![]() The Vietnam movies were all about how cataclysmic and terrible and “insane” war could be. Many, if not most, of the greatest war films - like, for instance, “Paths of Glory” - are often characterized as “anti-war.” The reason is obvious: They’re message movies that depict the horrifying devastation of war, all as a way of saying, “The human race must figure out a way to stop this unfathomable cruelty.” You could say that’s the message embedded in every movie about the Vietnam War - the era when combat in film attained a new, searing, at times hallucinatory realism. Yet it’s worth noting just why Steven Spielberg’s wrenching combat masterpiece has earned such a singular place in the cinema of war. ![]() ![]() It’s a movie that figures high on our list of the 30 Greatest War Films. Twenty-five years ago, on July 24, 1998, “Saving Private Ryan” was released.
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