In an editorial recently published at Nippertown, David and Capital Region expat Jan Galligan
discuss the film 1917 through a series of emails. The piece is also being published in print in the Puerto Rican journal En Rojo (pending translation into Spanish).
Here's a taste of their discussion:
David:
Thanks for sending your Nippertown article with your
selections for The Best of 2019. We enjoyed your take on all the films being
considered for the 2020 Academy Awards and agree with your selection of 1917 as
one the best films of last year.
Here’s our interpretation of that Sam Mendes movie:
The first half of the film, until the main character is shot
and the screen goes black (for a significantly long time) is all real, it
actually happens.
The second half of the film, when he “wakes up” after that
long blackout, all takes place in his imagination ...
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1 comment:
That IS a plausible theory of the film!
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