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Article: Movies on the march
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2009
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Valkyrie, Inglourious Basterds, Defiance, The Reader - more than
six decades on, the Second World War is still taking Hollywood by
storm. Why? It's got more to do with the modern psyche than history,
argues Geoffrey Macnab
Who wants to go and see a movie about a war that finished more
than 60 years ago? Judging by recent box-office results, Second
World War films are back in vogue in a way that has left some
analysts scratching their heads.
Bryan Singer's Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise as would-be Hitler
assassin Col Claus Von Stauffenberg, has opened strongly in the US
despite its lengthy and troubled gestation. (It has already made
over $60m at the US box-office.) Ed Zwick's Defiance, ...