Sahara (1943)
a film by Zoltán Korda
There is something about old war movies. There is something about great speeches in the middle of the battle. There is something of naivety when the bad guys were bad and the good guys were good. There is something of excitement and hope even when war is nothing like this. There is something about Humphrey Bogart as an antihero, as a simple man working beyond the line of duty. All of this is Sahara.
It is easy to see that they made this film in the middle of the war, without the certainty of the victory in Europe but with the hope and spirit to encourage the troops. The speech of the Italian, the lines delivered by Bogart and the evil role of the German are all lines of propaganda directed to the heart of the troops and the American audience, but they are still really entertaining and give testimony of a time where the enemy was clearly evil and the war had to be won for a good cause.
It is really nice to see how each of the soldiers on this pack develops through the film to give an impression of the Allied forces. Each one of them is a picturesque caricature of the forces that were getting together to liberate Europe and it is the intention of this movie to show how despite the great sacrifice it was worth working together. The film shows a personality and a story behind each one of the soldiers that makes them less anonymous, that makes them more interesting. With a stroke of the brush this film delivers a really entertaining story, full of clichés and common places in war films but with a gripping story-telling and great characters. Humphrey Bogart rocks!
a film by Zoltán Korda
There is something about old war movies. There is something about great speeches in the middle of the battle. There is something of naivety when the bad guys were bad and the good guys were good. There is something of excitement and hope even when war is nothing like this. There is something about Humphrey Bogart as an antihero, as a simple man working beyond the line of duty. All of this is Sahara.
It is easy to see that they made this film in the middle of the war, without the certainty of the victory in Europe but with the hope and spirit to encourage the troops. The speech of the Italian, the lines delivered by Bogart and the evil role of the German are all lines of propaganda directed to the heart of the troops and the American audience, but they are still really entertaining and give testimony of a time where the enemy was clearly evil and the war had to be won for a good cause.
It is really nice to see how each of the soldiers on this pack develops through the film to give an impression of the Allied forces. Each one of them is a picturesque caricature of the forces that were getting together to liberate Europe and it is the intention of this movie to show how despite the great sacrifice it was worth working together. The film shows a personality and a story behind each one of the soldiers that makes them less anonymous, that makes them more interesting. With a stroke of the brush this film delivers a really entertaining story, full of clichés and common places in war films but with a gripping story-telling and great characters. Humphrey Bogart rocks!
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