Category Archives: Conflict Movies

Movies that illustrate important conflict themes and are good movies too!

What the Gatekeepers of a Nation Can and Cannot Do: Conflict Movie: ‘The Gatekeepers’

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

Very interesting article in today’s conservative British Daily Telegraph by David Blair, its Chief Foreign Correspondent about a new movie that has just opened of interviews with former heads of the Israeli security service Shit Bet. It suggested that in … Continue reading →

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Chris Marker Extraordinary Film Maker Dies Aged 91

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

I was sorry to hear of the death of the marvelous French Film Maker Chris Marker, whose short film ‘La Jettee’ is a legend as it is almost entirely made up of still photos with one slight movement. Here is … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Henry V Speech Before the Battle of Agincourt (1415)

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

Shakespeare’s great insight into why men fight, against the odds, brilliantly carried in the film Henry V by Kenneth Branagh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt Kenneth:

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La Grande Illusion: Renoir: Conflict Movie

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

British film director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) explains his passion for Jean Renoir’s 1937 masterpiece La Grande Illusion, being re-released to coincide with its 75th anniversary. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/9189202/Why-I-Love…-Renoirs-La-Grande-Illusion.html La Grande Illusion (1937) Photo: REX FEATURES   This prison drama set … Continue reading →

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Good Will Hunting: Ben Affleck Speech on Upward Social Mobility

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

I love this clip from Good Will Hunting for its expression of non-envious fraternal friendship by Ben Affleck to Matt Damon, and use it in mentoring to encourage people to go with their talent: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=good+will+hunting+ben+affleck&view=detail&mid=3713DA4476C670618B033713DA4476C670618B03&first=0&FORM=LKVR8  

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Conflict Poem: Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

I really like the movie The History Boys directed by Nicholas Hytner, and based on the play by Alan Bennett. I particularly like the scene in which one of the boys discusses with his teacher, Thomas Hardy’s poem Drummer Hodge about a casualty … Continue reading →

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‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’: Conflict Song

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

In this case, a great song, accompanied by footage of the march to the slaughter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9jRdPg_ZL8 Over 27,000 Irish men died, serving in the British Army in the First World War out of a total of 886,934 total British deaths. … Continue reading →

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‘Oh What a Lovely War!’ Conflict Movie

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

With the current focus on the recent Steven Spielberg movie ‘War Horse‘, I thought it might be appropriate to recall another film about the First World War: Richard Attenborough’s ‘Oh What a Lovely War!‘ Here are some clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wfIhl5mn5s&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogUJ8ZnCKmI … Continue reading →

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Republican President Dwight Eisenhower Warning Us about the Military-Industrial Complex

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

I guess I think of Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) as the last grown up Republican President and of course he was also a very successful World War 2 General and Commander of US forces and creator of the US Inter-State Highway … Continue reading →

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Margaret Thatcher: The Movie ‘Iron Lady’: Class Warrior, and a British Tragedy

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

The about-to-be-released movie Iron Lady, directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep, about former British Prime Minister and Ronald Reagan buddy Margaret Thatcher is prompting a lot of discussion. Here is the trailer: http://www.theironladymovie.co.uk/blog/news_pages/iron_lady_trailer_released.asp It drew me into discussion, … Continue reading →

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