How Have War Films Changed Over Time

Although the best reasons for “going to the movies” are to be entertained and eat popcorn, understanding a film is actually quite complex. Movies are not only a reflection of life, they also have the capability of shaping our norms, values, attitudes, and perception of life. Through the media of film, one can find stories of practically anything imaginable and some things unimaginable. Movie-makers use their art to entertain, to promote political agendas, to educate, and to present life as it is, was, or could be. They can present truth, truth as they interpret it, or simply ignore truth altogether. A movie can be a work of fiction, non-fiction, or anything in-between. A film is an artist’s interpretation. What one takes away from a film depends upon how one interprets what has been seen and heard. Understanding film is indeed difficult.

Such is the case of How to Tell a True War Story, Things They Carried and Full Metal Jacket where it is evident that there are different sides to the violence experienced because of militarism and war. It is no surprise to anyone that militarism has a variety of impacts in the lives of people. During times of war such as World War One people have been forced

Motion pictures, like novels, contain numerous elements of literature to captivate audiences. A few examples include characterization, setting, and conflict. (SS) These devices are used to help bestow to the understanding of the story line. Throughout the movie, Footloose, young, defiant characters are used to convey the theme that individuals should always fight for what what one believes in.

Propaganda can sometimes be quite persuasive. Propaganda can even lead to the killing of a race or religious group, though it was designed to promote religious faith. But in WWII, was used “to sway popular opinion” ("World War 2 Propaganda” 1). Even though Propaganda in the wrong hands could be dangerous, it is a necessary evil because it helps recruit soldiers and is a useful tool to gain supporters. But even though the propaganda the time quite serious, some propaganda still had some “humour and inclusivity” (“Britain's World War II Films Were More than Just Propaganda” 5).

War in its romanticized state is considered to be poetic in a way. When husbands, wives, mothers and fathers go and fight for what they believe in, they are taking the ultimate risk that needs to be made to eventually assure their families, their peers, and most importantly their countries safety. However, to their knowledge, the war that they are ready to fight isn’t the war that they are going to fight. Within our world today and most visibly in the past, we can see many different examples of the romanticism of war, most commonly known as propaganda, and in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, you can see that war propaganda and romanticism is a key point in the marketing of war and how problematic it can really be.

The war film genre includes films about warfare, including naval, air or land battles. Films in this genre may focus on the battles, prisoners of war, military training, life during wartime or morality and humanitarian issues of warfare. This genre commonly includes works of fiction, works based on historical facts and occasionally works based on alternate-history fiction. According to American Cinema/American Culture, the genre also includes four narrative elements: the suspension of morality during times of war, the prioritization of collective goals over individual motivations, the rivalry between men and their objectification of women, and the issues of reintegrating veterans (Belton 165-71).

“I’m going to make a name for myself. If I fail, you will never hear of me again” Edward James Muggeridge. True to his words he succeeded in making a name for himself and he created the first movie or “motion picture”. Movies are a rollercoaster ride that transcends people into a whole different world fresh out of somebody’s imagination as seen through the genres of horror, drama, and science fiction. The movie business allows people to break through the burden of everyday life. Considering today’s way of life, people would be lying if they did not admit that movies are an influential entity in our culture. Movies have been successful in ingraining values and elements into society. Movies exaggerate, sensationalize and at

It is possible to claim that these films provide ‘salves for a wounded nation’. In each film the extreme slaughter of war is

In the world of modern technology there are many ways to keep one entertained and informed. Two of the best ways are through the reading of books, and the watching of movies: both are eternal works of art designed for those who would wish to momentarily leave the existent of reality and dive into a world unknown or to question the known world through stories of factual relevance. Both take the entertained on a journey that has been created in the minds of a genius, but, it is the way they take the entertained into their imagery worlds that are different. Books, for example require the reader to use there imagination to mentally visualize the image the author is trying to perceive. Movies, on the other hand, will have the audience mesmerized as the picture comes to life right before their eyes. Both books and movies are great evening actives

Appearing in 1898, a few years after the birth of motion pictures, war films have become a staple of the film industry. All the way at the beginning these films provided an unbelievable draw for audiences who wanted information about major international conflicts that they and their country were experiencing. Many American films have sought to capture the horror, unbridled bravery, bloodshed and fearless courage of warfare. These films were made to explore the realities of combat, the relationships that soldiers have within their units, and the mindset of soldiers during wartime. Films about war have remained a consistent attraction for audiences.

This movie also did a pretty accurate portrayal of the horrors of war and the brutal situation entangled in it. Soldiers were constantly losing fellow men within their squads, and it was common for the fatally wounded soldiers to scream out in agony or even try to re-stuff their organs back into their bodies, like shown in this

In the four texts we see people struggle to survive through the toughest wars, these directors show us the reality of war while some make war seem like a fantasy and victorious.

Films made during this period display some aspects of popular conceptions of life at war, despite their limitations as a historical source. For example, the simultaneous position of Why We Fight as propaganda and documentary gives insight into groups that accept or endorse its information. Notably, Capra’s series is “correctly described” as the centrepiece of the United States troop indoctrination programme, due to its reported success and distortion of fact. This combination reveals the overlap between the utilisation of film in this period as a source of both entertainment and

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