Comments on: Band of Brothers in Arms http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/01/03/band-brothers-arms/ Failing better at understanding the past Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alciaduh http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/01/03/band-brothers-arms/comment-page-1/#comment-14324 alciaduh Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:06:27 +0000 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/01/03/band-brothers-arms/#comment-14324 "I’d like to see a dogme approach to war films which shows combat in real time, constantly follows the point of view of one squad, doesn’t have any music or voiceovers other than what the characters can actually hear, and doesn’t have a coherent narrative structure. I can’t say that my point of view makes any sense. A dogme war film would be no closer to the reality it claims to represent than a conventional war film, and would arguably be dishonest in creating a truth effect. A story told in flashback with a voiceover explaining what’s going on and overdubbed music to add atmosphere might be cheesy and cliched, but at least it honestly proclaims “this is a film”. Maybe “realism” is itself a set of genre conventions, rather than anything to do with actual reality." i feel exactly the same. “I’d like to see a dogme approach to war films which shows combat in real time, constantly follows the point of view of one squad, doesn’t have any music or voiceovers other than what the characters can actually hear, and doesn’t have a coherent narrative structure. I can’t say that my point of view makes any sense. A dogme war film would be no closer to the reality it claims to represent than a conventional war film, and would arguably be dishonest in creating a truth effect. A story told in flashback with a voiceover explaining what’s going on and overdubbed music to add atmosphere might be cheesy and cliched, but at least it honestly proclaims “this is a film”.

Maybe “realism” is itself a set of genre conventions, rather than anything to do with actual reality.”

i feel exactly the same.

]]> By: Investigations of a Dog » Earned In Blood http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/01/03/band-brothers-arms/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Investigations of a Dog » Earned In Blood Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:22:32 +0000 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2007/01/03/band-brothers-arms/#comment-2912 [...] after Christmas I wrote about Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30, a World War 2 first person shooter which is, unsurprisingly, an incremental improvement over Call [...] [...] after Christmas I wrote about Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30, a World War 2 first person shooter which is, unsurprisingly, an incremental improvement over Call [...]

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