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Paths of Glory

1957

Stanley Kubrick

Kirk Douglas, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Meeker ...

8.4

56,869

War. Drama Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) is the commander of the battle-decimated 701st Infantry Regiment of the French Army, dug in along the Western Front in a stalemated WWI. It is 1916 and the Allies have been struggling to overcome an equally determined German war machine for two years. Dax, who was a criminal lawyer during peacetime, hopes that his regiment will be relieved from front-line duty. The high command has other plans. The generals ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"An antidote to false movies about the glories of war (...) We can still take inspiration from the idealism and cool mastery of Kubrick's undying art"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Paths of Glory' was the film by which Stanley Kubrick entered the ranks of great directors, never to leave them (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Kubrick's first world war masterpiece (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Mr. Kubrick has made it look terrific. The execution scene is one of the most craftily directed and emotionally lacerating that we have ever seen."	POS
United Kingdom	Colin Kennedy Empire	"Terse and remorseless it may be, but the final flourish is perhaps the most fitting gracenote in all of cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"This superb 1957 film (...) is a reminder both of [Kubrick's] extraordinary formal virtuosity and powers as a satirist."	POS
United Kingdom	David Gritten Telegraph	"It is as fierce a condemnation of wars and the generals who conduct them as one might wish."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"This is the director’s most vivid, most emotional and humane film, and perhaps his best (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Slant	"Though a minor achievement, it’s certainly his most humane film (...) [It] may be first-rate humanity, but it's also second-rate art (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	David Mermelstein The Wall Street Journal	"One of the greatest war films ever made"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Paths of Glory' was the film by which Stanley Kubrick entered the ranks of great directors, never to leave them (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Dawson BBC	"The searing 'Paths Of Glory' continues to impress with its striking blend of formal brilliance, economical storytelling and emotional directness (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ken Tucker New York Magazine	"'Paths of Glory' is all about that greatest of all movie subjects: power"	POS

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