Lebanon details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Reymond Amsalem, Oshri Cohen, Yoav Donat, Michael Moshonov, Zohar Shtrauss |
| Director: | Samuel Maoz |
| Genres: | Drama, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | METRODOME DISTRIBUTION |
| Collections: | Battlefield Films, Editor's Picks, Fighting Films, Hidden Gems, Wars & Warriors |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Lebanon |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 23 Aug 2010 |
| Main languages: | Hebrew |
| Subtitles: | English |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMEver wondered what it would be like to go to war in a tank?
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An anti-war film from a tank perspctive
By rafi (36 reviews) from Beverley , 29 Dec 2009[Highly rated reviewer]
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I was a soldier during the 1982 Lebanon War. I do not miss any film that is done about this ugly, unjustified war. My very first university essay was about the war, and I continue to study and reflect on it. This anti-war film is shot entirely from the tank perspective. You see the lives of four people, who share a cubic sphere and the agony of war. They are sent to accompany an elite platoon into Lebanon, facing dilemmas they are forced to resolve, quickly. Any hesitation might be very dear. In the first encounter with Lebanese people, the gunman hesitates to shoot as he is unsure whether the people in front of him are enemy. This hesitation cost the life of a young soldier. Next time, the gunman does not hesitate. He kills an innocent farmer.
You see four guys, who wish to return home safely, closed in a tank that might become their death trap, fighting a war about which they know very little, obeying commands whose logic escapes them; four young men involved in miserable fighting, who move on without knowing the big picture, trying to survive against unclear enemies. They thought they were sent to fight the Lebanese and suddenly they encounter Syrians. How come? Why? What the Christian falangas are doing? Only Ariel Sharon had the answers. Even Prime Menachem Begin did not know the answers, for a while.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(107)Interesting, however
By slimsmoker (4 reviews) from sussex , 07 Apr 2011I agree with elPatrone, a wasted opportunity. Exaggerated characters lost my interest half-way through and developed nowhere thereafter. Convincing for the first 20minutes perhaps.- Was this review helpful to you?
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truely claustrophobic
By JCPHankins (57 reviews) from London , 04 Apr 2011This takes you straight into the turret of a tank with 4 conscripts who have yet to experience war. its simple but effective set up peppered with the brooding presence of the platoon leader who enters via the turret hole to provide the one piece of outside contact these soldiers ever get. Not much happens but this suits the anti-war message as the images that do arise are powerful and pointless. Context isn't given (which is a weakness) but the voice of headquarters provides the political standpoint via with its inflexible orders, in one key transmission the statement is 'you have no choice'. This sums up the message of the film, in war choice gets you killed and choice is what makes humans free.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Intense Film
By Ell1981 (169 reviews) from London , 28 Mar 2011The term harrowing has often been used to describe war films but here the film is the type of war film that is not about the war itself but about the people involved. So it is harrowing but on a human level mostly. The confines that the film keeps makes it intense and worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Could have been a classic but....
By elPatrone (17 reviews) from Norwich , 27 Mar 2011This film had the potential to give a tankers eye view of combat much as Das Boot did for the sub. Unfortunately this fell a very long way short. The idea was great in concept but the ineptitude of the characters were so unbelievable they made Oddballs bunch (Kellys Heroes) look like parade gound elites, not even raw conscripts on their first outing in a tank would behave like this.
All in all a lost opportunity and not worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A Gripping Film
By theUntamed (1 review) from Neath , 25 Mar 2011Ive always been in to my war films and everytime i saw a tank in action i always wondered what those guys were going through in side of one,
by watching this film its given me an insight into what those guys went through and to be honest it looks bloody horrible and i take my hat off to each and everyone who has served in one.
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