1917 - Cinematic brillaince of 21st Century , Mordern flimmaking at it's best

Rating: 8/10 (1 February 2020)

Stanley Kubrick once said , "If it can be written or thought , it can be filmed." Sam Mendes's 1917 just reminds us how true that quote is . A retired military personal who fought World War I tells his grandson a story about the War. Years later the little boy is now a established movie director , only this time he decides to flim his grandfather's story & makes '1917 '.
The First world war drama which has already won best picture honours at the Golden Globes , uses the "one-shot" format like Hitchcock's 'Rope' or Alejandro González Iñárritu's 'Birdman' . 1917 uses several takes and set-ups, seamlessly conjoined to give the appearance of a continuous cinematic POV, albeit with periodic ellipses. The result is a populist, immersive drama that leads the viewer through the trenches and battlefields of northern France, as two young British soldiers attempt to make their way through enemy lines on 6 April 1917.
The storyline of the movie is very simple , there is no hidden plot or twist in it , but where the flim makes a difference is on technical ground . The entire movie made to look like it's shot at one single take, this is only possible because of extraordinary talented 14 times Academy award nominee cinematographer Roger Deakins. This man is a living genius. The movie is shot beautifully and edited even more brilliantly by Lee Smith . It is always mesmerizing to a watch war movie like it is happening right in front of you. The pacing is phenomenal. The background score by Thomas Newman brilliantly holds up the audience .
The climax scene where Schofield runs to the Commander through the battlefield reminds me of Nolan's Dunkrik , where Fionn Whitehead lies on the sand & the fighter planes drop off the bombs . Geroge MacKay has brilliantly potrayed his role as Corporal Schofiled . Dean Charles Chapman and Richard Madden (who only comes in the climax) also adapted the charecter well .
The amount of work that went into this film alone deserves your attendance . The story never stalls, and has a fair balance between war and humanity, and has some of the most incredible camera work I've seen in a while.
The entire cast deserves a round of applause for pulling this off. Modern flimmaking at it's best ! It will be a shame if this doesn't win the academy award for Best Cinematography though Parasite or Joker should win the award for Best Picture this year .
This movie is epic visual treat . If 'My Way' shares the same spot with 'Saving Private Ryan' , this one will be sharing the spot with Nolan's 'Dunkirk'.
Ratings - 8.6