Samuel Fuller's last great achievement - 1980's WWII epic The Big Red One - is a humorous, gut-wrenching and poignant (though never sentimental) portrait of soldiers on the front lines. Recently restored with 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage, the newly-expanded film makes its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival later this week. I provide the advance low-down on this unsung masterpiece over at Slant magazine.
The Big Red One (Slant magazine)
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