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Men in War – 1957 Anthony Mann
- Starts off with a strong opening tracking shot along a well-worn battle field
- Solid Bernstein score
- Very detailed blocked, stacked faces like a Bergman film, stacked along vehicles here- lots of foreground/background work here
- Feels like a horror film at times- the film’s narrative is essentially a group of men making’s way up a very treacherous road and Mann shoots often through the trees from the Korean perspective – it feels very claustrophobic- almost like a submarine film
- Aldo Ray and Robert Ryan are great here- both aptly cast playing badasses
- The mountain landscape/hill set piece to end the film is perfect for mann’s exploration of depth of field
- Hard boiled and pessimistic
- Border top 10 film of 1957
- Recommend / Highly Recommend
Drake2020-02-21T16:07:33+00:00
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