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Article #183Re: Private Ryan
From: Donald Larsson
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 00:00
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John Gravener comments: > Also, the point, in my opinion, of an anti-war film is not the > possibility of one being hurt, maimed, or killed in war, BUT the > possibility of having to hurt, maim, or kill another human being. A > point not yet discussed here. > > Just my humble opinion. And this is rather a weakness of the film, I think, since the Germans by and large are not seen as "poor bastards trying to kill some other poor bastard so they won't be killed" (as Gen. Patton/Scott puts it). I have no brief for Bittberg revisionism, but why is the only German we see up close a parody of the Ubermensch stereotype? A film like MIDNIGHT CLEAR does a better job of exploring those complexities, not to mention DAS BOOT or even IRON CROSS. Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) larsson@Mail.Mankato.MSUS.EDU ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1056ca,a528d16cded05b4c X-Google-Attributes: gid1056ca,public From: Donald Larsson <donald.larsson@MANKATO.MSUS.EDU> Subject: Re: Private Ryan Date: 1998/09/18 Message-ID: <SIMEON.9809180821.A@AH229F.mankato.msus.edu> X-Deja-AN: 393326729 Sender: Film and TV Studies Discussion List <SCREEN-L@UA1VM.UA.EDU> Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU * References: <36003AE6.EDDAAC8@fda.net> Priority: NORMAL X-Authentication: IMSP Comments: ******************************************************** Approved-By: CHU001@BAMA.UA.EDU Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: larsson@Mail.Mankato.MSUS.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.screen-l