War
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Letters from Iwo Jima 2006, directed by Clint Eastwood Rating: 10/10 Released only two months after Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima tells the story of the battle of Iwo Jima but from the Japanese perspective. Instead of jumping back and forth through time like that other film, this one is much more straightforward and plays
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Flags of Our Fathers 2006, directed by Clint Eastwood Rating: 7/10 In 2006, Clint Eastwood released two movies—both of which revolve around the battle of Iwo Jima. Flags of Our Fathers tells the story of the American soldiers, though it focuses less on the battle and more on the aftermath of their heroism as they return to
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983, directed by Nags Oshima Rating: 9/10 In a Japanese-run Prisoner of War camp in Java during WWII, the prisoners prepare for Christmas while Capt. Yanoi (played by Ryuichi Sakamoto) finds himself conflicted about his feelings for his prisoner Maj. Jack Celliers (played by David Bowie). This wartime Christmas story is
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Stalag 17 1953, directed by Billy Wilder Rating: 7/10 A bunch of sergeants are trapped in a German prisoner of war camp in this Billy Wilder classic, and that isn’t going to stop them from having a good time, especially for Christmas! When I saw this in high school, it was one of my favorites;
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