…to David McKissack for sending along the Gallipoli DVD. This is one of those films I’ve been meaning to watch forever but never seemed to get around to. Tonight, all that changes.
Much appreciated, Dave!
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You’re welcome!
… is what Dave might say.
I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for all you do.
Watching a 20-something Mel Gibson was one of the few times I thought I might be gay.
Really looking forward to it. I should probably watch Zulu as well, as long as I’m at it. Michael Caine’s been staring at me from the shelf for months now.
Jeff – after watching Zulu, you might find it amusing to undertake a careful viewing of Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers (2002).
I’m not sure “enjoy” will be the ultimate result. But it’s a great film.
If you watch it and Paths of Glory back to back, you’ll want to assume a life of morose pacifism. Throw in Breaker Morant and you’ll pretty much be praying for the snuffing out of the entirety of pathetic humanity.
So have Xanadu handy as a salve.
Although, to be fair, Dog Soldiers isn’t quite as fun as Shaun of the Dead, another Brit treat with tons of lovingly self-referential riffs on the entire zombie-film genre. (Plus, it’s got Dawn from The Office in a supporting role!)
Own both Dog Soldiers and Shaun, and liked them both very much.
Paths of Glory is one of those Kubrick films I haven’t seen yet.
You gotta watch Zulu, Jeff. Too bad you don’t have surround sound, though. The prepatory battle scenes with massed Zulus yelling in echoing choruses will give you the willies. If you get past the National Geographic-like dancing warriorette scenes, that is. . .
“Welshmen will not yield!”
When I was in grad school, Zulu was the film that every history major loved, regardless of politics, interests, or specialization. Sorta like how everyone had at least a nodding acquaintance with The Killer Angels.
BTW – anyone else find the follow-up Zulu Dawn to be a bit … disappointing?
I vaguely remember some rather cute bare butts in Gallopoli.
There’s another film—NZ, from that era in history or close to it, and released, I think, in the 80s. The Lighthorse Men or Brigade? It was pretty good, too.
Gallipoli is a beautiful film, and not just the naked men either. I love the scene where the commander is listening to his opera recording the night before the battle. Zulu is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE movies. You must see that Jeff, and tell me what you think.
Re Gallipoli, props need to go to Alan Moorehead, whose enjoyable book of the same name was a major inspiration for the screenplay. Still can’t decide whether Gallipoli or Breaker Morant does a better job of detailing the unique love/hate relationship Australia has with the Poms.
Gallipoli is a beautiful film, and not just the naked men either.
They were beautiful.
Gallipoli is over-rated. The events it depicts are interesting but it’s not that good a movie. Even the end is a let down. Another commenter suggests The Lighthorsemen (even though he or she could not remember the name precisely). Avoid this movie. The other suggestions were good, but I’m willing to be you’ve already seen them.
I’m a big Peter Weir fan. He did Year of Living Dangerously the year after Gallipoli.YLD is a much better movie than Gallipoli, but Gallipoli is still beautiful to look at.
I loved Gallipoli. It was my introduction to Mel Gibson by the way. I went straight from there to the first of the Mad Max series.
The theme–the name of which I should now but have forgotten for the moment–was haunting.
Great movie.
There were two themes–the running theme, which was Oxygene by Jean-Michele Jarre and the somber theme, which was the Adagio in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni.