Cowards!!! in war movies (Attack)'56 vs (Paths of Glory)'57
Having already seen Kubrick's Paths Of Glory, I watched yesterday Attack! which I happen to notice at Blockbuster.(never heard of it before).
Although Attack! is much more Hollywood type of movie, I was thrilled all the way through by the pace and the grueling action that never stops in this movie.
Both movies (one year interval) plot are filled with the themes of cowardism and court-martial. What's interesting in the Kubrick movie though is the third part of the movie actually portraits court-martial, with an astoning speech by the Kirk Douglass character.
I once thought that Kubrick (Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket) was perhaps the only director that portraits open anti-militarism in it's movies.
But after seeing ATTACK and ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT I noticed I was wrong.
In conclusion I loved ATTACK very much. The proof is that I wanted to kill this Erskine Cooney myself. He was so hatable. A proof that the movie was great. It's tottaly worth a see!!!