War As It Really Is (1916)
- Directed by
- Donald C. Thompson
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1916 documentary shows American audiences actual footage and firsthand accounts from World War I before the U.S. joined the fighting. The filmmaker highlights how real war looks nothing like the dramatic Hollywood version he saw at the time.
rawmatter-of-factsoberingobservationalreflectiveunvarnishededifying
What happens
War As It Really Is is a 1916 American documentary war film shot, edited and distributed by Donald C. Thompson. The seven-reel film exposed American audiences to some of the most authentic sights and first-hand accounts of World War I before the United States entered the war. The film was first shown in installments at the Rialto Theatre in New York City in October 1916. Thompson was aware of the disparity between the dramatic images of war the Hollywood studios were putting out at the time and the unglamorous war he had personally experienced and filmed. This was implicit in the ironic title of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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