Nathan

I was impressed by Barbara Sonneborn's *Regret to Inform* for its unusual

angle on the American war in Vietnam - the director, whose husband was

killed in the war, travels some 20 years later to the place where he died

and discusses the painful sacrifices demanded by the war with other American

war widows and with Vietnamese women.



But if you're looking for a really compelling story of men at war, you

should start by reading Homer's *Iliad*.  I know it sounds like something

you were forced to read at school but it is (among other things) a really

good adventure story ('though *The Odyssey* is more dynamic but not really a

war story) based on the sacking of Troy.  I'm no expert but I'm sure there

must be masses of subsequent literature which take the Iliad as its pattern

but transfers the action to another time and place.  Probably a few films

too.

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>

> Hello all.  I'm a recent AFI graduate who is wriging a war film.  I'm

looking

> for great films that cover both different aspects of war as well as

different

> wars.  Also, wondering if anyone knows of any interesting battles or wars

> that havent' been shown or over portrayed too much.

> Any help would be great.

>

> Thanks,

> Nathan

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