The Village Voice, November 10th, 2004
Grotesque combat adventures in a restored infantry epic
THE BIG RED ONE
Written and directed by Samuel Fuller
WarnerBros.
November 12 through ±8, Film Forum
A World War Il infantryman who landed in North Africa, Sicily, and Normandy, and was wounded twice, the late director-writer Samuel Fuller loathed what he called "phony heroics." Fuller, who turned down opportunities to direct The Longest Day and Patton, maintained that it was impossible to show combat on the screen-unless, perhaps, one were to "fire real shots over the audience's head [and ] have actual casualties in the theater."
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