Paths of Glory (B&W)
by Stanley Kubrick
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Actor: Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Wayne MorrisDirector: Stanley Kubrick
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; German (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 89 minutes
Release Date: 2000-04-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of Paths of Glory (B&W)
Movie Review: All the Beauty and Monstrosity of Being Human
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, I'll just come out and admit my bias now: This is one of my top five favorite movies. And Kubrick is my favorite director.
That being said, this is one hell of a morality tale. Three French soldiers are chosen to be put on trial for cowardice during a suicide raid on the German Ant Hill during World War I. The problem is that the only one who knows of their innocence, Col. Dax, is outnumbered in his opinion of the men on trial. He decides to be their lawyer and defend them. Can Dax save the three innocent soldiers?
The ending is the best part of the movie, it's moving and heartfelt. It exemplifies in a single scene what the entire movie is about-humanity and all of it's moral complexity, seen objectively through film.
Great, great movie. Deserves more attention...
Summary of Paths of Glory (B&W)
Stanley Kubrick had already made his talent known with the outstanding racetrack heist thriller The Killing, but it was the 1957 antiwar masterpiece Paths of Glory that catapulted Kubrick to international acclaim. Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb, the film was initiated by Kirk Douglas, who chose the young Kubrick to direct what would become one of the most powerful films about the wasteful insanity of warfare. In one of his finest roles, Douglas plays Colonel Dax, commander of a battle-worn regiment of the French army along the western front during World War?I. Held in their trenches under the threat of German artillery, the regiment is ordered on a suicidal mission to capture an enemy stronghold. When the mission inevitably fails, French generals order the selection of three soldiers to be tried and executed on the charge of cowardice. Dax is appointed as defense attorney for the chosen scapegoats, and what follows is a travesty of justice that has remained relevant and powerful for decades. In the wake of some of the most authentic and devastating battle sequences ever filmed, Kubrick brilliantly explores the political machinations and selfish personal ambitions that result in battlefield slaughter and senseless executions. The film is unflinching in its condemnation of war and the self-indulgence of military leaders who orchestrate the deaths of thousands from the comfort of their luxurious headquarters. For many years, Paths of Glory was banned in France as a slanderous attack on French honor, but it's clear that Kubrick's intense drama is aimed at all nations and all men. Though it touches on themes of courage and loyalty in the context of warfare, the film is specifically about the historical realities of World War?I, but its impact and artistic achievement remain timeless and universal. --Jeff ShannonMilitary & War VHS Video
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