THE THIN RED LINE Clip - "In The Grass" (1998) WWII Movie
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- THE THIN RED LINE Clip - "In The Grass" (1998) WWII Movie
In 1942, Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) is a U.S. Army absconder living peacefully with the locals of a small South Pacific island. Discovered by his commanding officer, Sgt. Welsh (Sean Penn), Witt is forced to resume his active duty training for the Battle of Guadalcanal. As Witt and his unit land on the island, and the American troops mount an assault on entrenched Japanese positions, the story explores their various fates and attitudes towards life-or-death situations.
Release date: December 23, 1998 (USA)
Director: Terrence Malick
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The sense of dread contrasted with the serenity of nature is what makes this movie so special. It’s almost dreamlike
Im no philosopher but yeah I feel like Malik was trying to highlight the duality of what it means to be a human being. We are at once part of nature but also feel painfully alienated from it. We are self conscious and always trying to construct meanings to justify our actions; to justify our very existence. But nature just is. And the beauty of Witts character is i feel like he managed to resolve or find peace with his human nature in a very real way. It is hard to explain. But I find it to be a very profound almost religious film
Well put. I love this movie. I prefer it over "Saving Private Ryan" (which I also liked very much). But TRL was much darker and, as you said, these scenes really captured the sense of dread that must have prevailed during these types of actions.
I had a similar feeling when I went to Normandy to see the D-Day landing sites.
It was genuinely one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen in my life, it was so serene and peaceful feeling the wind and smelling the sea. But it was all contrasted by destroyed bunkers, huge craters in the ground, dug out fighting positions, etc. and the thought of how many good men lost their lives that day
@@LS-xs7sg BINGO. Totally nailed it. This is Malik's finest film. His true Masterpiece.
Well said
The worst thing to happen to this movie was coming out the same year as Saving Private Ryan.
The movie still made $100 million. If anything, SPR helped TTRL.
I always thought the worst thing was nick nolte
Back in my drinking days, little place by my house would run movies that ran out of time here, this was one, got to sit in a little theater WITH my dog, sipping beer watching this.
It was cool that we had two WW2 films in the same year, one based in European Theater and the other on the Pacific Theater. Both did really good.
This movie was better than SPR.
Terrance Malicks use of natural light has always been a joy to witness, despite it being a horrific scene. This film is phenomenal.
malicks photography is the best there is, was or will be ....badlands
This movie is so damm real
John Toll was the DP for this movie. Malick's next movie, The New World, had Emmanual Lubezki as DP. Despite having two very different cinematographers, it looks like Malick asked for natural light to be used in most scenes.
@@fallinginthed33p Its his MO. I adore the natural light. It makes the experience more real and believable.
Saying public ryan
For me the most horrifying part is when the wind blows across the grass it’s like death is physically there waiting.
I saw it as the indifference of nature.
this was filmed where i lived as a boy.....i would play war in the long grass in the 1980s
Metaphoric for the scythe reaping men
And they couldn’t plan or fake that (at least they didn’t. It’s just natural)
I was 18 when this movie came out. Compared to Saving Private Ryan, it was a snooze fest in my eyes. I was nodding off in the theater. 20 years goes by and I decide to give it another try. What a difference 20 years makes with maturity. I came with, "this is one of the best war films ever made???"
I remember walking out the cinema
Same here. With time, I have come to think this is the best war movie I have ever seen. Second, maybe Apocalypse Now.
@@sixtwentyeight8620 I might give it another go - maybe time heals 😂
@@doanchi1 I saw it after Private Ryan and it did not match the expectations I had. It is important to see it in a completely different context and mindset. A friend of mine who is pretty much old military hardcore, when I asked him what was the best war movie he ever saw, he replied without hesitation "The thin red line". To me, it shows the futility of our little and horrific conflicts within nature and universe. Our wars are nonsense, and even this nonsense doesn't matter. It is memerizing.
Different energy...u can feel it in your nerves. My favorite war movie...also Kelllys Heroes and MASH
The cast was absolutely stacked.
