Paths of Glory
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Movie Reviews of Paths of Glory
Movie Review: Paths of Glory is another Kubrick Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Kirk Douglas defends 3 men on trial for their lives during World War One.Film is great on all levels.Most of film does not take place on battlefield, but back in the rear.It is more of a study of one aspect of war rather than just the overrall fighting.Its focus is on the ethics of warfare.Macready(General Moreau) orders his own artillery to fire on his own men in order to get them to take the ant hill.The men refuse to advance because German fire too intense(it is a meat grinder beyond no-mans land).Now, 3 men are chosen as examples(to be tried and then executed for cowardice in the line of duty).Excellent, well-acted film is brilliant.(Look for Kubrick's wife at the end of film as German girl singing to French Troops in a particularly moving scene).Movie Review: An appropriate study of ethics in politics and government.
Summary: 5 Stars
Although set in the environment of a war movie, this screenplay is more appropriately a psycholigical study of how government really works. Unfortunately, there are fewer in government like Colonel Dax. Politicians are more apt to protect their own skins at the expense of their ethics and the welfare of the citizenary. As a retired Federal employee and analyst with 33 years of experience in Washington, DC, I consider myself well qualifed to comment.
Unfortunately, politicians are more interested in protecting their own position than the welfare of the public. If the public benefits, that is considered "extra."
The novel and the movie could have easily been set in the White House and the current situation in Iraq.
Movie Review: KO
Summary: 5 Stars
I just got done watching a
FANTASTIC movie. And I don't use that
word lightly. It's PATHS OF GLORY,
one of S.Kubrick's early ones. It's a knockout.
Really fantastic writing.
While I was watching it, I started
thinking about Tarantino, because his
last one was also a war movie. I
really like his films, too, but really
couldn't give a dead rat for
Inglorious Basterds, and hadn't
figured out why I was so underwhelmed
by it, especially when most of my
friends seemed to like it. Watching
PATHS OF GLORY, it all became very clear
to me.
Movie Review: Kubrick at His Best
Summary: 5 Stars
And that is saying something. This 1957 film crystalizes everything great about Kubrick: The way his actors state their lines with perfect articulation and syntax. The precision of his shots (check out the way the General inspects the trenches early in the film, the same trenches that will be the site of horrific devastation). The surrealistic and yet overly realistic shot of battle. The clearly revealed shots of morality. And finally, the way he gets people to dole out incredible performances. You will never see Kirk Douglas more powerful, more honest, more convincing than his depiction of the brilliant Colonel, who has to deal with his inferior superiors. It almost makes too much sense today. Well worth the 90 some minutes of your time.Movie Review: Rare Moviemaking
Summary: 5 Stars
Paths of Glory is one of those rare movies that leaves a mark on one's soul. It is a tale like Billy Budd which places the viewer in the achingly helpless state which decent people find themselves in when wanting to rescue the oppressed from those who mark them for destruction. In both stories evil triumphs, not because good men have done nothing, but because their efforts fall short. One identifies as much with the valiant Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglass) and Captain Vere (Peter Ustinov in Billy Budd) as they do with the poor unfortunates they desperately want to save. These are bittersweet tales that leave one yearning for the day when injustice and oppression will no longer triumph. They not only entertain the mind, but they impress the spirit.