Wednesday, July 26, 2017

DUNKIRK BEACH THE–MIRICLE OF DUNKIRK


The British people took Operation Dynamo seriously and with courage and compassion, a war movie that is like no other as this this short extraordinary spectacle of sheer  survival keeps the audience from beginning to end on the edge of their seats.  Christopher Nolan directed, produced and wrote this profound movie, at times dramatically loud with panoramic scenes so awesome from flaming skies and burning oil black oil spills as Hitler's Nazi planes crash into the sea–inferno on land and in the air as well.  Above the dark drama a British pilot and co-pilot keep shooting down the planes. The men's faces are completely concealed, but their eyes show their intense emotions as they calculate how much fuel is left.  Below are lines of British soldiers in long bureaucratic lines grimly waiting for troop carriers to rescue them, mostly out of sight as enemy planes pelt them with bullets, time after time.  After the soldiers stand up the audience can see the dead left behind. From about 400,000, 338,000 Brit soldiers were saved.

From the treacherous choppy English Channel connecting the Celtic Sea and the North Sea of the Atlantic comes a recurring memorable scene, fishing dories, private pleasure boats and anything that floats, all out of the compassion of the  British people. The scenes are both harrowing and humbling.

The film Dunkirk taking place in Northern France is an intense visual experience that is monumental. It is a masterpiece. It is a great magnitude of human survival.  It is up close and personal–bigger than life faces reveal the agony, fear and strain of emotions from combat aggression. Both spiritual and spirit brought out in its characters, it is all European with the help of Hollywood

After the great feat, the British commander did not forget  the French soldiers. He bravely stayed in Dunkirk to ressce these allies, too.

World Enlightened News, W.E.N.
Helene Smith, author of Songbird Angels For Peace and Mark Twain and Me (not available yet)