Letters from Iwo Jima 7.5/10 The main obstacle to engaging with Clint Eastwood’s admirable ‘Letters From Iwo Jima‘ is the saturation of battle imagery in modern cinema. This is a front-line war film which, while dealing with notions of memory, compassion, cowardice and honour, takes place largely on the battlefield. From the misguidedly mawkish ‘Saving [...]
Letters from Iwo Jima – Clint Eastwood
June 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Film
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Apocalypse Now Redux – Francis Ford Coppola
September 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Film
If it ain’t broke… 6/10 The trend of the director’s cut has long become a dubious exercise in profit-making. Hilariously, a quick Amazon search of ‘director’s cut’ reveals extended edits of such dizzying filmmaking classics as Troy, The Chronicles of Riddick, Daredevil and Welcome to the Jungle! And for the few good examples that I [...]
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