While the film doesn't visually compare to Kushin's best films, the long trench shots and famous execution scene at the beginning of the film are still enough to go down in film history.
The theme of this film is easy to understand and can be summed up in one sentence: Patriotism is when the literate says to the illiterate, now you can die for the country. In this film, Kubrick delivers the most powerful satire of hypocritical patriotism, fanatical nationalism, and a supposed collective sense of honor. Of course, if this film is limited to this, it can only be regarded as a good film of the era that lacks breakthroughs (after all, "All Quiet on the Western Front" has already brought similar topics to the top), but what I didn't expect is that Kubrick Even the victims were not spared. After sneering enough of the above, he exposed the vulgar and stinky side of the soldiers who were victims to the audience. This movie has an obvious library style: like a god, he stands on a high place and looks down on the world. All the goodness and ugliness cannot escape his judgment. God knows everything about mortals, but God does not have a little bit of mortals. care
View more about Paths of Glory reviews
