war film war film film genre concerned warfare typically naval air land battles twentieth century combat scenes central drama nature battle scenes means war films end themes explored include combat survival escape sacrifice battle effects war society moral human issues raised war war films categorized korean war popular subject second world war stories told fiction historical drama biographical critics noted similarities western war film nations china indonesia russia japan traditions war film centred revolutionary wars taking varied forms action historical drama wartime romance necessarily distinct include anti war comedy animated propaganda documentary similarly war film specific theatres western desert north_africa pacific second world war films vietnam films set specific domains war infantry air sea submarines prisoner war camps genre war film genre necessarily tightly defined american_film_institute example speaks films great war attempting classify directors critics offered tentative definitions director defined genre saying war film objective matter personal emotional viewer feel war identified narrative elements war film context hollywood production suspension civilian morality times war collective goals individual motivations rivalry men predominantly male groups women depiction veterans film critic suggests genre defined war films simply war waged 20th century combat scenes central drama notes films set american civil war american indian wars 19th century called war films time world war critic argues contrary war film lacks formal boundaries genre like western practice successful influential war films modern wars particular world war combination mobile forces mass killing film scholar points similarities war film genre western genres use opposing concepts like war peace civilization war films usually frame world war conflict good evil represented allied forces nazi_germany western portrays conflict settlers savage indigenous peoples notes similarity western like wild bunch war movie like dirty dozen film historian states began war film genre knew advance presumably member culture know world war combat films contained hero group mixed types people military objective sort place actual combat zones world war established enemies ground sea air contain repeated events mail presented visually appropriate uniforms equipment battle considers provide definition example world war combat film diverse apparently group hastily assembled volunteers hold larger group enemy bravery argues combat film genuine kind war film notes fact true combat films second world war view films central genre films lie margins war films critics propose far broader definition war film include films deal roles civilians espionage agents soldiers aspects war preparation cause prevention conduct daily life consequences aftermath points genres overlap combat scenes different purposes types film suggests war films characterised combat determines fate principal characters turn pushes combat scenes climactic ends war films critics agree war films 20th century wars includes oscar winning glory war films discusses detail set american civil war lists films war considers notable history american_civil_war war history terms american life war subject backdrop numerous films documentaries mini series earliest films civil war subject silent picture fugitive films war main subject certain aspect war include film glory formal unit union_army american_civil_war entirely black men films focused single battle war single incident like french short film occurrence owl creek bridge like miniseries spanned entire breadth war films deal human aspects war tragedy war inflicted civilian population civil war watched documentary history pbs spanish american war war films come spanish american war short documentary film clips included burial maine victims new recruit soldiers washing dishes non combat films accompanied fighting rough riders action spanish staged united_states world war world war films life war topics included prisoners war covert operations military training allies produced war documentaries films propaganda neutral countries like united_states film shot eastern official war photographer battle fall depicting siege disastrous austrians incidents soldiers extras australian film gates known deeds described good war story exceptional british film battle official combined documentary propaganda seeking public impression trench warfare like film shot location western france powerful emotional impact watched million people britain weeks exhibition making critic stock called successful films time wings world war film genre silent film win oscar best picture later films varied genres deal world war include epic war film biopic shot unfamiliar exciting described steven_spielberg maybe greatest screenplay written motion picture medium satirical anti war musical comedy based play lovely war war drama war horse based children novel spanish civil war spanish civil war attracted directors different countries bell tolls based book portrays fated romance american played partisan played backdrop civil war epic minute film landscapes shot beautiful orchestral score success audiences critics uses painting protest war hunt uses metaphor hunting spanish won director 16th berlin international film festival land freedom loosely based homage follows british communist war reveal painful contradictions anti fascist republican korean war korean war films korean war critic notes questioned conduct war later films like bridges fuller agreed films anti war hollywood films korean war box office historian suggested reminded american viewers war lost fighting successful south korean action film leftist guerrilla atrocities encouraged film makers 1960s military government punished pro communist film makers gave films strongest anti communist message censorship 1980s dealt south fought communists spring hometown showed destructive impact american military presence village life violent action films presented north_korea favourable light films north_korea government film studios clear political messages home village liberation korea japanese presented work help americans similarly country films korean war victory help chinese film scholar concludes purpose films portray north_korea country siege puppet south_korea invaded north war dramatic italian arabic french portrayed events war shot location italo production black white style italian depicts violence sides won awards including venice film festival attacked french critics years banned france vietnam war films late 1970s vietnam war actually depicted combat exceptions included green critics explain hollywood avoided subject opposition united_states involvement vietnam war making subject divisive addition film industry crisis army wish assist making anti war films late 1970s independently financed produced films showed hollywood vietnam treated film successful different portrayals war america defeated included