"Thin Red Line" is anti-conventional, anti-conventional, and anti-genre. It does not have the "classic codes" of general genre films in terms of structure, plot, atmosphere, and spatial modeling. As the author of an anti-Hollywood genre film, it is different from any war film. The director’s narrative ingenuity subverts the Hollywood model and completes the director Terence Malik’s dialogue with a seemingly loose and chaotic narrative. The depiction of the character's psychological reality and the author's own metaphysical philosophical reflection.
"Thin Red Line" through an arduous battle that has won the battle, raises questions about "war" and "death". The pace of the whole film is slow, and the first ten minutes are even as serene as the scenery of the South Pacific. Under the atmosphere of very exquisite photography and soundtrack, a tough action is launched. This more than one-hour battle is the most exciting of the whole film. Essence. The director here shows his ability to control the camera, using the long grass and the ghostly appearance of the Japanese army to express the absurd horror of the war appropriately. It is a pity that after the battle, the film still dragged on for a long time before the end of the play, and even the finale of Witte’s sacrifice lost its touching power.
If you look at "Thin Red Line" according to Hollywood's play, none of it is qualified. The narrative of the whole film can be said to be a rebellion against the classic Hollywood narrative. There are characters in this film, but there is no absolute protagonist. This may be the most stream-of-conscious war film. The plot of the war is only an excuse for the soldiers to be tranced. The prose and poetic pictures seem to be "wandering" in front of the god of death. There are too many big stars in the film, but the real stars are the director's peculiar techniques. This is not so much a war movie as it is a war impression movie.
"Thin Red Line" is a film with the theme of "World War II". It not only reproduces the key battle to contain the Japanese offensive in World War II, but also explores the close relationship between soldiers under extreme conditions. The war is deep and real. The land is depicted in the film
. The theme of the film is profound and close to esoteric, resulting in the film’s box office after the release is not as ideal as previously predicted, but both the audience who has watched the film and the insiders regard it as an excellent World War II film; The theme of "war and life" presented in the article still resonates with people.
