Dunkirk (2017)
Written and Directed: Christopher Nolan
It is a grim reminder that not everything done by the great War Prime Minister and the British Empire's leaders was right. History has shown many of Churchill's faux pas. Besides Gallipoli Campaign where only 10% percent of soldiers of the four corners of the British Empire managed to go back home, the events at Dunkirk must also be one page in his annals of annus horribilis. The thought of 300, 000 soldiers of the Allied Forces trapped in the Dunkirk by the advancing German forces and non-arrival of evacuation naval ships due to low tides must not have been a pretty sight.
Hollywood and the silver screen, being the maker of dreams, managed to change the whole situation into an event of hope conveyed in the 'We shall fight on the beaches' speech that Churchill read.
The story of 'Dunkirk' is told from the respective of at least three people. It comes from the narration of a foot soldier seeking solace from the tyranny of war; a yacht owner, his teenage son and his 17-year old friend who tread the seas to do their national service by salvaging as many struggling souls as possible, continuing the work of his other son who perished in the war; and the view of a British fighter pilot who fight not only against a competent German Force but failing engines.
The offering must surely be a mood-lifting attempt to lift the spirits of the British who clamour looking at the turn of events in their own backyard. With the possible gloom and doom of Brexit and loss of British supremacy, they surely must look at the glorious nostalgic days of the Empire when the sun never set.
Written and Directed: Christopher Nolan
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Hollywood and the silver screen, being the maker of dreams, managed to change the whole situation into an event of hope conveyed in the 'We shall fight on the beaches' speech that Churchill read.
The story of 'Dunkirk' is told from the respective of at least three people. It comes from the narration of a foot soldier seeking solace from the tyranny of war; a yacht owner, his teenage son and his 17-year old friend who tread the seas to do their national service by salvaging as many struggling souls as possible, continuing the work of his other son who perished in the war; and the view of a British fighter pilot who fight not only against a competent German Force but failing engines.
The offering must surely be a mood-lifting attempt to lift the spirits of the British who clamour looking at the turn of events in their own backyard. With the possible gloom and doom of Brexit and loss of British supremacy, they surely must look at the glorious nostalgic days of the Empire when the sun never set.
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