THIN RED LINE
1998


QUOTE:


'THEY DISCOVER THE THIN RED LINE THAT DIVIDES THE SANE FROM

THE MAD...AND THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD..."


I HAVE 4 MAIN POINTS.


A. THE FILM IS SHOT WITH A 'SKELETON CREW'. IT SEEMS

LIKE CAPTURE THE FLAG, THOUGH 4 DIVISIONS WERE COMMITTED

TO THE BATTLE. THE MOVIE HAD THE BUDGET FOR MORE SOLDIERS.

BUT WHY NOT? WAS THERE LESS THEN MEETS THE EYE?


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B. LIEUTENANT COLONEL NICK NOLTE. SAYS SOMETHING VERY

STRANGE. FIRST HE SENDS HIS MEN STRAIGHT UP A HILL,

WITH NO TREES, EXPLAINING THAT THERE IS A TIMETABLE.


HE IS RUNNING THE SHOW FROM BELOW THE HILL.

WHEN HIS SOLDIERS RUN OUT OF GAS, THEY CALL HIM.

HE SAYS.


'I'M COMING DOWN'


I THOUGHT HE WAS BELOW THE FIGHTING!

IT MEANS HE'S EITHER 1) A JAPANESE SOLDIER ON TOP OF THE

HILL OR 2) GOD. (NOLTE PLAYED SAM YAZA, THE ROCK PERSON IN

NOAH, WHO I SAY IS YHVH). IF 1, HE WANTS TO WINNOW HIS

TROOPS. IF 2, IT EXPLAINS WHY HE'S PROMISING

(POSTHUMOUS) 'MEDALS' TO SOME OF THE MEN.



C. SOME OF THE SOLDIERS HAVE WEIRD NAMES. DOLL, QUEEN

FIFE, ASH, BOSCHE (GERMAN, THOUGH AMERICAN OFFICER GEORGE

CLOONEY)


D. THE NEXT DAY, NOLTE APPOINTS CAPTAIN GAFFE TO

FINISH TAKING THE HILL. GAFFE IS KIND OF SPECTRAL. I TAKE

HIM AS AN 'UNDEAD. JOHN CUSACK PLAYS HIM. NOTICE THAT

CUSACK IS USUALLY DRESSED 'IN BLACK' IN HIS ROLES. DOES IT

DENOTE ANYTHING 'SUPERNATURAL'? AS THE CAPTAIN, HE IS LIKE

A SUPERMAN AND TAKES THE HILL IN SHORT ORDER. HAS ANYONE

IN COMBAT COME ACROSS AN 'UNATTACHED' OR 'SUPERNATURAL'

SOLDIER?


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