Patrulla infernal
La patrulla infernal
Director:
Stanley KubrickCámara:
Georg KrauseMúsica:
Gerald FriedReparto:
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joe Turkel, Timothy Carey, Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner (más)Streaming (4)
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Fuera de peligro, en su tranquilo castillo situado lejos de las líneas de batalla, un grupo de Generales Franceses trasmiten una orden directa al Coronel Dax: tomar el difícil reducto de Ant Hill a cualquier precio. Pero este ataque es una misión suicida que desde el principio está condenada al fracaso. Para justificar su fatal metedura de pata, los generales ordenan el arresto de tres soldados inocentes, culpándoles de cobardía y desacato a las órdenes emitidas. Dax, elegido abogado defensor de los tres soldados, pronto se dará cuenta de que solamente un milagro podrá salvarles del pelotón de ejecución, a no ser que demuestre que los generales son los culpables. Senderos de Gloria es una obra maestra e irresistible, del aclamado director Stanley Kubrick. Una obra devastadora y magistral que trata sobre el procesamiento de políticos militares al mismo tiempo que es una experiencia cinematográfica inolvidable. (United International Pictures)
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Even many decades later, Paths of Glory still ranks among the most impressive (anti)war films, and very little can be criticized about it. In this film, all important emotions are concentrated and all possible character traits clash. Heroism meets cowardice, idealism meets cynicism, self-sacrifice meets selfishness, and faith meets despair. Kubrick managed to perfectly immerse the viewer in the atmosphere of trenches being bombarded by artillery shells and a desolate no-man's land torn apart by the scars of explosions and covered in the wreckage of war madness. Paths of Glory represents the pinnacle of education, especially for cinematographers. Every shot is a visual delight. The absurd scene of a military trial of alleged cowards, intended to disguise the senselessness of an attack by a weakened unit against a military fortress, is an indictment of all military and political systems that consider their citizens to be mere cannon fodder for their interests. Overall impression: 95%.
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After The Shining and Barry Lyndon, I had the opportunity (or rather the obligation) to watch Paths of Glory, which is also another example of a quality film by Stanley Kubrick. But since I am not a fan of war-themed movies, I kept my distance from the film. There were probably two sequences that impressed me the most: the soldiers coming out of the trenches to meet the enemy, and the journey of the three convicts to the execution ground. In short, a film that is really good, but I, as a viewer, cannot appreciate it properly.
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The theme is strong, dramatic and realized in the script without unnecessary loopholes, but perhaps with an overly explicit pathos of justice in some moments (however, I do not deny that in this respect I could have been influenced by the bad Czech dubbing). Given the time period and country of origin, it could certainly feel tendentious and rigid, but Kubrick's realization is virtuoso. From the initial induction of the atmosphere of the trenches (perfect passage of the camera and work with the composition), through the combat sequences to the main part – the trial with three randomly selected cowards. Kubrick curtly leads the drama of the dispute between the commanding lawyer (Kirk Douglas) and the ambition of the insane General Mireau (George Macready) and the gerontophilic sadism of General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou). He sometimes surprises with a well-chosen shot (the trial with half-details), does not blackmail the viewer in any way, but throws him a raw army lawsuit, the nonsense of the gloriola of the officer-gods and despair of helplessness of ordinary soldiers, which the machinery of his own army grinded. Nevertheless, Paths of Glory ends with a non-forgettable emphasis on humanity, which mightily impressed me with its simplicity. In terms of the time of its creation, this is a timeless film, a drama performed in the most brilliant way, a drama that is shared, unadorned and captivating.
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The film itself reminds us that it’s a Kubrick film. There are, of course, those long shots through the trenches, his composition during the leaves nothing to chance, but in the end, it still works. To be honest, I've been calling for a renaissance of interest in World War I for a long time. And then there's Adolphe Menjou, who for some unknown reason lived to see stardom in his late age, even though he's been tasty since 1915.
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A strong theme crowned with an excellent and straightforward script, a great performance by Kirk Douglas and, of course, amazing direction by the master of masters, which can cause the kind of emotional impact that we would not expect from such an old film today. Most of the passages are conversational and the turmoil of the battle is actually incidental, but the senselessness of war and the depravity of all those who got too carried away by it are depicted perfectly, and many a person after watching the film will change their mind about enlisting in the army for good. Moreover, the single battle scene is so wonderfully shot (including the long march across the trench that precedes it) that it wouldn't be lost even today. Kubrick simply couldn't make a bad movie, which is, after all, only a logical consequence given the meticulous preparation he put into each film. :) 90%
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