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Scarlett 2022-12-12 00:00:37
Recommendation: The Banner of the Fathers - Iwo Jima Letters, read both books together
Looking at the posters with the same style, you know that the two films are from the same director Eastwood. There are very few instances in the history of cinema where a director has shot the same subject from two angles. The flag of the fathers, with the flag of Iwo Jima as a section, tells a...
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Ahmad 2022-12-13 10:38:22
That feels weird, with so many people complimenting you on a day you didn't care about
I just watched the banner of my father and then I look back on the midfield battle of Billy Lynn I watched before, which is quite similar.
There is a line in the film, roughly speaking, the flag belongs to the whole camp, so I don't want to give it to a politician to hang at home, and replace the...
Denise Vlasis
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John Bradley: Where is he? Oh god...
James Bradley: He's not here dad. He died.
John Bradley: Who? Who died?
James Bradley: Iggy.
John Bradley: Iggy. Christ, Iggy. I hadn't thought of him for years. How do you know about Iggy?
James Bradley: You were calling for him, when you collapsed.
John Bradley: I wasn't looking for Iggy. I was looking for you. I wanted to... I wanted to tell you I'm sorry I wasn't a better father, talk to you more, I just... I'm sorry.
James Bradley: Sorry? You were the best father a man could have.
John Bradley: Did I ever tell you they took us swimming?
James Bradley: No, dad.
John Bradley: After we planted the flag, we came down off the mountain and went swimming. It was the funniest thing. All this fighting, and we were jumping around in the water like kids. That's the way that I remember Iggy now.
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Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski: Did you hear the good news, Doc? We're going in with the first wave.
[has something thrown at him]
Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski: Hey! Hey, you do that again I'll take your head off. Huh? Fuckin' dominos.
John "Doc" Bradley: Iggy, have you ever heard news you considered to be bad?
Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski: The first ones off the ship, Doc. Means we don't go over the side of the ship. We hop on a tractor that drives us right there.
John "Doc" Bradley: Shit. That is good news.
Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski: See? what'd I tell ya?
