Wwii Japanese
After viewing the mediocre FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS I wasn’t expecting much from this film possibly because in the past few years producer/director Clint Eastwood has put out some of his best work ever (MYSTIC RIVER, MILLION DOLLAR BABY) and he was bound to have a few less then satisfactory films on the horizon. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA is not that film; in fact, it is one of Eastwood’s best films.
Lead by General Kuribayashi (Ken Watanabe) he and his men set up a planned attack the American soldiers during the pivotal battle that took place of Iwo Jima during WWII. Iwo Jima is not just s strategic battleground but a place of spiritual honor to the Japanese soldiers who would rather die then to give up their island to the Americans. Thematically-wise the film is linked to FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS by having the soldiers question their place in the war and what the war does to the psyche of a soldier. And like the former film this film explores all the possibilities by comparing and contrasting the motives and actions of the soldiers against themselves as a group and to that of their superior officers. This film goes one step further by also giving the Japanese soldiers’ impression of the American soldiers verses what they have been told the American soldiers are like, which are savages (nicely contrasted through several of the Japanese soldiers’ encounter with American soldiers).
The one great thing about viewing an Eastwood film is the lack of an overbearing cinematic style that can over power the story of the film itself (i.e. John Woo, Terrance Malick, Oliver Stone). He simply lets the story unfold in its own time, in its own way, which leads to a more satisfying and emotional viewing experience.
Like FLAGS, LETTERS doesn’t give a pretty picture of the war or its effect on the people and cultures that it effected and still affects. It is an uncompromising glimpse into the evil that is war and once we open our eyes to its true nature we’ll never be able to close them again.
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