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Buckeye_Democrat

(15,539 posts) Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:27 AM Nov 2020

1917: Movie scenes.

I streamed the movie "1917" on demand earlier, and the below scenes gave me goosebumps, starting at about the 1:30 mark. Wonderful cinematography and music!

Very good movie overall too!

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1917: Movie scenes. (Original Post) Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 OP

Wow. Made me want to stream it, too. Laffy Kat Nov 2020 #1

It won an Oscar for best cinematography... Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #4

I watched it Friday. Really liked it. I had read about the single shot Hoyt Nov 2020 #2

👀 Thanks for the reminder underpants Nov 2020 #3

cool...taped it this same night.... dhill926 Nov 2020 #5

Two thumbs up for this movie. I just watched it the other night. panader0 Nov 2020 #6

Great movie. Paladin Nov 2020 #7

So much of that movie was visually astonishing! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #8

Good NPR write-up. Thanks for posting it. (nt) Paladin Nov 2020 #9

Laffy Kat

(16,990 posts)

1. Wow. Made me want to stream it, too.

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:37 AM

Nov 2020

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,539 posts)

4. It won an Oscar for best cinematography...

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 02:02 AM

Nov 2020

... (among other wins) which seems well-deserved. I can't imagine another movie could match it in that regard last year.

Surprised that Thomas Newman didn't win best musical score. Nominated with no win, yet again!

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. I watched it Friday. Really liked it. I had read about the single shot

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:45 AM

Nov 2020

cinematography, or whatever they call it. Plus, my small dairy farmer granddad drove a truck in Germany during WWI.

I really enjoyed it. It captured the horrible nature of trench warfare without being too gory.

underpants

(197,210 posts)

3. 👀 Thanks for the reminder

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 12:47 AM

Nov 2020

I’ve been meaning to see this.

dhill926

(16,953 posts)

5. cool...taped it this same night....

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 02:18 AM

Nov 2020

looking forward to seeing it....

panader0

(25,816 posts)

6. Two thumbs up for this movie. I just watched it the other night.

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 09:22 AM

Nov 2020

Paladin

(32,354 posts)

7. Great movie.

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:11 AM

Nov 2020

I loved writer/director Sam Mendes' dedication at the end.

And how the hell did they do that waterfall scene?

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,539 posts)

8. So much of that movie was visually astonishing!

Reply to Paladin (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 05:06 PM

Nov 2020

It was cool that it was based on his grandfather's WW1 story.

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/21/790328406/it-was-part-of-me-director-sam-mendes-on-the-family-history-in-1917

"It wasn't until his mid-70s that he decided he was going to tell the stories of what happened to him when he was in his teenage years," Sam Mendes says. "And there was one particular story he told us of being tasked to carry a single message through no man's land in dusk in the winter of 1916. He was a small man, and they used to send him with messages because he ran 5 1/2 feet, and the mist used to hang at about 6 feet in no man's land, so he wasn't visible above the mist. And that stayed with me. And that was the story I found I wanted to tell."

Paladin

(32,354 posts)

9. Good NPR write-up. Thanks for posting it. (nt)

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 05:47 PM

Nov 2020

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