Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
A companion piece to Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima depicts the same battle from the Japanese perspective. The Japanese aren’t hidden in the shadows like most war epics, instead they’re well-developed protagonists caught in hell on earth. It’s a non-jingoistic take on war, with a sense of imposing dread before every battle scene. Unlike American Sniper, the film appears to regret the existence of war rather than choosing to glorify it. Eastwood presents the conflict as subjective from a completely impartial perspective. After The Outlaw Josey Wales, this is my favorite of Eastwood’s filmography.
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