Christopher Nolan's D U N K I R K

[Mach5]

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Dunkirk is a 2017 English language war film[nb 1] written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. Set during the Second World War, it concerns the Dunkirk evacuation. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Netherlands.

Nolan wrote the script, told from three perspectives–the land, sea and air–to contain little dialogue and create suspense solely through details. Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk, France and ended in Los Angeles, United States, where it also began post-production. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large format film stock. The film made extensive use of practical effects such as employing 6,000 extras, assembling boats that had participated in the real Dunkirk evacuation, and using genuine era-appropriate planes for aerial sequences.

Dunkirk had its world premiere on 13 July 2017 at Odeon Leicester Square in London, England, and is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom and United States on 21 July 2017, in IMAX, 70 mm and 35 mm film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_(2017_film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013056 (9.6/10)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dunkirk_2017 (97%)
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/dunkirk (96)

Looks like Nolan might finally have a shot at Best Picture.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I'm very excited about this film and it's my most anticipated film of the year, more so than War for the Planet of the Apes, Blade Runner 2049, and The Last Jedi.

But, um, why did you spell the film title in all caps with with spaces in between the letters in the title?

 

[Mach5]

But, um, why did you spell the film title in all caps with with spaces in between the letters in the title?

Because wide kerning is one of Christopher Nolan's trademarks.

 

[Kor]

But, um, why did you spell the film title in all caps with with spaces in between the letters in the title?

I think that was to emulate the way the title spacing looks in the trailers.

And, speaking of Christopher Nolan, a certain other thread in a different forum has made me start to wonder if all of Nolan's work can be considered to take place in the same universe.

Kor

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Yeah, I guess, but while it looks good as a screen title, it looks terrible as a thread header. *shrug*

 

[Nate]

I'm excited for this one as well. This will probably be one of the only movies I see in the theater this year, most films I just wait for the BluRay.

 

[Mach5]

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Like I said, it looks good on screen, but not as a thread header.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

So pumped for this - as its one of top movies for this year. I know there are preview sessions tomorrow night, but I'll probably see it on Friday sometime. Also did read some of the early reviews this morning, both ign and empre gave 5 out of 5.

 

[EmoBorg]

I could never understood why the British celebrate the Dunkirk event. It was a massive retreat back to England across the channel. The Germans won the battle.

 

[MacLeod]

I could never understood why the British celebrate the Dunkirk event. It was a massive retreat back to England across the channel. The Germans won the battle.

I would hardly say we celebrate the Dunkirk evacuation, VE and VJ day pass with barely a mention thee days. If anything it tends to Battle of Britain Day (15th Sept) and Remembrance day (11th Nov) commerating when WWI ended that tend to be marked.

Yes the Germans can claim a tactical victory with the evacution of the Allied Armies to the UK, but what if the Nazi's hadn't paused and wiped out the Allied Armies could they have won the war?

 

[EmoBorg]

I would hardly say we celebrate the Dunkirk evacuation, VE and VJ day pass with barely a mention thee days. If anything it tends to Battle of Britain Day (15th Sept) and Remembrance day (11th Nov) commerating when WWI ended that tend to be marked.

Yes the Germans can claim a tactical victory with the evacution of the Allied Armies to the UK, but what if the Nazi's hadn't paused and wiped out the Allied Armies could they have won the war?

The Americans and the Soviets had the numbers to finish the Germans. Hitler was an idiot for fighting a two front war.

 

[Romulan_spy]

The Americans and the Soviets had the numbers to finish the Germans. Hitler was an idiot for fighting a two front war.

Yes the Germans can claim a tactical victory with the evacution of the Allied Armies to the UK, but what if the Nazi's hadn't paused and wiped out the Allied Armies could they have won the war?

I think the successful retreat at Dunkirk allowed the Allies to maintain hope. It was a testament to the fighting spirit of the British people that their civilians in mere fishing boats would risk death in a war zone to bring their soldiers safely home. If the retreat at Dunkirk had failed and the armies wiped out, it might have crushed the will of the Allies to keep fighting.

 

[Nyotarules]

Any Commonwealth armed personnel in this or is this another whiteout war movie? The largest forces in the British Army during WW2 were from India.

 

[EmoBorg]

The indians served in North Africa, Italy and Burma fronts. My sister' s late father in law fought in Italy as part of the British Indian army. He was proud of his service if i recall.

 

[Nyotarules]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32703753

Interesting article. I can see why Dunkirk is probably historically accurate. The Caribbean soldiers were not wanted until the Empire was desperate for em. Oh well, surprise, surprise. I forgot Churchill was an imperialist, very pro Empire.
It might do well at the Oscars.

 

[J.T.B.]

I could never understood why the British celebrate the Dunkirk event. It was a massive retreat back to England across the channel. The Germans won the battle.

Because a huge chunk of the British Army was almost destroyed in France, yet it escaped. It was a defeat, but not a disaster. At that point in the war, Britain needed whatever morale boosts it could get.

Any Commonwealth armed personnel in this or is this another whiteout war movie? The largest forces in the British Army during WW2 were from India.

I would love to see that movie, but this is the wrong time and place in the war. At least this film doesn't have the US coming in to save the day.

 

[MacLeod]

The Americans and the Soviets had the numbers to finish the Germans. Hitler was an idiot for fighting a two front war.

Things started to go wrong for the Nazi's when Operation Barbarossa comenced. But it might be fair to say that each of the 3 main Allied powers (GB, US and the USSR) played a part in defeating the Nazi's.

 

[EmoBorg]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32703753

Interesting article. I can see why Dunkirk is probably historically accurate. The Caribbean soldiers were not wanted until the Empire was desperate for em. Oh well, surprise, surprise. I forgot Churchill was an imperialist, very pro Empire.
It might do well at the Oscars.

I did not know that about the Caribbean soldiers. I know that the other British empire soldiers like the Indians fought from the start of the war. They took part in the unsucessful defence of Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore early in the war.

 

[cultcross]

Any Commonwealth armed personnel in this or is this another whiteout war movie? The largest forces in the British Army during WW2 were from India.

Not in the BEF at Dunkirk, particularly. This was Britain's existing professional army, for the most part, along with Canadians, Belgians and French.

I could never understood why the British celebrate the Dunkirk event. It was a massive retreat back to England across the channel. The Germans won the battle.

Dunkirk was seen as a 'successful failure', where the spirit and bravery of the British public saved the army from total devastation. A little like how Apollo 13 is seen as a success in that they overcame the failure which nearly spelled disaster and survived their return.

My grandfather was evacuated from Dunkirk. Although he hardly talks about the war, he says the mood of celebration was deliberately fostered by the government and the officers at the time to try to save morale - by celebrating their evacuation, it diverted attention from the defeat which necessitated it.