Title/Year: The Thin Red Line, 1998
Director/DOB: Terrence Malick, USA, 1943
Budget: $52,000,000
Gross: $81,000,000
Synopsis: A young, AWOL, soldier is found living in a village with a tribe of pacific islanders and is returned to combat. His unit is sent to Guadalcanal to relieve the marines. Through out the battle, their numbers shrink and their personal bonds grow. By the end of the film the horrors of war have taken their toll on the men, leaving nothing but the pure will to survive.
Key Words: Soldier, Guadalcanal, Japanese, War in the Pacific
Character Arc: Although many characters are depicted through out the film, Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) remains in the spotlight. He is a deserter, living with native tribes in the pacific, he appears un-soldier like in the beginning. As he is caught and returned to combat, his survival reflexes kick into high gear. Through out the film he is portrayed as a free spirit among killers, someone who understands the complexities and contradictions of war, but who is caught in its grasp and must survive no matter what.
Social/Political Commentary: The film focuses on the soldiers point of view and tends to leave politics aside. It does however portray the bureaucracy of chain of command. When a general orders the troops to advance, an Lt. disobeys the command claiming it to be a suicide order. The Lt. is then relieved of his command and replaced with a more aggressive officer.
The only real thing I wanted to see 123 movies was more of the movie. I'm a buff when it comes to action and thrills and characters in a war setting as a bomb squad will do it. This movie won sicario putlocker an Oscar after beating out that Sci-fi with the blue people Avatar don't know if I quite agree but a great time nonetheless.
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