New and Different: 2 things which make people squirm.

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 1999)

This film is the very essence of cinema, for it cannot be explained in words. If a film can be explained in a paragraph, perhaps it is not worth making.
The film put me into a trance. From the first opening credit to the last end credit, I was transfixed.
This film is not about World War II. It's not about war. It is a meditation on humanity--a stream of consciousness.
THE THIN RED LINE is something dangerous. People are going to hate it passionately because it's so different and new and unable to be labeled. It's a true piece of film art--an amazing work which is original and daring.
See it. Think about it. See it again. Think.