The big lesson of the South Pacific war and jungle fighting is that most casualties were not from fighting but rather sickness, and poor living conditions. Medics trained for trauma were confronted with obscure, unknown diseases, and soldiers broken by the physical difficulty of dealing with jungle warfare.
Russian winter is kinda the same.
The Nips had a big reputation for thriving in the jungle, but from what I've researched, they suffered just like the Yanks, Aussies, and Limeys did.
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@@blockmasterscott great comic out there if you ever want to read it "Showa: A History of Japan".
basically a highschool-textbook level of japanese history of the Showa era (reign of Hirohito); told with ancedotes from the author who was drafted into the IJA and lost an arm in the conflict.
I found it pretty enthralling.
every war has this, even the American civil war, most casualties were disease.
@@blockmasterscott They called Guadalcanal "Starvation Island" When a soldier laid down and couldn't/wouldn't get up, he had two days left.
One of my favourite movies, more introspective and quiet than Saving Private Ryan and all the more powerful because of the reflective scenes away from the noise of combat.
I've watched it 10 times.
yeah only omaha beach was real and the last battle
The last great battle was in Okinawa in the Pacific, the battle of the Bulge in Europe. For the Americans that is.
Yes much better than Saving Private Ryan
Entièrement d'accord avec vous !
Under rated movie of under rated battles. The hill battles of Guadalcanal that occurred AFTER the Marines pulled out rarely get talked about. Why? Because Guadalcanal = USMC infamy. But many forget the Army took over after a few months and continued the fight beyond the perimeter of Henderson Field. This movie depicts the Battle Of Galloping Horse I believe, getting it's name due to this particular hill formation looking like the Ferrari Prancing Stallion in recon photos. The final and climax of the gill battles would come some weeks later when the Army began to reduce the Japanese defensive fortification known as 'The Gifu' which would be the last organized resistance from Japanese forces on Guadalcanal.
You are right.
Nah during that battle the 25th ID fought alongside 2nd MarDiv who replace the 1st MarDiv
But the Marines went in first, and the Army took the leftovers
@@tomcat505na fck that... Give them japs a little respect. Every single one of them fought to the death. No such thing as leftovers in the Japanese army at that time. All of em warriors.... Japs.. Marines...soldiers... Sailors...
@@tomcat505 No need for that BS, both branches fought hard
This was the first movie I saw that had the exact same scenes that i pictured in my head when I read the book 15 years before the movie was made.
Part of what made this unique from a lot of other war films before it is that while they discuss the military strategy and the orders before the battle, once the bullets start flying, all of that is gone. The chaos of the scene feels like a horror movie. Even the commanding officer is wildly confused and terrified. The scene isn’t really about the strategy but what it felt like to be there. How you can go from quietly waiting in the grass one minute to crying your eyes out, going insane in the mud in the next. But it also shows something historical: allied soldiers in the Pacific war said that mortar shelling almost more psychological warfare than precise attacks. Soldiers would have full mental breakdowns just from the incessant shelling.
There are times where the tactics and discipline of order wins the battle - such as what was seen in the European theater of the war. However in the geography and type of warfare the Japanese fought, the pre-planning was completely ill tuned to the situation and was near worthless.
Always loved how the two scouts didn’t want to move up cause they knew they were going to find the enemy
Among the fact they have poor visibility, there's absolutely no cover and they're charging an enemy with a superior position on a hill.
jared leto got bros killed
That's the literal job of scouts.
@@POPJack1717 yeah? I didn’t say otherwise lmfao, getting shot while doing that isn’t their job though, thus they’re pensive
@lewisbush7147 It's the military, getting shot in a full blown war is part of the job description you signed up for. Its called dying (sacrificing yourself) for your country. So like I said, it's their literal job to look for the enemy knowing they have a high likelihood of being pew pew'd.
My Dad built 3 replicas of WW2 wildcats for this film… they were in it for 3 seconds and got torched. 😢
This is one of the best war movies. So underrated
Im 99 years old but still smell fresh my old war days😢😢😢
Sir; which war ,😊
Respect and Salute to you, Sir
Never heard such baloney.
