DUNKIRK *****
STARRING: FIONN WHITEHEAD,TOM GLYNN-CARNEY, JACK LOWDEN, HARRY STYLES,ANUERIN BARNARD, BARRY KEOGHAN, JAMES D' ARCY, KENNETH BRANAGH, CILLIAN MURPHY, MARK RYLANCE, TOM HARDY, & SIR MICHAEL CAINE ( VOICE ONLY)
DIRECTED BY: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN RUNNING TIME-(APPROX):1 HR 46 MINS
CERTIFICATE: 12A
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A REMAKE OF THE 1958 WORLD WAR II EALING BLACK & WHITE CLASSIC MOVIE WHICH STARRED JOHN MILLS, RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH & BERNARD LEE, & WAS DIRECTED BY LESLIE NORMAN, (BARRY NORMAN'S FATHER),& IS SET DURING WWII WHERE THE EVACUATION OF ALLIED TROOPS TOOK PLACE ON THE BEACHES OF DUNKIRK.
THE STORIES OF THIS VERSION TAKES PLACE DURING 3 DIFFERENT TIMELINES- THE MOLE (1 WEEK), THE SEA (1 DAY) & THE AIR) (1 HOUR),DURING WHICH WE SEE THE CHARACTERS RESONATING THE SENSE OF COMMUNAL HEROISM, A GENUINE COMING TOGETHER OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER INDIVIDUAL COULD ACHIEVE IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
NOLAN'S VERSION OF THE 1958 BLACK & WHITE CLASSIC IS POWERFUL & RIVETING. RIGHT FROM THE START YOU ARE HOOKED & DOESN'T LET GO UNTIL IT FINISHES. STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY FROM HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA & A POWERFUL SCORE FROM HANS ZIMMER, MAKES THIS NOT ONLY THE BEST FILM OF THE SUMMER, BUT THE BEST FILM OF THE 2017, SO FAR.
HOWEVER, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT DUNKIRK IS THAT THIS WAS SHOT IN 3 DIFFERENT FORMATS: ORDINARY 35MM, ORDINARY 70MM, & IMAX 70MM,BUT WHICH EVER YOU DECIDE TO SEE THIS EPIC ( 1HR 46 MINS) MOVIE, YOU WILL ALWAYS EXPERIENCE THIS IN PRISTINE PICTURE QUALITY & A CLEARER SOUND IN DIGITAL PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE INFLUENTIAL FILM-MAKERS SUCH AS KUROSAWA, HITCHCOCK, LEAN, KUBRICK, SCORSESE,SPIELBERG,& TARANTINO,TO NAME A FEW, & NOW NOLAN JOINS THAT ELITE OF FILM-MAKERS, WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS & CONTRIBUTIONS,WETHER THEIR CREATIVITY& TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE,HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THE MOVIE INDUSTRY HAS OPERATED IN THEIR UNIQUE WAY OF DIRECTION.
SEE THIS & BE AMAZED BY WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
NOT TO BE MISSED! (I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT 3 TIMES IN IT'S 1ST WEEK OF RELEASE) & GOT A FREE LARGE T-SHIRT IN THE PROCESS ON OPENING DAY.
SEE THIS WHERE IT DESERVES TO BE SEEN- ON A BIG SCREEN NEAR YOU !
DAVID M. MITCHELL