Now, instead, I'm happy that my sister insisted on me going with her to watch it.
The film I'm referring to is Dunkirk, a war film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The cast includes Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy.
As usually, I won't write here the plot, especially this time, considering that the film is based on a historical event of the World War II. I want to write about what strikes me the most in general.
As soon as the film started, after few minutes, I realised it was a great film: this because, from the very start, the director was able to make you feel like you are there, with the soldiers: the protagonist, in fact, is the sense of anxiety, together with fear and powerlessness, well summarised by the image of the Dunkirk beach, where 400,000 men are waiting for death or salvation.
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Troops wait in line for their turn to be rescued from the beach of Dunkirk
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The film lasts less than two hours, but due to its intensity it seems longer, without being boring. What I loved the most is the soundtrack, entrusted to the famous Hans Zimmer. A fun fact: Zimmer visited the Dunkirk set for inspiration and chose not to view raw footage of the film whilst composing the score. Each music fits perfectly to the situation displayed, adding, often, an even greater sense of danger and uncertainty. This immersive effect rises also because the dialogue parts are fewer than the action scenes and the music.
What you watch looks like a thriller and a docu-film at the same time: apart from the fact that the plot is based on the true story of the Operation Dynamo, Nolan decided to use boats that had participated in the real evacuation, as well as era-appropriate planes, and also the equipment of the soldiers is similar to the original.
One of the Spitfires repainted for the film
By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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No backgrounds are portrayed, we know only the names of the characters: I really appreciated this decision, because what is important is that one can feel the horror and despair in the different situations, trying not to get "distracted" from the personal life of a character in particular.
I think that a word which can describe all the main characters is honour:
- the soldier we follow on the Mole wants to escape, but he tries not to forget about other soldiers, even in difficult situations.
- the two aviators who are trying to hit the enemies, are ready to risk their lives at any time to save others.
- the civilians, also, without weapons, leave their home to rescue their compatriots blocked in Dunkirk.
My favourite scene, in fact, is when the Commander (played by Kenneth Branagh) see the profiles of the private vessels, the so-called "Dunkirk little ships" of the civilians who cross the English Channel facing a lot of dangers to save them. This scene touched me because I imagined the sense of relief the soldiers had felt in that moment.
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If you want to go to the cinema and you are not sure about what film you can watch, Dunkirk is a perfect choice: it is not a usual war film, but it is much more.
Bye for now!
Yours, Silvia
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