1917
Summary
The tragic death of Dean - Charles Chapman ’s immature Lance Corporal Thomas Blake is the most heart - wring view in Sam Mendes'1917 , and it contains a small detail that make it hit even harder.1917is now streaming on Netflixand is uncommitted to buy on all major VOD political platform , and chronicles two young British messengers ' race against time to save one C of their fellow soldiers from walking into a lying in wait . Their journey is face as one uninterrupted shot , although eagle - eyed viewers will acknowledge at least35 hidden cutsof the television camera .
Along the way , one of the soldiers come across his end at the tip of a German cowcatcher ’s knife . After Chapman ’s Blake andGeorge MacKay ’s Will Schofieldfree the buffer from the burn wreckage of his crashed plane , he stabs Blake in the tummy in a scare , believing he ’s been captured by enemy combatants.1917 ’s one - shot film mode means that the audience watches every moment of Blake ’s life slipping away , ending with his death in Schofield ’s arms . One detail in particular makes the already heartbreaking scene even more powerful .
Sam Mendes ' epic WWI movie 1917 depicts " The Great War " in all its tragic nimbus , made potential by its basis built upon first - hand experience .
The Final Shot Of Blake’s Death In 1917 Mirrors His First Shot Of The Movie
The parallel also applies to Schofield
1917opens on a beautiful , vibrant theatre in Northern France , and as the photographic camera pans backwards Blake and Schofield arrive into opinion . Blake is sleeping on his back on the ground , with his helmet covering his closed eyes . That first shot of Blake directly mirror the last shot of him as he lays dead ; once again , he is on his back on the land with his eyes closed . The direct comparing also apply to Schofield , as the hatchway shot finds him drowse against a tree , and the final shot sees him sitting against a tree before close his eye .
All Academy Award Nominations for1917
Best Picture
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Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Set against the backdrop of war-torn France during WWI, 1917 is directed by Sam Mendes and stars George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman as two young British soldiers tasked with delivering a dangerous message to stop an attack that could the lives of thousands of other soldiers at risk. The film uses long takes to make it appear that the entire narrative takes place over the course of two continuous shots. Mark Strong, Colin Firth, and Benedict Cumberbatch also star.
Best Cinematography
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Best Original Score
Best Production Design
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Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
As similar as the position may be for the two soldier , the parallel was created not to demonstrate similarity , but rather dispute in the characters . As the photographic film open , the two young soldiers are napping relatively carefree with all of their supplies and equipment , only trade with the sameness of WWI military sprightliness . The terminal guess of each man prove how each man was transformed along their journeying ; Blake is of class dead , but Schofield has fall behind his helmet , artillery , and equipment , and is tend against the tree out of exhaustion , not for leisure .
Blake’s Death Also Calls Back To His Earlier Mistake In 1917
Blake pays the price for his mercy
The nature of Blake ’s decease was predict earlier in1917 , which further serves to increase the impact of his death . As Blake and Schofield traverse an abandoned German bunker , they encounter several gravid rat , one of which triggers a booby lying in wait explosion that near kill both men . William Blake laments that he should have pour down the rat when he had the chance . A short while later he is stabbed and kill by a German pilot , a defenseless foe who many soldiers would have wipe out or let burn in the carpenter’s plane smash . In both cases , Blake suffers because he was merciful .
There is no killer instinct in Blake , and because of that he is not cut out to pull round the harsh realities of mortal combat .
It serves as a comment on the brutality of war , and on World War I in especial . The baby - face Dean - Charles Chapman was 21 at the time of the film of1917 , and the character of Tom Blake is meant to be 19 long time quondam , andhe serves as a representative for all the barren young men who diedin that warfare and all other wars . There is no killer instinct in Blake , whether it ’s a literal informer or an enemy combatant he ’s treat with . Because of that , he is not contract out to last the coarse realities of mortal scrap .
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Set against the backcloth of war - torn France during WWI , 1917 is directed by Sam Mendes and stars George MacKay and Dean - Charles Chapman as two unseasoned British soldiers task with delivering a dangerous message to discontinue an attack that could the sprightliness of thousands of other soldiers at peril . The film uses long train to make it seem that the entire narration takes blank space over the course of two continuous shots . Mark Strong , Colin Firth , and Benedict Cumberbatch also star .
