If there is nothing new in the West and its 4 Oscars that you enjoyed on Netflix, find another war movie available on the platform and catch it immediately. This is Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.
Christopher Nolan’s film tells the story of 400,000 soldiers who were besieged at Dunkirk and had to be evacuated by the British Expeditionary Force before the German army attacked. Within this major historical event, we will follow separate paths.
On land, we’re with a trio of soldiers (Don Fionn Whitehead) trying to cross the Channel, at sea with a yachtsman’s crew (including Barry Keoghan) whose boat is requisitioned for a military operation, and in the air, three Britons. Pilots (including Tom Hardy) protect their allies on the ground.
Tom Hardy in Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a whirlwind, moving, violent and perfectly documented film that allows us to discover this little-known part of the Battle of France. Dunkirk, nominated for eight Oscars, will leave with nominations for Best Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.
23 years separates the events of Dunkirk from the events of A l’Ouest, nothing new, but interesting, as both look grimly at global conflicts, be it World War I (as in the Netflix film) or that time. German invasion of Western Europe in 1940.
Dunkirk / West is nothing new
Note that the Netflix version of Nothing New in the West is the second remake of Lewis Milestone’s 1930 film. Another version was made for television in 1979 by Delbert Mann. All are inspired by Erich Maria Remarque’s novel of the same name, published in 1929.
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