Christopher Nolan’s latest film “Dunkirk” was released on July 21. The film centers around the evacuation of Allied troops from France in 1940, during World War 2. Photo Fair Use of www.Nolanfans.com.
The movie “Dunkirk,” released July 21, explores the historical event of the Dunkirk evacuation in a manner unlike most war movies, but still delivers a powerful performance, despite it’s abnormalities.
Christopher Nolan, Oscar-nominated director of films including “Interstellar” and “Inception,” delves into history in his newest movie “Dunkirk,” released July 21. The movie follows the World War II Dunkirk evacuation that took place in 1940, which saved the British Army from complete annihilation on the beaches of France.
Nolan expertly conveys the nature of this bit of history in a clever, yet unconventional manner.
It is broken into three primary, nonlinear timelines, following Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) as a soldier on the ground, Peter (Tom Glynn-Carney) as a sailor part of the rescue effort in the sea and Farrier (Tom Hardy) as a Royal Air Force pilot in the air.
Despite the three completely different storylines, the movie is easily followed. The characters are mostly played by relatively unheard-of and very young actors, which portrays how young soldiers were at the time.
“Dunkirk” is a very action-driven movie, and contains very little dialogue. Instead, it gives in to the tremendous noise of war with bombers, shelling and gunshots all dominating the movie audibly. The sheer volume added to the feeling of realism, desperation and terror of war.
The film was an eye-opening, horrifyingly realistic movie without being overly gory or violent, even though its driving force is war.
“Dunkirk” is worth seeing to gain insight into the history or experience Nolan’s use of unorthodox cinematic techniques. Both aspects of the film makes it extraordinary and a must-see.
