A Revelation

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2003)

At last  the Truth about WWII. It was won by disorganized groups of neurotic existentialists, with late-90s haircuts, speech-patterns and concerns, who never got the plot because John Travolta didn't get enough time off from finishing Primary Colors to explain it to his men. Airplanes were used only for ceremonial purposes, before and after battles led by psychologically damaged commanders with no strategic direction. In fact, film is not really an appropriate medium to depict the geopolitical forces at work in the conflict with Fascism. We can best understand it as Off-Broadway studio theatre, with the individual anxieties of the small cast a subtle composite projection of the director's state of mind. Unfortunately, the director had to work with film, but he managed to maintain the intimate studio feel by concentrating on close-ups and monologue, and eliminating any wider narrative frame.