Thin Red Line [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

"Reclusive director Terrence Malick returned to the big screen after a 20-year absence to make an epic World War II movie the same year as Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Malick's first two films, Badlands and Days of Heaven, were widely praised for beautifully capturing rich characters with grandiose ideals, and this theme is again explored in the tumultuous setting of wartime Pacific Islands. Using the old ""War is Hell"" adage, Malick uses an all-star cast to remind viewers that beauty ...