Yet you can still spell as if your 25 🤔 suss
Dont lie
Best war movie out there in my opinion. Deeply moving at a visceral and spiritual level
It's truly moving, to the point it genuinely affected me. I watched it with a friend and we watched the credits in complete silence.
@@sqoolboihugh I think part of the reason it is so great is that a lot is not spelled out. Malik lets the imagery and power of suggestion do most of the work. So even if people dont fully understand that they are being "taught a lesson" so to speak they still recognise they are watching something of deep meaning
it got overshadowed by SPR so hard. It's a shame really
That guy from 30 seconds to Mars really f*cked up.
Probably the greatest acting talent I've ever seen on screen collectively since On the Waterfront. Elias Koteas, Jared Leto, Sean Penn, Jim Kaviesel, Adrian Brody, Ben Chaplin, Woody Harrelson, Miranda Otto, John Cusack and Nick Nolte gave a once in a lifetime career best unforgettable performance's. The Thin Red Line is a modern masterpiece.
Don’t forget George Clooney
The scenes with Nick Nolte and John Travolta are amazing.
As is the scenes with jim caviziel and sean penn
I think all the overacting and shouting here stinks, especially from the field commanders. Todays Hollywood movies are more shallow with actors who have no real soul or personalities.
Rami Malek too.
This movie is a unique masterpiece. A work of art.
Easily one of the best films ever made. much much more than just a war movie
2:29 This part was haunting and sad. The last sunshine many of them were going to see.
Can’t believe the enemy didn’t hear them coming with all the chewing. 😂
I came into the comments to say "Man, that is some AGGRESSIVE gum-chewing in this movie." Fuckin' Leto.
@@joeaardvark9214Fo sho. Pete Carroll has nothing on this guy.
jared leto has always been evil. American Psycho has a great, cathartic, scene about it
@@MisterSingh. Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?
You are sooo right! I think it's filthy to hear someone chewing ans also hear someone talk with their mouth full of food, so thank you for your comment!
2:10 Those Japanese positions are so well camouflaged.
This is not a war movie.
People who expected a regular war movie were bound to be disappointed.
It's a movie about how the beauty of this world (and/ or God, if you want to interpret it that way) shines through even in the most horrible circumstances.
People who read, much less appreciated the Novel are bound to be disappointed as well. All three novels from James Jones' Trilogy are about people, dynamics, the trajectory of their lives, with war (more or less) a sub plot. "The Thin Red Line" had combat play a more prominent part, but again, making Private Witt a "Poet Warrior" was more than people( who are familiar with the novel) should have to 🐻.
Im sure "Wind Talkers" is a big favorite too, another joke of a revisionist cartoon.
@johnnajarian4711
I can understand the disappointment of those who appreciated the book as well. Personally I watched the movie first so I found the book disappointing. Was expecting something completely different. It was still a great book. One of the most intense and terrifying descriptions of combat i have ever read.
Makes me think that the director should have found his own title and not called his movie the thin red line, cause he apparently had a total different idea about what the story was supposed to be about.
@@frosthjerta have you read "From here to eternity?" The main characters start there at Schofield Barracks before the war, then "The thin red line," then the final "Whistle" has them coming home after the war (their part anyway) was over. I read them all, even a couple times, so felt so "familiar" with the plot and characters, i couldnt help but be disappointed in the film. (Movie 😃) I thought the might have at least said something like "very loosely based on the novel" but again, its only a movie, so ultimately, why not? As long as the novels exist, thats good enough for me. Oh: and Ben Stillers "Tropic Thunder" which did a good job making fun of the whole "actors bonding while making war movies."
@johnnajarian4711
No I haven't read them. Didn't know they existed until after I had read The line.😅
They are on my "to read list" :)
The year 1998, two great WWII movies came out. "The Thin red Line" and "Saving Private Ryan", both were fantastic movies. As a kid, I liked "Saving Private Ryan" more but as I mature "The Thin Red Line" took the lead. I have lost count of how many times I have watched this Terrence Malick's movie.
