Reply #85: The recent ones are good... but hit the original source material. [View All]

[LanternWaste]

The recent ones are really good... Band of Brothers (taking the top spot) follwed by The Thin Red Line, Enemy at the Gates and Saving Private Ryan.

A lot of the films made in the forties and fifties were, as propoganda films good also, but to get into the heads of the vets, try the film, The Best Years of our Lives made in '46 or '47. It's arguably considered one of the best anti-war films ever made.

But seriously, go more towards the books that these films were based on rather than the films. Band of Brothers and Enemy at the Gates are wonderful books, giving you a greater insight into the lives of the soldiers than a film could ever propose to do.

Also, try Studs Terkel's oral history, "The Good War". It's full of interviews with soldiers, generals, politicians, POW's and even guys who worked far behind the lines. Very insightful stuff. Give it a try.