Watched Chinese director Xiaogang Feng's 'Youth'. That appreciation made me watch his 'Assembly' which is a biopic of a captain who survived whilst his 47 men died.
Whereas Western history preaches that WW2 ended in 1945, the nightmare carried on far longer in other parts of the world. The war between communism and capitalism, that resulted in Korea being split asunder, had 5 million die between 1950 and 1953.
Wars are mostly manifestations of a greedy minority with utter disregard for human cannon fodder.
On the ground, both sides have heroes, and each think the other is the enemy. Emotions are universal.
Consequently, it's important to watch movies from different perspectives which, if they're decently dramatic, will have the shared lesson in that war should be avoided.
'The Front Line' was an excellent movie from the South Korean perspective. 'Assembly' isn't its equal, but it was good and gave the Chinese view.
Whereas Western history preaches that WW2 ended in 1945, the nightmare carried on far longer in other parts of the world. The war between communism and capitalism, that resulted in Korea being split asunder, had 5 million die between 1950 and 1953.
Wars are mostly manifestations of a greedy minority with utter disregard for human cannon fodder.
On the ground, both sides have heroes, and each think the other is the enemy. Emotions are universal.
Consequently, it's important to watch movies from different perspectives which, if they're decently dramatic, will have the shared lesson in that war should be avoided.
'The Front Line' was an excellent movie from the South Korean perspective. 'Assembly' isn't its equal, but it was good and gave the Chinese view.