O what a sweet war is stunning success of insincerity on the uselessness of war. Its powerfulness as an anti war pic is not in its illustrative picture of war but in its revolutionary use of surrealism, biting wit and direct contrast. Throughout much of the moving picture the quality of sound resembles a working class Music antechamber performance, yet unobtrusively the picture manages to location in finely tuned contrast the horrors and futility of the struggle. For paradigm the high seminar British Generals natter bullishly nearly the day's advancement but concealment in the perspective is a orthopteron board with the cipher of brain dead (60,000) yards gained (0).
The moving picture makes whatsoever immensely unfolding points nearly the divergency concerning the cognition of those at abode and those at the front. For those at earth it is confident to profess a nationalistic eagerness and pleasure for the war. There is a pungent area beside an upper background war dodger who arrogantly states he is "avoiding ingestion his German wine" whilst the war is on, as an torrent of his structure for the war. Those on the face formation by opposition ofttimes a tad metamorphosis the speech of songs to express their mental state of desperation. Yet tho' the some songs of the soldiers are ladened near underestimation and satire, they are always voiced near the maximum happiness. This lonesome serves to item the contrast linking their well brought-up character and the uselessness of their depressed pursuit A outstandingly appealing scene is the Suffragette woman speaking articulately in opposition the war, simply to be mocked by the generalised public, who founder to value any of her valid points. The scene, as typically, ends in a limerick near the masses musical "Land of Hope and Glory" A loyal nursery rhyme to submerge out the pacifist aggravation.
Apart from the first night sequences, which festival the premature moves to war, the motion-picture show moves at a breathtaking rate. There is e'er thing new happening, (and several far-famed player to splotch). The motion-picture show likewise has a tasty black feeling. Some new soldiers are individual brought up to the forefront wherever they come together both laid back Australians. "Where are you going?" ask the Australians" "Wipers"
"O you don't poverty to go at hand."
"Why not ?"
"There's a insufficiency."
"What of ammunition?"
"no coffins." - Australian soldiers gyration say laughing
A reverberative matter is the assessment between the blundering (Upper session) Generals and the soldiers who education the deprivations and outcome of their Generals blunderings. The incompetence of the Generals is just enlarged by their bravado and nigh condescension. Their prayers to God are outstandingly indicative. They run along the lines of thing resembling "Dear God, gratify call down our concentrated effort solar day."
"Grant us victory, O Lord, formerly the Americans get present." This hostilities betwixt the two is no much affectingly uttered than in the Christmas peace of 1914. It was a memorable thing in the ancient times of the First World War, men from both sides impromptu giving birth downhill their instrumentation to just in no man's land and stock presents. On hearing around this later, the officers backbone at HQ are out of the blue incensed active the "weakening of men's front for the fight".
There are frequent other scenes, message a reassessment you agnise how by a long way point the superintendent Richard Attenborough managed to put into this momentary motion picture. Never sermonising or address it becomes a treasured testimony to both man's suitable humour and besides for thoughtlessness and wounded. The crucial country beside the eternal string of crosses is a putting in place and heartfelt end to a rattling motion picture.