Behind Foreign Lines.

The article compares foreign-directed war films with war films made in the United States. The article references the films "Men in War," by Anthony Mann, and "The Big Red One," by Sam Fuller. The war film "Hope and Glory," by British director John Boorman, deals with the paradoxes of war. The French war film "Grand Illusion," directed by Jean Renoir, looks at human relations during war. The film "Army of Shadows," directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, deals with the French Resistance. American war films such as "Platoon," "Casualties of War," and "Saving Private Ryan" focus on the violence of war. Following the Cold War, U.S. filmmakers made films about World War II, including "Schindler's List" and "The English Patient." It is suggested that American filmmakers like to focus on making World War II films because that was the last war that U.S. involvement in is viewed as unambiguously good.