"Road to Glory" is a masterpiece, the filming technique is neat, and its criticism of war consciousness and bureaucracy can be extended to a wider field. Through the tragic ending, the film accuses the cruelty of the war and the ignorance of the commander, and uses rich film language to reveal the cruel theme of "one accomplishment will succeed." The gloomy scene of the film has an imminent and sharp gaze, which directly penetrates the brains of scheming people and the hearts of soldiers who have to endure the fear of death.
Regardless of the style or the plot, director Kubrick has adopted a tragic and deep ironic force to construct the entire film. The most shocking plot of the film is that Millow ordered the 705 Corps to fire on his troops in order to force the soldiers to attack. This is the most profound portrayal of extreme irrational actions in war. The trenches are where the director is most attentive in the whole movie. Kubrick used bright and dark contrast lights to express the atmosphere of the trenches. In the film, the garrison of high-ranking officers is bright and transparent, while the space where soldiers live in the trenches is dark and unclear. In addition, the director also used long shots combined with moving shots to let the audience experience the intense trench warfare immersively. In the scene where the attack was launched, Kubrick used a portable camera to photograph the subjective point of view of Dax's patrolling in the trenches, allowing the audience to once again experience the solemn atmosphere of the trenches. After fully displaying the absurdity of war and the irrational aspect of human nature, the end of the film shows Kubrick's bold courage and mature wisdom as a first-rate film creator. At the end, the film does not show a cheap anti-war gesture, but soberly reminds the audience that humans can not become war machines and can have rationality.
