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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; war movies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/war-movies/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER, THE DEER HUNTER, PLATOON, BRAVEHEART: The Oscars &amp; War Movie Controversies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-deer-hunter-platoon-braveheart-659/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-deer-hunter-platoon-braveheart-659/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:21:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22877</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE HURT LOCKER: Controversy Hasn't Harmed Oscar-Nominated War Movies Julie Christie in Variety, discussing The Deer Hunter (1978, right, with Robert De Niro): &#34;The film presents the Vietcong as subhuman and sadistic, though they effectively resisted both France and the United States, which possessed enormous means of warfare.&#34; Jane Fonda, the star of the post-Vietnam-syndrome Coming Home, later took it upon herself to campaign against [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-deer-hunter-platoon-braveheart-659/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER: Controversy Has Not Harmed Oscar-Nominated War Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-controversy-oscar-190/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-controversy-oscar-190/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:20:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22874</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (top); Lew Ayres in All Quiet on the Western Front (bottom) The Hurt Locker, an Iraq War drama that follows a US military bomb disposal unit, has been harshly criticized by some Iraq War veterans. Some have called the movie inaccurate and its depiction of soldiers in a war zone laughable. Others have gone as far as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-controversy-oscar-190/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER: The Best Picture Oscar&#039;s War Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-oscar-war-movies-677/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-oscar-war-movies-677/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:39:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22865</guid> <description><![CDATA[If Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker wins the Best Picture Academy Award on Sunday, it'll be the eighth out-and-out war movie to win the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' top prize. Prior battle-scarred winners were Wings (1927-28), All Quiet on the Western Front (1929-30), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Patton (1970), The Deer Hunter (1978), Platoon (1986), and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-oscar-war-movies-677/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HUMAN CONDITION d: Masaki Kobayashi</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-human-condition-masaki-kobayashi/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-human-condition-masaki-kobayashi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:24:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Erdman</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17469</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Human Condition Trilogy No Greater Love (1959), The Road to Eternity (1959), A Soldier's Prayer (1961) Direction: Masaki Kobayashi Screenplay: Zenzo Matsuyama and Masaki Kobayashi; from Jumpei Gomikawa's novel Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama &#160; Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Nakadai in The Human Condition &#160; Masaki Kobayashi's The Human Condition, based on Jumpei Gomikawa's novel, is probably as well known for its scope and scale [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-human-condition-masaki-kobayashi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LEBANON Photos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/lebanon-photos/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/lebanon-photos/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:55:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16006</guid> <description><![CDATA[“I dedicate this award to the thousands of people all over the world who, like me, come back from war safe and sound,” said Israeli war veteran and (first-time) filmmaker Samuel Maoz (above, lower photo) upon receiving the Golden Lion for his graphically violent war drama Lebanon at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. “Apparently they are fine, they work, get married, have children. But inside [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/lebanon-photos/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT at Film Forum</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:35:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14920</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lew Ayres and Louis Wolheim in All Quiet on the Western Front The silent version of the best picture Academy Award winner All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), in my view the greatest war movie ever made, will be screened at New York City's Film Forum on Monday, August 3. Showtimes are at 3:20, 6:50, and 9:20. Having been restored and preserved by the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-lew-ayres/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Berlin 2006: Is Dresden Burning?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/is-dresden-burning/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/is-dresden-burning/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:43:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=409</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;German filmmakers have tackled the touchy subject of whether the Allied firebombing of Dresden at the end of World War Two was a 'war crime' with a carefully balanced melodrama that got its worldwide premiere on Monday. &#34;Showing the German point of view of anything in World War Two is always likely to cause a stir &#8212; and that's precisely what the makers of Dresden [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/is-dresden-burning/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>VALLEY OF THE WOLVES &#8211; IRAQ: Anti-American Film a Hit in Turkey</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/asian-cinema/valley-of-the-wolves-iraq-anti-american-film/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/asian-cinema/valley-of-the-wolves-iraq-anti-american-film/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:41:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=407</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;It is rabidly anti-American, and it is the biggest draw in town.&#34; That's the headline of Sarah Rainsford's BBC article on the Turkish blockbuster Valley of the Wolves &#8211; Iraq, directed by Serdar Akar, and adapted from a successful local TV series by Bahadir Ozdener. In Valley of the Wolves, Turks are shining heroes whereas Americans firebomb mosques, execute innocents, and deal in organ trafficking. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/asian-cinema/valley-of-the-wolves-iraq-anti-american-film/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Greenwald/David O. Russell Iraq War Documentaries</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/censorship/soldiers-pay-uncovered-double-bill/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/censorship/soldiers-pay-uncovered-double-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 03:33:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/soldiers-pay-on-dvd/</guid> <description><![CDATA[David O. Russell's anti-war documentary Soldiers Pay has been picked up by Cinema Libre Studio. O'Russell, the director of the critically acclaimed Three Kings (1999) and of the upcoming comedy I Heart Huckabees, had wanted Warner Bros. to distribute his 35-minute film in conjunction with the studio's rerelease of Three Kings. But Warners, like Disney earlier this year, balked at the idea of releasing a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/censorship/soldiers-pay-uncovered-double-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TURTLES CAN FLY Best Film San Sebastián Film Festival</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/san-sebastian-film-festival-awards-2004-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/san-sebastian-film-festival-awards-2004-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:27:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/san-sebastian-film-festival-awards-2004-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shot a mere month after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Bahman Ghobadi's Iraqi war drama Turtles Can Fly (photo) won the Golden Shell at the 2004 San Sebastián Film Festival. According to Reuters, Peruvian author and chairman of the jury Mario Vargas Llosa stated that although the decision was not unanimous, Turtles Can Fly had &#34;moved us all, not only because of the terrible [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/san-sebastian-film-festival-awards-2004-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hitler Movie DOWNFALL: Box-Office Hit in Germany</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/downfall-is-a-box-office-hit-in-germany/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/downfall-is-a-box-office-hit-in-germany/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:11:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/world-cinema/european-cinema/downfall-is-a-box-office-hit-in-germany/</guid> <description><![CDATA[This past weekend, 480,000 filmgoers across Germany lined up to get tickets for the &#8364;13.5 million (US$16.5 million) German-made Der Untergang / Downfall, Oliver Hirschbiegel's controversial World War II drama depicting Adolf Hitler's last 12 days in his underground bunker. The figures for Downfall were deemed particularly impressive since the nearly three-hour-long production only allowed two showings per evening. Bruno Ganz, the angel who becomes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/downfall-is-a-box-office-hit-in-germany/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DOWNFALL Movie Accused of Humanizing Hitler</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/downfall-humanizes-hitler/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/downfall-humanizes-hitler/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2004 00:31:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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