This movie's a frickin' masterpiece. It's like an extended piece of poetry about human nature and the catastrophe of war and.....so much more...
This isn’t a movie. It’s an experience
Read the book as well, this is an incredible adaptation. And the soundtrack…
the East side of Guadalcanal - inexperienced NG troops - after my experiences at war & the infantry, incredible insight & accuracy to those moments versus the mundane days - by far the best war movie. Saving Private Ryan was a typical Spielberg action movie mall money maker
That beach scene in SPR is one of a kind. No one can deny that
The most artistic war film ever...period.
That’s not necessarily a good thing.
guess you've never seen a Tarkovsky movie
@@jonathanbirch2022 Tell me one please and I will watch it:)
@@billy10100 Ivan’s Childhood from 1962 is based on his childhood growing up during the German invasion of Russia, a classic of world cinema!
One of Nolte's best roles.
Nick was awesome in this, outstanding.
This movie is much more than a war movie. The war against humanity, the war against nature, and the ending scene with the small coconut tree growing on the beach is a powerful symbol of rebirth and healing.
I LOVED THIS MOVIE and still enjoy watching it.
The book is one of the great novels to come out of WWII. I don't think it ever got the traction it should have, but it should be required reading like All Quiet on the Western Front. Jones also drew a lot from his own experience in the Pacific. If you haven't read it, give it a go.
Its a true story - not shitting you. Starvos refusing orders was based on a real incident.
@@SeverEnergia oh yeah, in spite of being a fictionalized Guadalcanal, there was a ton of truth in that novel.
I liked the book, it was a good read.
I lived on Guadalcanal and worked there. I found many WW2 artifacts including machine guns, pistols, grenades, tanks and even a crashed P-38 Lightning while hunting Pigs with spears and Dogs with the local natives. Still empty shell casings on the ground at Edsons Ridge.
2:23 That shot always sends chills up my spine. It's like God has unveiled your destiny in front of you, and you have no choice but to seize it now.
What you wrote was perfect, it does feel like your destiny awaits when you see those rolling hills, ...you should see the game Valheim, where you are one of the honoured dead, trying to earn your way to Valhalla, it has so many gorgeous scenes like this one, with the wind in the grass, it's incredibly mesmerizing. I get the feeling you would love it as well.
Neoconned
This was my favorite scene as well. 2 Soldiers just lost their lives and the contrast of light and breeze blowing through the grass was like a switch, showing the shock reality of how quick a life can be snuffed out.
I remember watching that on the big screen. Seeing the hillside go from shadow to full sunlight in so much detail was a jaw-dropping experience. Malick always gives time for nature to show its magic in his movies.
Histoircal accuracy is incredible
The way they hold their rifles, the way they move, everything
They even look haggard, like Pacific theatre soldiers actually were
We need to get the Malick cut that’s supposed to be 5 hours long
BEST SOUNDTRACK OF ALL TIME
2:10
This scene hits hard. A few gunshots in the beautiful sun and two lives are erased forever.
And the realisation hits the others.
edit:
As many others have stated, I was young when this was released and was enthralled by saving private ryan and its opening scene.
But I always liked this movie, the poetic narration and amazing soundtrack. And this is the movie I found myself rewatching again and again. I think this was the first movie in my teens that hit the feelings in a way I hadnt experienced before.
"Where's your spark now?"
This is my favorite war film. It was just filmed so well and it was so different to all do the others. It’s just unfortunate it decided to come out the same year of Saving Private Ryan.
One of the most accurate WW2 Movies ever made....
Try "Come and see", for the best east front perspective. I find that it hits harder than any American war movie.
@@brunetyannick1174Most hardcore propaganda film as well
not really
One of the best movies of all time. No competition. The power and meaning makes it so.
Its really not .
@@BabyGollum do you just like commenting negative things on comments or do you have anything intelligent to say, obviously not.
@@henryesj6242 Do you just get offended by one comment?
It quite literally isn't. Movie isn't even the best War movie of all time, let alone actual movie. Probably isn't top 1000 Maybe don't make such outlandish dumb comments :)
@@BabyGollum you have to be pretty sad to make negative comments like this.
