Friday, December 14, 2012

Movie Notes: Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory (1957)
Director: Stanley Kubrick

The execution scene staged in this movie is intensely powerful.  When artists grip their audience as compellingly as Kubrick does during htat sequence, they've done something special.

While I freely admit to having sentimental taste in movies, I also like a movie that really bites at my moral intuition.  This movie challenges them, and draws its power from them.  I don't think there are many deeper wells from which the artist may pull.

Anyway, a beautifully shot, fascinating film that I highly recommend to everybody; though it's not an easy one to watch.

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