By drax on Skatehive
If one is to judge by the content of films that Hollywood studios launch at the end of each year in an attempt to capture as many prestigious awards as possible, British history seems a rather popular topic. And that, of course, includes British military history. Inspiration in that sense for Oscar hunters should be provided by the career of David Lean, whose two films dealing with these themes – The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia – not only became huge hits and triumphantly collected golden statuettes, but even attained the status of unquestioned classics of the Seventh Art. It is therefore understandable why Lean's present-day colleagues try to repeat the undertaking of the great master, who in one way or another endeavour to deal with the bloodiest armed conflicts of the 20th century from the perspective of those who participated in them on the British side. In 2017, something like that, with not exactly brilliant results, was attempted by Christopher Nolan with Dun