Description: Clint Eastwood revisits familiar territory with LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, a companion piece to his critically-acclaimed World War II drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Where the two films differ is in their version of events; FLAGS… is told from a...
Description Clint Eastwood revisits familiar territory with LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, a companion piece to his critically-acclaimed World War II drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Where the two films differ is in their version of events; FLAGS… is told from a predominantly American point-of-view, whereas LETTERS… offers the Japanese perspective. This set contains both films.
Credits
Producer:
Clint Eastwood, Paul Haggis, Robert Lorenz, Steven Spielberg
Score Composer:
Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens
Editorial Reviews An intelligent and sincere movie BBC (05/19/2009)
Eastwood remains the most astringent American filmmaker around Empire (05/19/2009)
A sombre and shrewd movie about America's war in the Pacific The Guardian (06/12/2007)
Eastwood and his cinematographer Tom Stern have done a superb and possibly unique job in showing both sides of this dreadful battle The Independent (05/19/2009)
Eastwood's films grow in artistic vision and emotional wallop... A thoughtfully assembled package that will satisfy both novices and students of this still-vivid, moving chapter in history Entertainment Weekly (05/19/2009)