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Certificate PG

Cast Kirk Douglas Ralph Meeker Adolphe Menjou George Macready.

Directors Stanley Kubrick.

Screenwriters Stanley Kubrick Calder Willingham Jim Thompson.

Running Time 87 minutes

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Paths Of Glory
Kubrick's war masterpiece from 1957 - funny how little things change...

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Plot
France 1916: the French and German armies are dug into trenches in stalemate. Impatient French Generals order a suicidal assault on a strategic hill but when the operation ends in inevitable retreat the same Generals demand that three men are executed for cowardice as an example to others. A decision that brings former defence lawyer Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) into conflict with his superior officers…

Review
Banned in France until 1975 and unreleased in Spain under Franco, this timely re-release of Stanley Kubrick’s piercing attack on military hierarchy is unlikely to be welcomed by either Bush or Blair. Set in France in 1916, Kubrick’s film captures the war on two fronts: the no-man’s land where recruits scrap over inches and the glorious chateaux where the officer class angle for promotion.

Inspired by real newspaper reports, the 87-minute Paths Of Glory moves briskly from a misconceived attack to the court martial that follows. As the anger simmers, Kubrick’s camera remains detached, patrolling the trenches, pacing the courtroom. Terse and remorseless it may be, but the final flourish is perhaps the most fitting gracenote in all of cinema.

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RE: My revised Review of Paths of Glory

i refer to what i said earlier, yes i find it is pretty much a given in a lot of old crap ... More

Posted by kargon at 11:55, 02 February 2012 | Report This Post

My revised Review of Paths of Glory

Sorry, the first time I reviewed this I gave it 1 star, I'm really sorry.It was a complete accident. Anyway. I was stunned when I forst watched Paths of Glory, I thought it was one of the greatest war films ever made and I still stand by that opinion. The war action is brilliantly directed by Master Stanley Kubrick, you can almost feel every bullett and shell hitting the ground, it's amazing how authentic Kubrick makes it feel. Kirk Douglas also gives the performace of a lifetime in a role... More

Posted by The Original Psycho at 13:52, 31 December 2009 | Report This Post

Paths Of Gory

art. ... More

Posted by The Original Psycho at 13:43, 31 December 2009 | Report This Post

Best Kubrick?

Undountedly a far greater meditation on war than Kubrick's later Full Metal Jacket, Paths Of Glory may also be the great director's most emotionally connected work. Cynical, bleak, beautifully monochrome and passionate, this remains an incontestable work of art by one of cinema's true artists ... More

Posted by dunner05 at 13:07, 16 May 2006 | Report This Post

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