miracle at st. anna

today i watched miracle at st. anna. i have many thoughts, and thought i'd share them in a brief fashion:

why didn't this movie receive all the life like war acclaim that saving private ryan did? race?

dave chappelle/david alan greer black actor theory - cast of the wire + remember the titans - okay, a little bigger than that, but still, a lot of the same faces.

germans speaking german, italians speaking italian. how novel for a war movie.

germans using the idea that "terrorists" (partisans) not protected by geneva convention - very familiar

same prayer in multiple languages great touch

spike lee's best movie to date