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1917: Movie Review



1917 is a war drama where two british soldiers Lance Cpl. Schofield and Lance Cpl. Blake is assigned an almost impossible task of mapping colossal distance beyond enemy lines to deliver a most crucial message to save their platoon from falling into a trap, hence saving many lives. The movie showcased it as a one shot but it is not. You will not see any visual cuts in the entire movie, but a true cinephile would notice those cuts. Like the ones of Birdman:The unexpected virtue of ignorance or Silent House the movie has hidden cuts in movies often layered inside dark corridors, behind the back shots and also sometimes CGI.

If you are not familiar with this type of technique in filmmaking, the filmmakers often utilize this technique of long shots or continuous shots without a cut for longer periods of time to create tension in the scene. The cuts often change perspective, angle of a scene and if there's no cut in a scene then there's a continuous flow of scenes and the story will make sense much more powerful with the entire story, event and experiences.


1917 fully employed this technique to make us feel claustrophobic, strapping us in a thrilling ride of uncertainty and harrowing experience of war.1917 is indeed a technical marvel with each aspect of filmmaking being brilliant. Roger Deakins in the cinematography is absolutely brilliant. Since it's a one take movie Roger had to carefully plan and execute each and every shot for the entire length of the movie. He perfectly delivers the rich entirety of green open spaces or scenes where Lance Cpl. Schofield sprints down the attack line.

Saying all that, the movie however feels to be highly dependent only upon its technicality, emotions and lesser on the plot and the writing. Director Sam Mendes takes us to this intense journey of two soldiers showcasing us horrors of war along the way.

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