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Kwai.

British director David
Lean’s handling of an inter-
national cast (headed by Alex
Guiness) and exquisite photo-
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countryside is on a grander
scale. We gain intense in-
sight into humanity and the

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unreasoning futility of war;
a considerably more convinc-
ing and satisfying experience.

Yet neither of these sprawl-
ing works approximates the
cinematic virtuosity , the ut-
terly savage indictment of
every facet of war contained
in Stanley Kubrick’s master-
piece, Paths of Glory.

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Based on an actual event
in the French army during
the First World War, it is
significant that Paths of
Glory achieves its purpose
without wide screen, without
color, in scarcely more than
half the time (85 minutes)
and with a protagonist whose
dramatic talents don’t hold
a candle to Guiness and Bran-
do. This is Kubrick’s film,
and. everything and every-
body is fitted into place by
the power of his creative un-
derstanding.

He draws superb perform-
ances out of his cast, from
Adolphe Menjou as General
Broulard, to the three con-
demned men and a _ proces-
sion of vividly etched sup-
porting roles. They are com-
bined with crowd and_ battle
sequences, camera work and
cutting, of stunning virtu-
osity.

Every vestige of the “glory”
of war is brutally torn aside
in a steadily mounting ten-
sion of chilling horror: rapid
cuts from the bloody battle-
field to the luxurious chateau
of the officers; the kangaroo
court martial; the hysteria
of the condemned men; above
all, the brutal indifference of
the army brass to human con-
siderations in the deployment
of their men. Self - interest
and political advantage are
the sole criteria.

General Broulard says with
calm detachment, “One way
to maintain discipline is to
shoot a man now and then.”
Later we cut from the exe-
cution of innocent examples
to the general’s luncheon,
where they dabble in such
small talk as noting that “the
men died wonderfully.”

The closing sequence ap-
pears to be an attempt to tear
away any lingering shred of
justification of war as well
as to explain the ordinary
soldiers’ helpless tolerance of
the wanton brutality with
which they are surrounded.
In the final fade-out, the war
drums resume unabated.

Path Of Glory is a film of
real genius; perhaps the most
devastating indictment of
imperialist war—any war—
yet to reach the screen.

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