'Grand Illusion': A Renoir Masterpiece Refurbished and Timely, by
The Amer War Lib'y
'Grand Illusion': A Renoir Masterpiece Refurbished and Timely, by
JANET MASLIN
EXCERPT: " ne of the most haunting of all war films features only a
single casualty, and that of a man who dies in bed. Yet Jean Renoir's
classic 1937 "Grand Illusion," an oasis of subtlety, moral
intelligence and deep emotion on the cinematic landscape this summer,
remains an implicitly devastating indictment of battle. Though its
World War I story unfolds among French and British soldiers and their
German captors at prison camps, "Grand Illusion" is extraordinary in
refracting the battles raging outside through the apparent civility of
the prisoners. It is..."
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