‘Haunting masterpiece’ film named ‘best ever war movie’ by military historian | UK | News
The epic of a “haunting” war was chosen by a famous military expert, but very few people heard it. 317. Team (1965) was determined in the last days of the first Indochina War (1946-1954) between France and Việt Minh (Vietnam Democratic Republic).
The 317th team of French and Laotian soldiers of France were ordered to withdraw in the middle of the ongoing Diên Biên Phu war and to encounter a dangerous journey in the Cambodian forest on the way back to the security of the French. French film was written and directed by the Oscar -winning filmmaker and Indochina War veteran Pierre Schoendoerfffer and is based on the novel of the same name, which was released two years before the film.
Despite the high respect, the film is rarely mentioned in the canon of the great war films of all time, but some put it on the better -known box office records of the species.
For a piece Guardian 2018, British military historian Sir Anthony Beavor, said he believes it was “the biggest war film ever made.”
“This was the original ‘detachment film’, which would not say anything from the moral elections and the corruption of the war, where later executives followed the format, but depicted the characters and interactions.”
A fan wrote IMDB “The beauty of silence and melancholic” and “the most unforgettable film”.
“I saw this movie on television 35 years ago and since then his memory is with me,” they wrote.
“My father and I were late one night and we have been caught with integrity, message clarity and visual beauty”, “before a desperate reason, the melancholic of men has disturbed me since then” he added.
Another said: “Black and white cinematography, a minimal but beautiful film music for the effect, a perfect script, a war film as it should be realism and high gunfire.”
“This is a really incredible film, one of the best war films ever made.
They continued as “We feel that the mosquitoes bite ourselves, and we hear whistling with our ears”.
“The film is now called ‘an immersive experience’ as a trend. The film has been so well made with such absolute intensity, and then deserved the awards and nominations.
“This is a classic and the characters are not cardboard, but versatile, only action has deeper dimensions of this film. A real experience!”
French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier called a “masterpiece” with a raw, real, immersive, laconic “.
