Hey guys! Before I say anything, no, this isn't another one of those "do my homework for me" threads. At least, I hope it doesn't come across that way.
Anyway, good news! I've been accepted onto a research Master's programme to start in January next year. It's a year long and I'll be required to research and write a 40,000 word thesis, which, without going into too much detail, will look at the traumatic effects of the First World War and its depiction in cinema.
With that much to do, no time is too early to get started. I've already done quite a lot of work during the proposal stage and have what I think is a good list of film examples (see below) to get started with. But, in the spirit of leaving no stone unturned, I thought it would be remiss of me not to throw the question out to the most knowledgeable film community on the web. I think I have a pretty exhaustive list of films that deal explicitly with the subject matter, but maybe not of those that depict it tangentially.
I want to know about any film or TV show I may have missed in which the mental trauma of the First World War plays a part, large or small, literally or metaphorically, set during or after (or even before, if relevant) the war, made at any time and anywhere. There are no wrong answers, basically.
Thanks in advance for anything you guys can come up with. Here's the list so far, hopefully it will give you a good idea of the broadness of the search at this point:
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (TV Movie, 1979)
The African Queen (1951)
The Battle of the Somme (1916)
The Big Parade (1925)
Black and White in Color (1976)
Blackadder Goes Forth (TV 1989)
Blighty (1927)
The Blue Max (1966)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Captain Conan (1996)
Dawn (1928)
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Deathwatch (2002)
Die andere Seite (The Other Side, 1931)
Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger, 1985)
Douaumont - Die Holle von Verdun (1931)
For Me and My Girl (1942)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1960)
The Great War (TV Mini-Series, 1964)
The Guns of Loos (1928)
Hearts of the World (1918)
Hedd Wyn (1992)
The Hireling (1973)
Homecoming (1928)
The Hours (2002)
J'accuse (1919)
J'accuse (1938)
Journey's End (1930)
Journey's End (TV Movie, 1988)
Journey's End (2011)
Joyeux Noel (2005)
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)
King & Country (1964)
King of Hearts (1966)
Kreuzer Emden (1926)
La Grande Illusion (1937)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Life and Nothing But (1989)
The Lost Battalion (TV Movie, 2001)
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1927)
Mrs Dalloway (1997)
My Boy Jack (TV Movie, 2007)
Niemandsland (1931)
The Officer's Ward (2001)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Parade's End (TV Mini-Series, 2012)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Private Peaceful (2012)
Random Harvest (1942)
Regeneration (1997)
The Return of the Soldier (1982)
The Road to Glory (1936)
Shellshock (2011)
Shoulder Arms (1918)
Tannenberg (1932)
Testament of Youth (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
The Third Squadron (1926)
To Serve Them All My Days (TV Mini-Series, 1980)
The Trench (1999)
Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928)
War Horse (2011)
Westfront 1918 (1930)
What Price Glory (1952)
Wings (1927)
Woman to Woman (1923)
Woman to Woman (1929)
Woman to Woman (1946)
Wooden Crosses (1932)
Anyway, good news! I've been accepted onto a research Master's programme to start in January next year. It's a year long and I'll be required to research and write a 40,000 word thesis, which, without going into too much detail, will look at the traumatic effects of the First World War and its depiction in cinema.
With that much to do, no time is too early to get started. I've already done quite a lot of work during the proposal stage and have what I think is a good list of film examples (see below) to get started with. But, in the spirit of leaving no stone unturned, I thought it would be remiss of me not to throw the question out to the most knowledgeable film community on the web. I think I have a pretty exhaustive list of films that deal explicitly with the subject matter, but maybe not of those that depict it tangentially.
I want to know about any film or TV show I may have missed in which the mental trauma of the First World War plays a part, large or small, literally or metaphorically, set during or after (or even before, if relevant) the war, made at any time and anywhere. There are no wrong answers, basically.
Thanks in advance for anything you guys can come up with. Here's the list so far, hopefully it will give you a good idea of the broadness of the search at this point:
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (TV Movie, 1979)
The African Queen (1951)
The Battle of the Somme (1916)
The Big Parade (1925)
Black and White in Color (1976)
Blackadder Goes Forth (TV 1989)
Blighty (1927)
The Blue Max (1966)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Captain Conan (1996)
Dawn (1928)
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Deathwatch (2002)
Die andere Seite (The Other Side, 1931)
Die Frau und der Fremde (The Woman and the Stranger, 1985)
Douaumont - Die Holle von Verdun (1931)
For Me and My Girl (1942)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Fragments of Antonin (2006)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1960)
The Great War (TV Mini-Series, 1964)
The Guns of Loos (1928)
Hearts of the World (1918)
Hedd Wyn (1992)
The Hireling (1973)
Homecoming (1928)
The Hours (2002)
J'accuse (1919)
J'accuse (1938)
Journey's End (1930)
Journey's End (TV Movie, 1988)
Journey's End (2011)
Joyeux Noel (2005)
The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)
King & Country (1964)
King of Hearts (1966)
Kreuzer Emden (1926)
La Grande Illusion (1937)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Life and Nothing But (1989)
The Lost Battalion (TV Movie, 2001)
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1927)
Mrs Dalloway (1997)
My Boy Jack (TV Movie, 2007)
Niemandsland (1931)
The Officer's Ward (2001)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Parade's End (TV Mini-Series, 2012)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Private Peaceful (2012)
Random Harvest (1942)
Regeneration (1997)
The Return of the Soldier (1982)
The Road to Glory (1936)
Shellshock (2011)
Shoulder Arms (1918)
Tannenberg (1932)
Testament of Youth (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
The Third Squadron (1926)
To Serve Them All My Days (TV Mini-Series, 1980)
The Trench (1999)
Verdun, visions d'histoire (1928)
War Horse (2011)
Westfront 1918 (1930)
What Price Glory (1952)
Wings (1927)
Woman to Woman (1923)
Woman to Woman (1929)
Woman to Woman (1946)
Wooden Crosses (1932)
Last edited by Skepsis93; 07-13-15 at 01:59 PM.