Hauntingly Beautiful Cinematography

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2020)

The subject matter of this outstanding film, although important, takes a back seat due to the beautiful filming techniques that makes the movie to appear have been shot in one take and the absolutely stunning cinematography! This film take an absolutely devastating moment in history with remarkable visual clarity of the horror of war and turns it into an unbelievable cinematic masterpiece. In one night scene the dancing shadows of airborne flares on the bombed out walls of a town is filmed in such a manner as to make it a beautiful picture. With many other outstanding examples of this style of filming this movie is a beautiful piece of art. If you go to see this film as a "regular" war movie you may be disappointed, but view it for a visually stunning work of cinematography and you will come away awestruck.