Grand Illusion (La grande illusion)

The African-French soldier shows them his pictures, and they turn him away. They just ignore him, and in that simple moment, Renoir's film transcends from a simple morality tale, rises above its themes and critiques of politics. It almost silently reveals its awareness of…

Sally Jane Black

A metaphysical glimpse into the nature and purpose, of the artifices of war and social illusions that build (and erode) human relationships. Rich in symbolism, fracture between classes, cultures and nations. Maybe even confusing for some. A film that was born in a period…

noen

Film #20 of Project 30 ”Boldieu, I don't know who will win this war, but whatever the outcome, it will mean the end of the Rauffensteins and the Boeldieus.” - Capt. von Rauffenstein Jean Renoir’s La Grande Illusion is a compassionate and incredibly affective portrait…

Dragonknight

orson welles said this is 1 of 2 movies he would take with him "on the ark" but the guy also never saw ratatouille?

mememily

When all of men’s frontiers collapses, just the lust for freedom remains.

Filipe Furtado

How to make a war movie: don't show the war. cc 1917

Sam Van Hallgren

Grand Illusion is a pacifist war movie, without any physical battles. It is a story of how men will be men, people are just people, we can find commonality in all of us. It is a humanist masterwork. Class is the overarching theme of Grand Illusion. Officers are nice to…

Darren Carver-Balsiger

Guns fire, cities crumble, men die and empires fall. Only bromance prevails.

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

there’s a scene where one very pretty guy puts on a dress and the camera just pans very slowly across a room of silent POWs and it’s so incredible. jean understood the stupefying glow of transfeminitity. thanks man

lubchansky