War cinema has given us countless great works over the years, but it is fair to recognize that these types of proposals have long since become much less abundant than before. That doesn’t stop him from continuing to give great works and a case that is still recent is that of ‘Dunkirk’, Christopher Nolan’s best film according to Quentin Tarantino which from today can be seen on Amazon Prime Video at no additional cost.
Why is it worth watching?
It was a couple of years ago when the director of ‘Django Unchained’ had no problem proclaiming ‘Dunkirk’ as the second best film of the past decade -the “gold medal” went to ‘The Social Network’-, noting in passing that it was his favorite work by Nolan -the second place in his personal list is occupied by ‘Batman Begins’ in case you are curious about it-. In my case it doesn’t go that far, but it is one of my favorite films by the author of ‘The Final Trick’.
In case you haven’t seen ‘Dunkirk’ yet, the first thing you need to know about it is that it is a film that overflows with intensity, as Nolan brings us here to a key moment of World War II to get us into it. on the battlefield. That anguish present from the first moment, very well highlighted also through the soundtrack of hans zimmeris essential to make it a unique work.
Of course, I perfectly understand who finds it difficult to connect with her, because even the Tarantino confessed that he did not fall in love with ‘Dunkirk’ until he saw it for the third timez. And I think part of it is because the characters -or at least the emotions they convey- can feel like they’re not essential to the story despite the good work of their actors.
In the end it all boils down to ‘Dunkirk’ is a new exhibition of that commitment to a more cerebral cinema by Nolan, benefited here by not having to go into too many explanations to offer us a first-class sensory show and a suffocating experience as long as one does not reject their proposal from the outset or simply do not connect with it. In my case, that only happened to me with ‘Tenet’, in my opinion his worst film, but I don’t rule out that this can change in a revised future.
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