I've always wanted to see the 4.5+ hour directors cut Terrance Malick originally edited for the studio. They rejected that and forced him to cut 1.5 hours off.
Also, I strongly agree that the Saving Private Ryan comparison is weak as hell. SPR was totally about how war is actually not the worst because it makes heroes, or brings out courage. Its such a romanticized, touchy feely Hollywood view on war.
Thin Red Line is the most philosophical war movie that will ever be made by a major studio. I don't think a studio will ever make a blockbuster like it again. It is deeply anti war, something that you never really see for how we portray WWII. Hands down my favorite movie of all time.
I've always wanted to see the 4.5+ hour directors cut Terrance Malick originally edited for the studio. They rejected that and forced him to cut 1.5 hours off.
Also, I strongly agree that the Saving Private Ryan comparison is weak as hell. SPR was totally about how war is actually not the worst because it makes heroes, or brings out courage. Its such a romanticized, touchy feely Hollywood view on war.
Thin Red Line is the most philosophical war movie that will ever be made by a major studio. I don't think a studio will ever make a blockbuster like it again. It is deeply anti war, something that you never really see for how we portray WWII. Hands down my favorite movie of all time.