Saving Private Ryan
Film ('Reel Choice' Student Pick)
(steven spielberg US 1998)
Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece is as searingly powerful an experience as you are ever likely to have in a cinema.
The horror and exhilaration of World War II as seen from a disparate band of disillusioned soldiers sent to retrieve one man from within Nazi-occupied France is a film not experienced on the big screen by many since its initial release over a decade ago. The grand scale of a world at war has never been more convincingly shown on screen, from the front-line soldiers fighting every second for their lives and their country, to the personal pain and loss felt by those back at home.
The ‘Reel Choice’ film season has been partly programmed in collaboration with students from the University of Hertfordshire, giving them the opportunity to design and present a themed series of screenings at the Weston Auditorium.This pilot season focuses on the grandeur of cinema on a large scale. Preceding each of the screenings student programmers will demonstrate why each film should be seen on the big screen.
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