Ross Summers
May 6, 2015
Esposito (9:00 am) Film Review: Saving Private Ryan
Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan stands as a testament to cinema%cally depic%ng WWII.
His unique use of cinematography exposes the true nature of war, and all that it contains. As the story
develops, a few recurring themes arise, and help dissolve the personal involvement of Americans in
WWII.
Spielberg’s directorial tone is abrupt, and unmasked in the opening thirty minute scene of D-Day.
The collabora%on of camera shots engulfs viewer’s a3en%on. To be3er detach Hollywood’s glori4ca%on
of war, the concept of war is drug down to its real face, that of living hell. As Captain John Miller and his
troops drop their boat’s ramp, they are immediately mowed down my machinegun 4re. The 4rst person
perspec%ve draws further a3en%on to the individual’s viewpoint. The infantry fight to obtain a foothold
