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Bookmark this pageJohn Huston War Stories (1998)
Director: Midge Mackenzie
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From Time Out Film Guide
A fascinating interview with Huston conducted by Mackenzie and Leacock in the early '80s, together with extracts from his wartime documentaries, The Battle of San Pietro (1944) and Let There Be Light. (1946). Both Huston's films were originally banned, the former through fear that its frank reportage of the horrifying US casualty rate in the invasion of Italy might discourage new recruits (the ban was lifted only after General Marshall approved it, promoting Huston to Major); the latter for its unblinking focus on combat neuroses in a psychiatric hospital.Author: BC
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- Posted on Jan 31 2008 17:17 I saw the film in laste 1970's and was moved to tears: there are some nearly impossible tasks the Americans have to accomplish. Very powerful, used it for some of the college writing classes I taught.
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Cast & crew
Director: Midge Mackenzie
Producer: Midge Mackenzie
Cast: John Huston full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 90 mins
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