Sunday, May 11, 2008

War and Peace (1968) Battle of Borodino

Like a battle painting brought to life this sequence from Bondarchuk's epic retelling of the Tolstoy novel is well worth watching. I don't think anyone has been able to do Napoleonic warfare like Bondarchuk did - the scenes are so realistic and of course with a cast of thousands - luckily he had the Soviet army to use as extras. We'll never see epic cinema like this ever again. War and Peace (1968)