Kubrick's first opus

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2001)

Truly a magnificent piece of cinema. In my opinion Paths Of Glory eclipses Full Metal Jacket in terms of its no holds barred depiction of the appalling realities of warfare. Beyond this it also provides a damning insight into the class divisions with which the fighting forces in the first world war were riven.
That this superb film is so little known amongst a wider audience is truly a travesty of justice. In my opinion this is Kubrick's finest film after 2001 and Dr Strangelove.