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Old January 14th, 2005, 04:49 PM
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I've recently watched Twelve o'clock High with Gregory Peck. Very good account of the early bomber campaign and the personal and command problems at HQs.

Also I watched The Desert Fox with James Mason. Pretty lousy. It's not a biographical nor a historical film, it's just a bad combination of all those things… also, there's an Italian-accented and very ridiculous Hitler… Only good thing: good editing of war film footage.

But I watched All Quiet in the Western Front (1929) and it's become one of my favourite films ever! It's just amazing. A great film based on a great book. The little adaptation they made was spectacular, battle scenes are impressive and cinematography is supperb! Highly recommended!
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