tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post7815413314217529552..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: The Grand Illusion (1937)blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-19156242719225361372012-07-16T19:15:56.176-07:002012-07-16T19:15:56.176-07:00From "The Blue Max"
General Count von K...From "The Blue Max"<br /><br /><b>General Count von Klugermann</b>: Take a look outside. See that? Revolution is just beneath the surface! If that happens, everything we stand for will be DESTROYED - unless the German officer corps stands like a rock, intact! And what is more important, untarnished. I made this Stachel into a national hero for good military reasons. If I court-martial him now, it will reflect on the integrity of the whole officer corps. <br /><br /><b>Otto Heidemann</b>: Herr General, I see now, I have notions of honor which are outdated. <br /><br /><b>General Count von Klugermann</b>: Ahh, they're not outdated! <br /><br />[pause] <br /><br /><b>General Count von Klugermann</b>: Stored. With care, and love, for better times.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-36119527689589074832012-07-13T16:11:15.298-07:002012-07-13T16:11:15.298-07:00It is an excellent movie. But I thought the "...It is an excellent movie. But I thought the "illusion" was the belief that there was nobility in war, attained through adherence to a code of honor when modern weaponry had moved warfare from an arena of honor and bravery to a killing field where survival was almost completely a matter of luck (or, worse, cowardice).<br /><br />Maybe that's an anachronistic reading of the book, but it's what I got from the movie.Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-78366696293276351392012-07-13T08:35:16.199-07:002012-07-13T08:35:16.199-07:00I don't, but I live on the outskirts enough wh...I don't, but I live on the outskirts enough where there's some spillage. Before it was impossible to get anywhere in this city, that was truer. 30 minutes to Hollywood or the west side or to any of the cool theaters.<br /><br />(There were more back then, too.)blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-25941500668466057502012-07-12T20:18:40.200-07:002012-07-12T20:18:40.200-07:00It may not be the best movie ever made, but it'...<i>It may not be the best movie ever made, but it's certainly one of the best in theaters right now.</i><br /><br />Blake, you must live in cinephillic nirvana--I just check for that movie around here and it's not to be found. I will put it on Netflix and get around to it after I get through a bunch of Darcy recommends.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.com