The 1970s were a golden age for cinema, offering the world countless classics, from Rocky, Jaws, and Star Wars to war epics like Pattonand Apocalypse Now. When it comes to the war genre, the 20th ...
Although it is among the most elaborately mounted World War II epics ever filmed, Franklin J. Schaffner’s “Patton” begins with an image of abstract simplicity: an American flag that fills the screen ...