Watched Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1958) last night. Blisteringly, achingly antiwar portrait. But for the lack of feminine roles, see it.
The story takes place in 1916 France. Kubrick marvelously contrasts the ornate palace where the generals sip their cognac with the ramshackle trenches where injured men stumble about, demoralized and shellshocked. Douglas gives a tough, gritty performance; his tense sparring with the high command features sharp, biting dialogue. The entire cast is outstanding.
MOVIE QUOTES
"There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die."--General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) to Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas)
When Kubrick asked Kirk Douglas to star in PATHS OF GLORY, Douglas responded, "Stanley, I don't think this picture will ever make a nickel, but we have to make it." France banned the film until 1974; the Swiss army censored it until 1970.
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