Re: Private Ryan, The Thin Line and back to Ignatius J. Reilly
Ed Fenning (ed361@yahoo.com)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:05:01 -0800 (PST)
I would like to weigh in with what may probably be
considered a superficial reaction to The Thin Red Line
in comparison to some of the other postings.
First of all, I haven't read the book - seeing the
movie makes me want to - maybe I should have included
that on my 'Books 2000' post but I'd forgotten about
it. I'm old enough to remember when it was a first
line Book-of-the-Month club selection.
Second, I really have to see it again because when
I did see it, my consciousness was altered; by two
pints of Fullers rather than hemp. Though the
cinematography made a strong first impression on me as
with others who've posted here, I kept thinking, this
is too serious (yep you've reached the superficial
part...), watching it somehow reminded me more of a
Vietnam movie (shades of Apocalypse now perhaps? I did
not see Platoon) than of any World War II epic. It
was upsetting, as it was supposed to be. My only
thought is that I'm probably going to have to see it
on video since it's probably not in the theatres (New
York area) anymore.
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