deer hunter apocalypse shift american politics right 1980s military success shown films platoon metal jacket hill vietnamese director free fire zone gives compelling camera eye view life helicopter fire vietnam war film cuts american helicopter eye view contrasting human seen earlier second world war films popular allied war films second world war came britain combined functions documentary propaganda films target tonight control british film industry began combine documentary techniques fictional stories films like serve successful british film war years way ahead america documentaries produced ways general marshall commissioned fight propaganda series started making training films army including battle san hollywood films propaganda messages america allies portrayed british family home showed norwegian resistance fighters showed soviet_union communist_party end war popular books provided higher quality stories films film thirty seconds tokyo russians appreciated propaganda value film victories german atrocities documentary moscow strikes russian literally rout german troops near moscow october january depicted civilians helping defend city parade red square speech russian people battle actual fighting germans surrendering dead atrocities including murdered children hanged civilians won academy award best documentary cameras similarly rushed early record spectacle greeted russian soldiers starvation russian prisoners war camp defeated feature films west war subject censorship realistic attempt represent violence praised time gritty realism depiction actually remained gives example worst image stark violence japanese soldier american victim shows pain lips freeze scream blood head fall points physically unrealistic psychologically wartime audience points aware friends relatives killed come home wounded films axis powers axis powers similarly films second world war propaganda purposes germany army high command brought victory west nazi propaganda films varied subjects depicts prussian resistance siege invading french troops napoleon propaganda minister chose historical subject suitable situation facing nazi germany filmed october august million marks thousands soldiers extras railway salt simulate snow costly german film war actual siege ended surrender town film french generals abandon siege japan war began war invasion china japanese authorities called china incident government dispatched pen brigade write film action china values mud soldiers instance shot location china commander chocolate soldiers common japanese soldier individual family man enemy chinese soldiers presented individuals fighting war united_states declared japanese conflict known pacific war japanese film critics worried western film techniques film output failed represent native japanese values historian found japanese wartime films largely forgotten subtle thought chocolate soldiers heroes typically low ranking officers devoted men country films enemy lacked hatred great_britain figure cultural enemy japanese film makers war cause like natural disaster fought asian enemies especially chinese portrayed possible marriage partners japanese wartime films war present japanese state great family japanese people innocent suffering self sacrificing people comments image obvious devoid recognition level japanese films war according guardian public fascination war films obsession war films produced decade 1950s 1960s war film production united_kingdom united_states reached mid 1950s popularity united_kingdom brought critical commercial success cruel sea like period based novel case naval commander story battle atlantic like dam exciting tale inventor unorthodox bouncing bomb distinctive theme music true stories dam popular film britain remained favourite score rotten_tomatoes partly celebrated exclusively british victory failed break american market large number war films period particular count die enemy got away seven highly successful critically acclaimed pictures bridge river won academy award best picture year released focused psychological battle officers events war bridge brought new complexity war picture sense moral uncertainty surrounding war end decade sense shared achievement common war films began according hollywood films 1950s 1960s display spectacular self sacrifice popular sands starring marines considered sands visually authentic found attention lives men realistic film formula successful war film consisted according small group diverse men senior officer heroic died suggests traditional war film hero group objective group contain italian jew cynical brooklyn mountains nicknamed state iowa character initiated way films based real commando missions like based based capture german commander crete inspired fictional adventure films train eagles dare war backdrop spectacular action produced minute documentary drama longest day based day day landings achieving commercial success followed large scale thoughtful films like childhood quasi documentary star filmed europe battle midway bridge far view longest day served model subsequent combat cost traditional war films controversy help given disregard pentagon relations changed way hollywood army collaborated executive 20th century fox set american japanese production depict happened december surprise attack pearl harbor film panned roger_ebert new_york_times major success japan realistic looking attack footage reused later films midway final countdown australia story revisited described new_york_times noisy expensive long new blockbuster comment epic epic matter running time music earnest voice movie works best bang boom action picture steven_spielberg uses hand held camera sound design staging increased audio visual detail viewers accustomed conventional combat films create film historian calls reported realism portrayal genuinely realistic notes critics experienced groundbreaking anti generic words desire bury recruiting poster legend right time combat films grounded need help audience understand accept war success revived interest world war films tried portray reality war new_york_times said goes far movie depicting modern warfare stomach turning form mass slaughter military film industry relations war films produced cooperation nation military forces second world war united_states navy provided ships technical guidance films gun assisted gathering eagles filmed air_force bases air_force personnel appeared roles critics point film pearl harbor biased portrayal events compensation technical assistance received armed forces premiere actually held board carrier case objected elements especially mutiny board american naval vessel film produced assistance film historian observes films clearly intended serve vital recruitment public relations functions national traditions chinese chinese war films like films war featured mainly background second sino japanese war onwards war film genre china films protect land chinese civil war attracted films victory victory film set