“there are only monsters, on every side of every war. In a war, there are no good guys and bad guys. There is just our side and the other side. Our atrocities and their atrocities.”
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Your quote reminds me of a Yugoslav War movie starring Dennis Quaid that I saw back in the '90s (“Savior” 1998, produced by Oliver Stone). It was not what …
“there are only monsters, on every side of every war. In a war, there are no good guys and bad guys. There is just our side and the other side. Our atrocities and their atrocities.”
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Your quote reminds me of a Yugoslav War movie starring Dennis Quaid that I saw back in the '90s (“Savior” 1998, produced by Oliver Stone). It was not what many viewers were expecting from a “war” movie and it only got 56% on “Rotton Tomatoes” with mixed reviews (like the reaction to your column).
The reviewer “s p” wrote, “It was a very brutal movie, it actually shows what can happen in war without the glamour, … To me this movie was not about sides , it was about the harsh reality of … warfare which involves civilians ... thought provoking and very emotive and very sad, with that said a very very well made movie.“
“there are only monsters, on every side of every war. In a war, there are no good guys and bad guys. There is just our side and the other side. Our atrocities and their atrocities.”
...
Your quote reminds me of a Yugoslav War movie starring Dennis Quaid that I saw back in the '90s (“Savior” 1998, produced by Oliver Stone). It was not what many viewers were expecting from a “war” movie and it only got 56% on “Rotton Tomatoes” with mixed reviews (like the reaction to your column).
The reviewer “s p” wrote, “It was a very brutal movie, it actually shows what can happen in war without the glamour, … To me this movie was not about sides , it was about the harsh reality of … warfare which involves civilians ... thought provoking and very emotive and very sad, with that said a very very well made movie.“
Also, some good reviews at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120070/reviews