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Monday, May 7, 2007

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER (2007) B (Foreign)

Foreign (German) Documentary

A real "feel good " movie. Too depressing to give it an A.

Mostly From Netflix: This documentary focuses on a controversial exhibition that was shown in Germany in the late 1990s and early 2000s, It challenged the traditional German belief that the regular army didn't participate in atrocities perpetrated by the SS. The movie explores the appalling crimes committed during this period, and takes a close look at some of the newly revealed transgressions of the regular German army, including the killing of 2 to 3 million Russian POW's.

WW comments: What the movie didn't deal with was the next question. When you put together an army designed to kill and maim, can you contain the killing and maiming to only other soldiers with uniforms . . . from the other side. Moreover, because the German regular army committed these atrocities, does that mean only the Germans are bad guys . . . or can Americans, Brits, Russians,Israelis and others, given the same situation, commit similar crimes. I KNOW THE ANSWER. THAT'S WHY I DON"T WEAR A LAPEL PIN. Ever hear about General Sherman's march to the sea?

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Warren is retired and lives in Florida where he runs a foreign movie program for adults. He subscribes to NETFLIX and uses Rotten Tomatoes as one of the sources for selecting movies to review.

Started watching movies at about eight years old and was strongly influenced by "Fantasia" for it's combination of music and fantasy. He was profoundly impacted in his early teen years by the social content in "I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG".

As a kid he used to enter the movie house in the middle of a double feature and leave when the movie reached the part where he came in. Loved serials and was able to see most double features for ten or twenty-five cents.

A graduate of Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY), he strongly believes that good movies . . . with mature content . . . are a significant supplement to education and insight into the world around us. No egghead, he also believes that "It's A Wonderful Life", "Young Frankenstein", "The Producers", West Side Story", and "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" are great films.