Movies This Year

[Andy_Faber]

Maybe a bit of a tenuous addition this…but I went to see Sebastian Faulk’s ‘Birdsong’ at Nottingham Theatre Royal yesterday afternoon. It’s also a film…released about 12 years ago with Eddie Redmayne.
Highly recommended and incredibly moving three hours which reduced my wife to tears - never good - as it also did a very fit looking elderly gentleman in front of us who I took to have probably experienced some of the war/trench scenes (obviously not from WW1) first hand.
With Remembrance Day approaching I believe there really is a case for showing such films, which recreate the utter horror and futility of war, on the day itself. Would, imo, have far greater impact than much of the ritual that gets repeated every November.

First ten minutes of Saving Private Ryan should be compulsory viewing in history lessons around armistice day

[ramAnag]

First ten minutes of Saving Private Ryan should be compulsory viewing in history lessons around armistice day

100% agree…although I think it may be nearer 20 mins.