If you loved The Great Escape, try The Thin Red Line

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Great Escape, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Thin Red Line is

Guadalcanal jungle, monsoon rain, machine guns firing. Men from C-for-Charlie company trudge through mud, confront death, and search for meaning. Malick conveys the chaos of war.

If you loved The Great Escape, try The Thin Red Line

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The Thin Red Line

What they share

What The Thin Red Line is

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If you loved The Great Escape, try The Thin Red Line

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