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“The Silent City” is an astonishing Oscar-nominated short film, which brilliantly combines computer graphics with live footage. The film is a concisely introspective surreal story about wartime, which shows the ordeal of three soldiers who are on the outskirts of a war-torn city. While patrolling an area in a secluded sector of the now silent city, a bomb is accidentally set off and they have to wait for help. One reviewer claims that “The Silent City” rivals anything seen about wartime since Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” or Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket.” The film provides a powerful statement about our troops who are now facing death in foreign lands.
This piece includes a number of color photographs and the amazing short film, “The Silent City.”“The Silent City” is an astonishing Oscar-nominated short film, which... more
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