When I think about how a war movie now shows the spiritual, soul-destroying ritual of killing foes without severing the connection between mind and heart of participants, it astonishes me. How can it be possible for people-- who probably once lived simple lives of mediocre intensity-- to now be risking their lives or extinguishing others'... daily?. It's amazing! And yet we as viewers digest it all and seem to enjoy the whole panoply. I guess as long as we are not the ones getting killed or killing- and know it is, of course, only a film, something real weird kicks in; and we watch and redeem something. ...
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