Iwo Jima

2017-01-09

[...] art with a messianic fervor that makes young people (I was one, once) rush to plant the flag on Iwo Jima. (Here are a few sample dazzling moments.) Sellars is particularly inspiring on the moral [...]

Talks – Talkhouse

#318

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2016-10-30

[...] soldier until morning when they discovered his body where Stevens had shot him. E Company left Iwo Jima Easter Sunday 1945, returned to Guam and started training on how to land on Japan. They were [...]

Dairyland Peach

#588

dairylandpeach.com

2016-09-13

[...] was Lon Chaney's lover!", who cares about significance? I just like to laugh. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006; Clint Eastwood) "From headquarters. We regret that we are unable to send [...]

Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule

#218

sergioleoneifr.blogspot.com

2016-01-17

[...] the film was based on was embellished and some of it did not actually happen. 4. Letters from Iwo Jima & Flags of Our Fathers Similar to Steven Spielberg in 1993, 2006 was an amazing year for [...]

Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

#89

tasteofcinema.com

2015-11-25

[...] my feelings about movies on first viewing — in 2006 I put The Holiday above Letters From Iwo Jima on my top 10 list, no joke — I’m proud to say that I was on board with The End of [...]

Talks – Talkhouse

#318

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