GUNS OF AUGUST-DVD-NEW-True Story of WWI Based on Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book

Description: The Guns of August takes its title, its pace and its studious approach to the events of the First World War from Barbara Tuchman's extraordinary book. The film cannot provide the detail or the masterful objectivity of the book, and wisely makes no attempt to be a visual clone. Although both start well before the beginning of hostilities, the printed version draws to a close at the end of August 1914, whereas the movie takes us through to the cessation of the fighting.A great deal of archival film is included in this ambitious production, adding to the authenticity and the odd sense of disbelief one gains as the incredible series of miscalculations leading to war unfold before the viewer's eyes. The Guns of August is presented in a straight-forward documentary style, making no effort to embellish the accounts included or to make itself entertaining. It is a thoughtful, often morose recounting of the tragic events that consumed an entire generation of Europe's fighting men and untold numbers of innocent civilians unable to avoid its terrible path. It leaves the viewer unable to believe that such horrors could be loosed on the world again, yet knowing that they were a scant two decades later.For any student of military or political science, this is a film not to be missed. The awful depiction of the results of failed diplomacy is a lesson not to be dismissed, lest it must be relearned yet again.

Price: 7.95 USD

Location: Steubenville, Ohio

End Time: 2024-10-12T16:47:39.000Z

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