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Johnny Goes to War (Johnny Got His Gun) is a novel published in 1939. Its author, Dalton Trumbo , has made a film released in theaters on 4 August 1971.
Summary |
Filling of the work
Joe Bonham ( Timothy Bottoms ) is an enthusiastic young American who decides to join up and fight on the front during the First World War. During a reconnaissance mission, he was seriously wounded by shrapnel and lost all four limbs and speech, sight, hearing and smell. Lying on his hospital bed, he remembers his past and tries to guess the world around them using the only option left to him: the sensitivity of his skin. One nurse specifically dedicated to help find a link with the outside world. When the medical staff that includes his soul and be intact in the body apparently dead, they must make a medical decision based on values and beliefs of the time.
Comments
The film is very discreet in pictures. Trumbo only films ever female character but only the healthy parts of his body. The story begins when Joe wakes up in hospital when he imagines himself still in a dark room. His inner voice makes us live the way he realizes gradually his infirmity. The scenes in the hospital with the inner voice alternate with scenes of memories and dreams - but when you can not open my eyes, how to distinguish the dream of the day?
Very pessimistic, the film is at times unbearable, not because of the images, but the awareness of the mental torture experienced by the character. It is a double clear in both war and cons for euthanasia.
Indeed, it is both a powerful indictment of anti-militarist and a moving plea for assisted suicide , the coup de grace "(" blow of mercy "in English). Having only brains, Joe can not commit suicide by himself.
This is the only film that Dalton Trumbo had realized from his novel of the same name where he shot the script.
Historical aspects
The movie and the book had a major impact because of their release dates.
The book was published for the first time on 3 September 1939 , two days after the start of the Second World War , and he quickly became famous for his overtly anti-militarist. He showed the absurdity of violence and war in a context where America was reluctant to get involved heavily in the conflict. After the exhaustion of copies in print, its republication not occurred at the end of the Second World War in 1945.
While the United States were in full war in Vietnam , the film and its recognition at the Cannes Film Festival had a second resonance with the news. The various movements pacifist and anti-militarists of the 1970s did Johnny Goes to War a major work in which he should see one of the most severe indictments of American literature and film the absurdity of all cons wars.
Specifications
- Title: Johnny Goes to War
- Original Title: Johnny Got His Gun
- Directed by: Dalton Trumbo
- Screenplay: Dalton Trumbo , based on his novel published in 1939 and Luis Buuel
- Producer: Bruce Campbell , Tony Monaco and Christopher Trumbo
- Music: Jerry Fielding
- Photo: Jules Brenner
- Installation: Millie Moore
- Sets: Harold Michelson
- Country of origin: United States
- Format: Black & White / Color - 1.66:1 - Mono - 35 mm
- Genre: Drama, war
- Length: 111 minutes
- Release Date: 4 August 1971 (USA), 21 February 2001 (re-released in France)
- Film banned under 12 years when it was released in France
Distribution
- Timothy Bottoms : Joe Bonham
- Kathy Fields : the girlfriend of Joe
- Marsha Hunt : Joe's mother
- Jason Robards 's father Joe
- Donald Sutherland : Jesus Christ
- Diane Varsi : 4th Nurse
- Eduard Franz : Colonel (later General) Tillery
Around Film
- The lyrics of the song One group Metallica (on the album ... And Justice For All ) are inspired by thoughts of the character. The video includes excerpts from the title of the film. The group would also bought the film rights Adaptations
Johnny Goes to War is adapted to the theater in the title role with Jeff Daniels who won for his composition an Obie Award in 1983 . A theatrical version was filmed and completed in 2008 with Benjamin McKenzie in the role of Joe .
References
- (en) We can find the lyrics to this song on the band's official site in Section Sounds In The Attic on turquoisefields.free.fr
- (en) Jeff Daniels , Cinefil.com. Accessed July 28, 2009
- (en) Johnny Got His Gun at the Internet Movie Database . Accessed July 28, 2009
Awards
- Festival de Cannes 1971 : Grand Special Jury Prize and International Critics Prize
- "Festival of Festivals", Belgrade 1972 : Best Film
External link
- (En / fr) Johnny Goes to War on the Internet Movie Database - more complete version in English
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