| RATING: | 80% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
More than just an anecdote this sums up a period in a man's boyhood with remarkable clarity - mixed-in with well-remembered boyhood fantasies. The White way of war is shown as acontextually as the claim that one is fighting for ones king or country or for self-defense. This theme of one group of White supremacists (the British Empire) battling another group (the Third Reich) is an acknowledged yet not-fully-explored theme.
This is a child's-eye view of an adult world - and that of children who refuse to grow up. Yet the limited world-view espoused makes this the kind of film Steven SPIELBERG used to make with its indefatigable child's perspective and low camera angles - and is just as good. Humorous throughout, this part-sentimentalizes the past; while revealing to us its importance for who we are now.
The characterization is a little weak but the performances are fine. Like all men raised largely in the presence of women, director John BOORMAN writes women as they really are. And like Moonstruck and This Happy Breed it celebrates the virtues of functional family life in fine form.
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