@@henryesj6242 Not really. you just need logic
The suspense and hidden enemy makes this movie great
It stands out to me at least in that regard
Watch how the howitzer moves while he's on the phone. hilarious.
One of the best movies i've ever seen. A true masterpiece.
One of the best and most realistic war movies ever hands down.
Superb movie with amazing cinematography and breathtaking soundtrack. It turned into my instant favourite at that time. I love it forever. ❤
I was watching The Pacific miniseries again and I got completely confused during some scenes. I kept thinking I was watching this movie again. It turns out Hans Zimmer did the music for The Thin Red Line and The Pacific, with both shows also sharing the same shooting locations a decade apart.
Seriously one of the best movies about men in war based on one of the best novels about men in war; as opposed to being a 'war movie.' It's so much more.
Nolte made great work in this movie, the part was like made for him.
Have to watch it, again. One of the best movies ever!
Take note of how scared the officer is. He keeps tellin his guys to go without him going himself - then the second he stands up he gets it.
You can just see the confusion and fear in everyone's eyes.
I played the snake in this scene. Malick put me through hell getting into that character. And what happens? Uncredited, that's what happened! Everyone says to me "How hard is it to play a snake?" And I say, "You try squirming on your belly, with some prima donna director constantly asking about your 'motivation.' Bite somebody, that's my motivation." For the sake of the art, just let a snake be a snake!
I’ve done a lot of acid, man and I’ve yet to come up with some crazy shit like that.
Did you ever have to play a snake for Ken Russell? That would have been very intense with all his yelling at the crew, fire, smoke & the camera zooming in & out at you all the time.
just thank your lucky stars you got a hiss in. Adrian Brody was the main star and turned up to the opening unaware that every talking scene and all his plot was cut out
Haha!
Terrence Malick is a MASTER of his craft, no one can argue that
My god this movie is GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At a single moment. It all turns to chaos
This movie is so tense and beautiful….. Tropical oasis in the midst of a brutal conflict, fought so close it was done hand to hand a lot of the time….
The best thing about this movie is how it captures the the thoughts and emotions of all the soldier in the heat of battle. Also captures the uncertainty, and brings the viewers to question, "At what point DOES a failed attack stop?" And the decision to not use much background music for the battlefield adds to the mystifying uncertainty of untimely death or serious injury.
For me, Malik's phenomenon is that he is aware that even the best image is not everything. It cannot exist without words. "In the beginning was the word..."
I read the book as a young teenager. Nick Nolte's portrayal of LCol Tall I found most interesting. He was far older than what I perceived the character , who was described as being about 40 years old. It was the personality portrayed that resonated with me.
Great movie, Malick is a master, Palm d'or for tree of life...Thin red line is for me a masterpiece, the beauty , tragedy, and mystic, i love the unique style of Malick the Poet
Saving private ryan was a movie.
This is a film. There is a difference.
This movie was compelling and depressing all at the same time.
Watched this for the first time ever this year. Greatest movie ive ever seen!
Underrated war movie. The worst thing that could have happened to it was being released right after Saving Private Ryan. That gave everyone incorrect expectations.
I suspect that this is a reasonably accurate depiction of what it is like trying to assault the well-concealed positions of a determined foe, uphill across terrain that gives the illusion of cover so long as you remain low and perfectly still. Does anybody with actual experience care to comment?
it was obvious the japs were in the grass top of hill area. should sent in artillery support.
I love how @ 1:10 the soldiers disappeared.
Yes. Beautiful shot.
Peekaboo! Now you see us, now you don't! Imagine walking through that as an enemy. Surprise, mf! 😵
I cant even imagine the terror of a battle like this...
People forget about the Pacific because the war in europe was sexy compared to the pacific. RIP to the greatest generation. One Love
What those lads went through must of been horrible. Can't even imagine.
I were trained by the South African army as a cadet. I'm English. They were training me as a sniper division.
Screw that I'm going back to the UK.
I'm a qualified engineer in two fields. And never looked back.
Welder fabrication steel construction engineer and computer science engineer.
