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On Death and Dying or Why War Movies Teach us a Buddhist Lesson
Without any doubt there will be death and dying in a war movie. As a cultural anthropologist it often struck me how different other cultures handle death. In a society like ours, in which death is a...
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101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die (2009)
101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die (2009) is a very nicely done reference book, part of a whole series of 101 or 1001 movies you must see before you die books. Picture books actually. It’s...
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Vietnam War Movies by Jamie Russell (2002)
This useful little book is one of the pocketessential film series books. It´s dedicated to Vietnam War Movies only. The movies are ordered by themes: Combat Movie The Green Berets, The Boys in Company...
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Under Fire: A Century of War Movies, edited by Jay Slater (2009)
Under Fire is simply a must-have for people seriously interested in war movies or even movies in general. It contains a collection of essays on all sorts of topics regarding war movies, from WWI to...
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To Remake or Not to Remake: e.g. All Quiet on the Western Front, Psycho,...
We have been flooded by a recent wave of remakes (Fame, Predators, …) some of which seem redundant to say the least. I do not think it does make any sense to remake a movie that is fairly recent and to...
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Quote from Joseph Kessel´s Account of the French Resistance L´armée des...
The following short quotes are taken from the introduction to Joseph Kessel´s book on the French Resistance L´armée des ombres aka The Army of Shadows. The introduction written by the author himself...
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The Truce aka La tregua (1997) or Primo Levi´s Odyssey from Auschwitz back home
The late Italian writer Primo Levi was one of 650 Italian Jews who were deported to Auschwitz. He was one of only five to survive. All of his life he suffered of survivor´s guilt and feelings of shame...
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Filmgenres Kriegsfilm (2006) A Very Good German Book on War Movies
I know this is not of great importance to the majority of my readers who might not read German, still I feel it is important for those few who do to inform them about this book that is one of the best...
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First Light (2010 TV) A TV Movie Based on the Memoir of a Spitfire Pilot
Geoffrey Wellum was only 18 when he joined the 92 squadron of the RAF in May 1940. He was one of the youngest pilots. He flew over 50 missions during 18 months, all through the Battle of Britain and...
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Jakob the Liar (1999)
Movies based on books are often problematic. Even more so when the book is a masterpiece. Jurek Becker’s wonderful novel Jakob der Lügner aka Jakob the Liar is a masterpiece. It’s a touching and very...
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