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The Big Red One (Director's Cut, 1980)

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I understand what Samuel Fuller was going for in The Big Red One, but that doesn’t mean I wanted to see it. I know why all of the soldiers, including Lee Marvin, were so bland and lifeless, just as I understand why the movie was so episodic. At the same time I also understand that I didn’t want actors who were so bland and lifeless or a movie that was so episodic. Movies aren’t always about what you want, or maybe because movies are such a personal experience they are always about just that, I don’t know. What I do know is that the movie Samuel Fuller made is not a movie I wanted to watch or took any sort of enjoyment out of watching.

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