I'm also an ex P@O sterling security officer. And drove buses for 10 year's. Like to think I've served my country United Kingdom.
Is South African army training hard?
un casting de folie, le film prend pas une ride, 25 ans déjà !!
Back in the day when they made half decent films!
I always felt that sense of "OMG what did I just do?" with Jared Leto's character. Imagine telling 2 men to move forward to just get shot and killed and you'll have to live with that feeling for the rest of your life.
The rest of his life is like 10 seconds.
@@xiangyu3813 Hah well. Still. That was a crazy scene
I was on that movie in the cinema back then. With my teenage depression, the whole character of the movie synced perfectly.
Also in this scene you can see, how recon by fire played out in most cases. On every front lines & and armies of that war.
Terrence Malick is the GOAT.
Что меня больше всего раздражает в военных фильмах, так это то, что когда стреляет пушка, не происходит никакого отката ствола. Это так в глаза бросается. Но здесь орудие хотя бы подпрыгивает. В наших фильмах вообще не заморачиваются, вообще ни каких движений при выстреле.
I hope one day the directors cut is made public, it must be incredible
A timeless classic !. A timeless classic !.
It was idiotic for that lieutenant to send those two scouts forward, knowing he was going to charge the position regardless if enemies were there or not. Now the whole company has just watched in silence as two of their buddies were smoked right off the bat, imagine what that does to moral.
Nick Nolte was himself in this move... that is nuts.
I remember hearing about this movie being made and I was so pumped up about a modern WWII movie. Then I saw it. I really enjoyed it. Then another movie came out the same year and well…the rest is history
This movie grabs my soul in horrifyingly wonderful ways.
This was an amazing movie. Its equivalent to "Tombstone" of westerns.
Incredible acting. Just simply amazing❤❤❤❤❤❤
Pretty low bar.
More like Unforgiven for westerns
Such a great movie, this should’ve came out during a later date not while another big production movie with the same topic… I love this movie you can see them scared anxious etc, what I’d imagine from Real fight
My 1st veiwing in cinema I was disappointed I wanted a war movie.
But I was not blind there was something to this piece, it was not a war movie you could say but a study and it asked questions about mortality and how nature could be perceived at it's core as beautiful or simply deadly.
So I bought the DVD and still have it and I love it.
If we want to just look at the war aspect, well the scene in which the volunteer squad take the Japanese dugouts is absolutely one of the most intense combat depictions I have seen.
It’s a great movie, watched a dozen or so times. Covering the army in the pacific is really interesting. I like this one.
Infantry assault is a numbers game, how many men you got and how fast can they shoot. If you've got more men than they can shoot in a given time, you win. That's the way it works.
I just got the Blu Ray on the Criterion collection
A timeless classic !
I watched this clip while stoned and almost cried because of how scary it is, like it put pure terror into my soul, scarier than any horror movie has ever been for me
i still have this on DVD lol i used to watch this all the time as a kid. ( im really into war movies)
One of the best films ever.
Better then "Ryan"
This is one of the best movies every created.
This movie still give me chills... dang good war effort❤
5:14 US Army Colonel standing next to the artillery cannon
Fun fact - I believe they're Australian gunners as this was filmed in Queensland.
did a great job on the explosion effects, quite realistic
This is a totally underrateted WWII movie!!!
The canal was Jap fighting 101 for the 1st Marine Division. They got a little taste of how tenacious the Japanese soldier was capable of being, and all these lessons came into play in a big way later on when the New Guinea and Central Pacific campaigns kicked off.
Actually guadalcanal campaign saw both army and marines. And this movie is about army. Also the parachute regiment of the guadalcanal campaign were the most experienced troops in the start of the campaign
Un des plus beaux films que j ai vu....
From hiking around on Guam & Saipan as a teenager I know that "sword grass", as we used to call it, slices you up pretty bad. It is so long and strong that it cuts any exposed skin.
I would hate to have to crawl in it or run through it to save my life from enemy snipers.
Mad respect to you world war II vets. Miss you grandpa. 😢
One of the finest films ever