a movie that makes you angry

Rating: 9/10 (19 September 2018)

Kubrick doesn't have a reputation as among the greatest directors for no reason. There is a severe under representation of movies about WW1 that are of any decent quality. Kubrick masters this while making the movie not so much about any given war as about bureaucracy and the pedestrian banality which governs the logic of war. Every performance in the movie stands up. The pacing and editing are quick and workman like meaning that even during scenes of dialogue a lot seems to happen, nothing drags. The themes of the movie carry on to an unflinching end that will leave you physically angry. 9/10