period cradle recent large scale commercial films include city life death chinese directors repeatedly attempted cover atrocities committed japanese massacre films political melodrama massacre massacre contrived sino japanese romance don cry epic chinese film flowers war based novel portrays violent events eyes year old girl indonesian indonesian films deal occupation archipelago japanese second world war literally covers limited nationalist resistance dutch colonial rule 1930s group films hours attack dawn covers indonesian war independence films period portray indonesian equivalent chinese long march dan long march literally blood prayer return films interprets past perspective time recent freedom trilogy starting red white colours flag new indonesia campaign independence lives diverse group cadets november looks indonesia struggle independence historical drama java war colonial enemy dutch considered valuable interpretation indonesian history embodies best popular indonesian cinema indonesian film known internationally russian war russian cinema major genre known cinema war films ranged grim portrayals atrocities sentimental quietly subversive accounts popular beautiful warriors depicted stereotypical soviet soldiers quiet russian singing russian films second world war include large scale psychological cranes flying cruel effects war won cannes japanese japanese war films section animated films japanese directors popular films surrender battle okinawa japan longest day japanese perspective generally fail explain cause war decades immediately second world war japanese films focused human tragedy combat late 1990s films started positive view war japanese actions films including pride truth emphasized positive traits japanese military contended japanese victims post war films drawn protest eternal zero narrates tale zero fighter pilot considered comrades returns alive missions broke record japanese live action film won golden far east film festival criticised sympathy pilots documentary wartime authorities britain america produced wide variety documentary films purposes included military training advice civilians encouragement maintain security films carried messages grade propaganda similarly commercially produced films combined information support war effort degree propaganda ostensibly simply information allied axis countries recently iran iraq war chronicles victory television series combined line footage commentary propaganda historical drama depicts prince alexander defeat attempted invasion russian city april film seen people director awarded prize contributions film features musical score classical composer described best composed cinema writing film quarterly describes war propaganda film poll placed world best motion pictures second world war film propaganda widely advised british government renounced interest entertainment deprived valuable weapon getting propaganda suggested documentaries war war effort celebrations films british life character clark agreed story survivors boat crew brutal nazi ideology travelling canada meeting kind tolerant intelligent canadians encourage america war resulting film 49th parallel film british offices year entertaining films carry messages need went day avoidance talk america great dictator clearly simply romance characters played nazis resistance fight series won academy_award best documentary designed influence opinion military cold war propaganda played role struggle soviet_union dollars spent weaponry face face communism imagined invasion united_states films portrayed threats communist submarine submarine films particular meanings conventions concerned specifically giving effect submarine warfare distinctive element soundtrack attempts bring home emotional dramatic nature conflict sea example sound design works hours long film format depict lengthy pursuit depth charges threatening sounds enemy destroyers torpedoes classic films genre include enemy based novels naval commanders movie tension enemy contrasting personalities submarine commander lieutenant played prisoner war popular war films 1950s 1960s prisoner war film genre britain major films like great escape told stories real escapes german prisoner war camps second world war despite episodes danger human tragedy films delight continual game escape celebrating courage defiant spirit prisoners war treating war fun bridge river judged best picture took genre german prisons heat camp thailand use lush colour bring british stiff upper lip colonel played oscar winning performance definitive oscar winning hollywood prisoner war film brief powerful prison camp scenes deer hunter lend air tragedy film comedy shoulder arms set style war films come comedy war film history british cinema second world war marked evacuation children london social comedies kids town stay earl country nobleman cottage let went day english countryside thick spies offered comedy making fun barrage balloons concentration camps successful america leading wartime comedies animated sinking silent world war film minutes long longest animated film time probably animated propaganda film remains earliest animated drama survived world war animated propaganda shorts remained influential american cinema working american armed forces produced feet war propaganda films including face education death japanese anime films 1960s onwards addressed national memories war moves atomic destruction hiroshima nagasaki apocalyptic visions global conflict grave effect war children portrays bombing hiroshima eyes child reviewers consider film grave stomach detail paired crude artwork giving look saturday morning cartoon anti war anti war genre began films world war films genre typically reflecting past events blended quiet western powerful early anti war film portraying german point view film genre win best picture best director quiet western defined genre showing brutality war human suffering betrayal men trust incompetent officers war anti war films prove difficult contain generic anti war films criticize war directly depictions combat past wars films penn alice restaurant criticized war fun things draft board number anti war films produced america sharply 1950s end introduction rating system marked time resurgence films type including anti war films states names films anti war classics prisoner war masterpiece illusion grand illusion critic notes established leading commercial filmmaker generation world class talent describes film cool passionate protest drama disastrous french army maneuver held wake contrasting classic quiet western story innocent war mixed genres later war films combined black comedy anti war sentiment anti war based satirical novel second world war mash set korea reflecting attitudes increasingly public genres combined real life general combat scenes commentary waged war showing good bad sides command mash profitable war anti war films time won seven academy_awards
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