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By Doug Bell
The battles are not only on the ballfields this weekend. The
screens of two local movie theaters will be raging with two
very different views of war and warfare.
1 "Gallipoli," the prestigious Australian film, will play at
Russell House tonight and Saturday night. Directed by Peter
Weir, this intimately detailed and exciting film examines
Australia's involvement in a devastating battle against the
Turkish forces early in World War I.
Less a blistering anti-war statement than a hymn to
youthful camaradery marking the end of the innocent age,
"Gallipoli" focuses on two strapping lads ? one genuinely
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gallant (Mark Lee), the other a likeable sport (Mel Gibson,
lately the "Road Warrior").
Weir combines Australia's haunting ambiance and an
authentic period flavor to fashion this stirring movie. The
moral dilemmas are a bit too cut and dried, but the film on
the whole is a rewarding experience.
"Atomic Cafe," playing at Nickelodeon on Main Street, is a
war film of a different color, kind and intensity. Constructed
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ignoble military tests in Nevada.
Half hilarious, half harrowing, "Atomic Cafe" is a totally
absorbing movie. It offers a unique view of America during
those years: the shameless government and military
propaganda, the nervous public, the air raid drills, Sen. Joe
McCarthy's Red scare.
In some ways the film is a revelation; could we really have
been so embarrassingly wrongheaded only 30 years ago? I
can't think of a documentary so lightly entertaining, yet
simultaneously grim.
I recommend it, if only for the priceless glimoses of
President Harry Truman caught off guard and Vice
President Richard Nixon ridiculously exposed.
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