Dunkirk " Military Movie " (2017)

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It's been a week since I've been to Dunkirk for returning to a village far from the movies. On returning I heard that this latest film by Christopher Nolan has made a scene by dividing the audience into two camps with extreme polarity; between very like or very dislike. But I think we can all agree that Dunkirk is a unique and very interesting war movie. In my opinion, maybe this is because the treatment is different compared to most war movies.

The movie is about events, not characters. The narrative of 'Dunkirk' does not allow us to be tied to character, but to be involved in what they experience.

The first, for example, calling it a "war" movie may be less precise. Despite war and war sequences, the film is actually a survival thriller . This film is not brutal, does not show blood as Seven Private Ryan of Steven Spielberg , but about the affairs of intensity, they are almost equivalent. It only focuses on the event in question. Are blood and body parts needed? Not really, as long as the narration can grip us in its survival aspect.

Nolan also built his film on two very crucial crucial elements, the immersive images from the cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema , as well as the thunderous scoring of Hans Zimmer who often used the "tick tik tik" sound to emphasize urgency. Dunkirk does not provide emotional attainment, rather than presenting sensory experiences. Few movies survive only those two elements. Without it, Dunkirk would be a very nifty movie.

The war begins with the holders of power, but the actual perpetrators are the keroco. Dunkirk is a war movie headed by an unnamed keroco-keroco, not an iconic figure or a key character. Without backstory , it shows no enemies at all, and has little context, but the stakes still feel high because they can not do much. The context? Just what we know about Dunkirk's events. During World War II, 400,000 allied troops were driven by German troops on the coast of Dunkirk, France. They waited for evacuation before Hitler destroyed the beach. But the military ship can not be imported because it will be directly invaded by submarines and Nazi aircraft. Fortunately, dozens of civilian ships belonging to British fishermen came to the rescue of soldiers in favor of another fight in the future.

This is a simple story, but made complicated by Nolan with a unique narrative structure. He seems to be trying hard to make Dunkirk more than just a regular cinematic reproduction of an important war event. It takes 3 different perspectives with 3 different time spans. Events on land occur for 1 week, at sea for 1 day, and in air for 1 hour. All three of these plots intersect but occur simultaneously until it becomes one at the end. At some point, we find a different experience from the soldiers who witnessed the same event. Sometimes confusing indeed, but being a surprising showpiece, in a good way , for me.

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On land, we see the young soldiers Tommy ( Fionn Whitehead ) running on the streets to the beaches of Dunkirk that are already filled with the ranks of allied soldiers who are ready to evacuate. He later met other young soldiers, including Aneurin Barnard and Harry Styles . Meanwhile, their commanders ( Kenneth Brannagh and James D'Arcy ) think hard about the rescue scenario. At sea, the civil fisherman Dawson ( Mark Rylance ) and his son ( Tom Glynn-Carney ) as well as one local teenager ( Barry Keoghan ) are ready to risk their lives answering the desperate calls of soldiers. They evacuate one traumatized soldier ( Cillian Murphy ). In the air, three Spitfire pilots (including Tom Hardy and Jack Lowden ) struggle to neutralize enemy planes bombarding ships and canals where soldiers lined up.

You see, they do have a name. But I do not think of their names while watching (I get this name from IMDb for review writing only). The movie is about events, not characters. The narrative of Dunkirk does not allow us to be tied to character, but to be involved in what they experience. Rows of players filled with some top names, but nothing flashy. They only play a role, as needed. Just like the soldiers who only perform the duty of the state, the Dunkirk actors show a down-to-earth performance, unselfishly wanting to show off their portions.

With its intensity that often creates terror, disorientation, and panic, I would like to say that Dunkirk is a realistic picture of war. But I never see war directly, so my argument is invalid. But Nolan does avoid the dramatic emphasis on heroic moments. There is no loud speech or one-liner macho, even this film is very minimal dialogue or exposition. We are placed directly in the middle of the battlefield. If you want to be divided into 3 narrative rounds, then the first 3 minutes of Dunkirk is a prologue, the last 3 minutes are epilogues, and the duration between them is climax.

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Nolan also refused to use computer tricks to escalate the scale of the film, but using massive practical effects . We see hundreds of extra players lined up with full army uniforms. And some of those blasted boats and planes? Original, although I'm sure it is the result of modification instead of a real old-fashioned combat vehicle (it can be dicyduck historian later). Together with Hoytema, Nolan installs an IMAX camera directly on the plane, then creates a scene chase the plane by actually chasing a real plane, thus creating a truly authentic sequence. This is a cinematic achievement for combat affairs in the air.

In one interview, Nolan said that he did not really like the idea of ​​watching movies streaming through gadgets. Even for some of his films-the most exciting one is Interstellar - he goes so far as to make sure the cinema goes according to his specifications. Well, he did give a very good argument through this film. Watch Dunkirk on the screen as wide as possible and sound system as possible.

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