WAR FILMS
Sir,-As G.M. wants opinions on Miss Lejeune’s article, permit me a few words on the subject of war films. I absolutely agree with Miss Lejeune that we do not want the kind of war film that Hollywood’s producers give us. The war never has and never will look as shown in 90 per cent of the so-called war pictures. Everybody knows nowadays that the times of a happy war have gone, if they ever have been. So why don’t the producers draw their conclusions? I doubt very much if any of the actors serving with the Forces would be willing to portray one of the "gallant soldiers" as they are shown now. If there must be war films, let them be on the lines of Sergeant York, or the stories of ordinary people carrying on. Finally, you might be interested in these few lines from a letter received recently from a friend in Australia: "Not often, if ever, did I read such detailed film reviews, which really go deeper into the problems both of the picture and what it lacks. New Zealand, with its various social institutions, its good radio programmes and good Listener, appeals to me very much. If we had a few G.M.’s here. we micht cet the came hich
standard, too:
H.P.
J.
(Milton),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 173, 16 October 1942, Page 3
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219WAR FILMS New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 173, 16 October 1942, Page 3
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