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This movie is so close to how my father told us about his escape from Dunkirk. He was a Royal Fusilier and my brother tells me that our father escaped the beach at Dunkirk with his platoon in an old tar boat (canvas stretched over a wood frame waterproofed with tar). It started leaking and 4 were rowing while 16 bailed. They got about a mile offshore and encountered a Naval lighter launch. They threw him a ball of rope which landed smack in the middle of his hand. They were then towed out another mile or two to a minesweeper HMS Leader and they scrambled up the torpedo nets to get aboard just in time to see the tar boat slip under the waves. Our father passed away 15 years ago and his name is in the church of St. Sepulchre-Without-Newgate on Holborn Viaduct. Wikipedia gives a comprehensive description of the church and it’s features including the Royal Fusiliers City of London chapel of rest along with the 6th Battalion City of London Rifles. When you enter the church from Holborn Viaduct the chapel of rest is on the right hand side when facing the altar. Our father’s name is engraved on the oak panelling on the outer wall. Our father went on to fight in the final stages of the African campaign in Tunisia. He was downgraded medically because of his osteoarthritic knees and placed on prison guard duty in Italy while the main battalion landed at Salerno and onto Monte-Cassino. He volunteered to join the expeditionary force to liberate Greece and landed at Kalamata in the Southern Peloponnese and stayed 6 months after the war mopping up communist partisans. I have included a photo of our father in the army.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2024

This movie really surprised me. I was well aware of the historic evacuation of Dunkirk at the beginning of WWII, and was expecting to see a much different movie. But, Christopher Nolan has done it again. His low key, nuanced take on the events at Dunkirk, rich with complex characters, had tears rolling down my cheeks. i loved this movie!

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2024

Movies have a special ability to educate. Strong characters, stunning visuals, and powerful music can bring one as close as possible to the reality of a historical event. Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk fulfills the promise of movies to bring the past into the present.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2023

The Dunkirk evacuation was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, in the north of France during the Second World War; The operation commenced after large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops during the six-week Battle of France.
Dunkirk is a 2017 war film written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II through the perspectives of the land, sea and air.

𝑨𝒍𝒍 π’˜π’† π’…π’Šπ’… π’Šπ’” π’”π’–π’“π’—π’Šπ’—π’†.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 π’†π’π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰.

A story of peril and miraculous feats, π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ started as a mere disturbance of peace. Having grown with both myths and stories tied to what is designated as the association of Dunkirk’s β€˜little ships’, Nolan and his wife decided to sail across the English Channel in 1992 using the same route said ships had taken five decades prior. What was anticipated and designed to be a leisurely cruise ended up taking almost nineteen hours total owing to a run-in with rougher water than had been expected..
With the Dunkirk evaluation happening over the course of ten days from May 26th to June 4th of 1940,
Nolan’s attempt to transpose the alliance needed to pull it off successfully is presented in a non-linear fashion with varying amounts of time assigned to the different locations and perspectives in question. This technique’s effectiveness is debatable given the fact π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ ultimately feels like the cinematic equivalent of one grueling day, with best guesses being that it takes place - or, at the very least, concludes - on June 4th if one uses the words transmitted by Churchill towards the end as a point of reference.
Is π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ historically accurate? This may not be the best question to ask, as the stretch of time in which the evacuation occurred invites a compository sketch of information known to be fact in combination with
eyewitness accounts that Nolan came to find in Joshua Levine’s π‘­π’π’“π’ˆπ’π’•π’•π’†π’ π’—π’π’Šπ’„π’†π’” 𝒐𝒇 π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ.
Many of these β€˜inaccuracies’ reach for a more attentive preservation of intervention provided by civilians, as is the case with π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œβ€™s chapter simply titled β€˜sea’ and reportedly occurring over the course of one full day. Ordered requisition of the ships manned by citizens like Mr. Dawson and his company started as early as the 14th of May as a preliminary measure, and a majority of them were manned by Naval personnel though a shortage of such persons led to a self-propelling of these crafts intermittently and at times without authorization to do so.
For what it’s worth, Commander Bolton (as portrayed by Sir Kenneth Branagh) comes closest to having a real life counterpart, with a Captain William Tennant having oversaw the evacuation of men waiting on the beaches of Dunkirk from the day it began; the specificity of his duties prove less important to π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œβ€™s screenplay given his tenacity was unmatched, as evidence by his refusal leave until the final ship departed from the area in question on the 2nd of June.

Not one to skimp when it comes to architectural splendor, π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ more impressively features set pieces due to impress even the most harcore of historians sans technical decisions made (IE, the color of specific aircrafts and a mass reduction in the number of people that would have otherwise been present in the opening beach scene, specifically) for the purposes of easy distinction between allies and enemy forces.
Starting with location, shooting was originally set to take place off of the coast of England in Suffolk, however Nolan changed his mind upon visiting the location where the Dunkirk evacuation took place and was able to secure the permits (There being much more than usual!) needed to shoot there. Secondary to this, a majority of the occupied fleets are certified vintage: imported from museums and collections not in the immediate proximity (Some imported from the United States!), reconstructed using the original blueprints when such resources were available as was the case of β€˜The Mole’, and created from scratch using photographs when real-life equivalents were nowhere to be found.
(Sidenote, during the time in which π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ occurs the titular location was in shambles, though its opening sequence would suggest the contrary. Neither Nolan or Crowley have commented on this set-related decision directly, but given how little their collaborations depend on the utilization of CGI this really shouldn’t be much of a surprise)

Admittedly, at first it is hard not to think of π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œβ€™s points of convergence as opportunistic and contrived between the sudden nature of head injuries that seem out of place and a question of buoyancy that distracts from the gravity of the evacuation on hand. Charitable building on this ties π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ to the ramifications of warfare for those both actively serving and participating as active bystanders, and is especially applicable when the randomness of rescue at times is taken in to consideration.
Lives lost without experience or maturity is seen in its fresh-faced cast who bring a poised somberness to emotionally charged scenarios with little hint of forcefulness or insincerity, and such praise extends to β€˜actors’ who otherwise aren’t associated with the genre of drama or intensity of the subject matter.
Obviously, there is a nuance missing, but one might do better to appreciate the refusal to synthesize periods of relief when chaos is clearly in abundance: perhaps even more-so when the risks associated with not being evacuated included but were not limited to imprisonment if captured by German service members and the depravity one was subjected to if so.

