Major General David T. Zabecki, U.S. Army (Ret’d)
[This article first featured in edition No.123 of Bulletin (page 48). Members received this, our in-house magazine three times a year and Stand To! our journal, four times a year]. The new German remake of All Quiet on the Western Front is an excellent movie-right up until the final half hour. Then it goes off the rails. The period work is spo...
Blizzard of Souls - a Latvian film set during the First World War directed by Dzintars Dreibergs
‘Blizzard of Souls,’ a Latvian film directed by Dzintars Dreibergs and based on the novel by Aleksandrs Grīns, offers a poignant and gripping portrayal of the First World War from the perspective of a young Latvian soldier. As a history enthusiast with a keen interest in the Great War, this film captivated me with its storytelling and provided a...