Astounding achievement

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2019)

I know nothing at all about the true nature of war, but I know a lot about making films and TV as I've done it for 50 years. This film is an absolutely phenomenal undertaking. More than once I had to stop the dvd and backtrack, and more than once I failed to see how the shot was achieved. Its only competition will be from The Irishman, and maybe Once Upon... Hollywood, both of which I also loved in their own ways. 1917 is such an exquisite experiment that one forgets about everything else. But it's not just technique at work here; the performances are terrific, as is the writing. They clearly knew those has to be on par with the exploratory nature of the thing, and they were. Kudos to Sam et al.