If nothing else, this addition to Nolan’s collection reinforces his ability to read and placate to audience members with nichey interests albeit susceptible to alianting methods for the purposes of reeling in a larger scope of viewership.
Sticklers in the name of non-fiction have expressed disappointment over some level of negligence and biased favoritism as the extent in which certain entities (Like the Royal Indian Service Corps) provided support of their own goes totally unaccounted for: not to mention systematic obstacles to being evacuated (Like the fact that the French military had no standing policy for being evacuated at the time) that would justify actions taken by characters in π‘«π’–π’π’Œπ’Šπ’“π’Œ that in other contexts would be unscrupulous.
No matter: Dunkirk’s ongoing legacy is in the knowledge that the failure to rescue approximately 338,000
Allied soldiers would have almost certainly depleted Britain’s resources, and this secondarily would have made success on the European front far less likely; coupled with the likelihood that those saved from Dunkirk would likely be recycled through the theater of World War II, what we ultimately become privy to is gratitude for efforts given and those sacrificial in nature.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2024

What a great 4k dvd !! The picture and audio sound track was awesome with dolby atmos.This is a must have 4k dvd. The flight sequences with the planes was excellent.

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2024

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020

So I have some bifs with both the film and the UHD HDR presentation.

Film:
The nonlinear storytelling is more compelling the first time you watch the movie. Its not nearly as interesting on repeat viewings. While yes, it does help to spread the drama around... it is also really confusing, and that confusion takes you out of the movie as you try to recognize faces of actors you don't really know at all as you see them out of place in the timeline. This mechanic is as much a help as a hindrance in the film.

Additionally the score, is ANNOYING, my goodness, Hans Zimmer's score is punched up way to high when he's trying to create tension with the sound track it really undercuts the drama of the scenes because its overbearing at all the wrong moments. It is a matter of good ideas implemented to opposite effect. Yeah the score I think is solid but the mixing of the score is putrid. The scores use in the film is distracting and suffocating.

Beyond those critiques this is a peerless film. I don't know how timeless it will end up being, but perhaps we will see at the very least a remixed audio on a future release of the film. For now my view of this movie is, must see, but not a must own because I'm unsure how rewatchable it really is, between the score and the editing style I doubt it gets any better on repeat viewings.

UHD, HDR:
So the very best cameras they make for modern filmmaking are the IMAX 70MM, and they shot a great portion of this film on that camera. YEAH!!! This cameras footage is all rendered in HDR and is formated in 16:9. But not all of the film is shot this way, and this leads to one of the most jaring aspects of this film, the transition in and out of both the 16:9 aspect ratio and HDR. WOW this is annoying. This is something that he does with all his IMAX releases and I hate it on all of them. I could probably forgive the aspect ratio swap... but the darn HDR shift is BRUTAL if you have an OLED. He will cut to a midday scene in standard color from HDR and its like the whole set is dimmed, oh and the aspect ratio shifts.

His Batman trilogy isn't HDR, so the shift is more gentle because its just the aspect ratio.

The whole effect is very amateurish. Its disconcerting to have achieved so much with the very difficult 70MM IMax camera and then have about 5-10% of the run time chopped up with these rough cuts to standard format and color.

If you have an OLED, IMAX footage is the best demo reel you can hope for on that monitor. But darn I'd settle for a more uniform non HDR option.

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2024

I had seen this film years ago and streamed it again. Of course it is based on true events during WWII. A remarkable story in which soldiers were evacuated from France by small fishing and leisure boats owned by British citizens.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Filme captivant et très bien fait

Reviewed in Canada on August 25, 2024

Pour mon propre divertissement

5.0 out of 5 stars Buena pelΓ­cula

Reviewed in Mexico on November 29, 2023

ConocΓ­a poco de este suceso histΓ³rico, pero la pelΓ­cula lo ejemplifica de cierta forma. Buen drama, aunque pensΓ© que no serΓ­a tan plana la historia. Excelente producto por la imagen.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gran pelΓ­cula.

Reviewed in Mexico on May 10, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars Profound Historical Movie - another Nolan work of art

Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2024

I thought I knew the story of Dunkirk before I watched this movie, and in a small way, I did, but I did not know the extreme importance of the fact that much of the British army was saved from the Nazis and returned home to fight another day. I won't say more in case you don't know the whole story - I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Watch the movie. It is a stunning piece of work. Watch the special features - you will be blown away by how Nolan made this movie. I was and still am, profoundly moved.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Per gli amanti del genere film di guerra

Reviewed in Italy on December 17, 2023

Uno spettacolo di film da aggiungere alla vostra collezione. Cast eccezionale e davvero bello, dalla trama all'ambientazione, agli effetti e alle musiche. Davvero un film che merita di essere visto e rivisto. L'alta definizione ci sta tutta.