What are your favourite works of literature, films, documentaries, and so on concerning the first world war? I recently watched Paths of Glory which I thought was excellent (daring opinion, I know).
First World War :
Anonymous :
13 days ago :
No.5797
>>5830
>>5797 (OP)
"Storm of Steel" by Ernst Junger
Anonymous :
13 days ago :
No.5802
>>5820
>>5802
I remember Dan Carlin read some excerpts from this in his WW1 podcast series, very compelling though as you say his emotional distance is bizarre. Very strange man.
Of course it is almost a cliche, but I really like Jüngers In Storms of Steel (commonly mistranslated as Storm of Steel, for whatever reason). It is a great war book which aims, and in my opinion succeeds at, painting a comprehensive picture of war. Unfathomable violence and intense, even destructive, boredom. Great heroism and even greater Failure. War lays bare the deepest most extreme emotions of men and Jünger suceeds at bringing those into words, while himself remaining surprisingly distant, even when the events he describes must have greatly affected him personally.
(Aside, the book also exists as a meme, where it is some sort of badass pro war pamphlet, which it very clearly is not. Jünger is someone whose works are very open to interpretation, no doubt partly because he liked to reinterpret and reedit his own works, but it should be obvious that the book isn't trying to make that point to anyone who actually read it.)
Gaudier-Brzeska's war letters, in Pound's memoir of him
Not exactly about the event, but Woolf's To the Lighthouse is at least in part about the post war.
To end all wars (book)
1917 (movie)
It's a long way to Tipperary (song)
>>5802
Of course it is almost a cliche, but I really like Jüngers In Storms of Steel (commonly mistranslated as Storm of Steel, for whatever reason). It is a great war book which aims, and in my opinion succeeds at, painting a comprehensive picture of war. Unfathomable violence and intense, even destructive, boredom. Great heroism and even greater Failure. War lays bare the deepest most extreme emotions of men and Jünger suceeds at bringing those into words, while himself remaining surprisingly distant, even when the events he describes must have greatly affected him personally.
(Aside, the book also exists as a meme, where it is some sort of badass pro war pamphlet, which it very clearly is not. Jünger is someone whose works are very open to interpretation, no doubt partly because he liked to reinterpret and reedit his own works, but it should be obvious that the book isn't trying to make that point to anyone who actually read it.)
I remember Dan Carlin read some excerpts from this in his WW1 podcast series, very compelling though as you say his emotional distance is bizarre. Very strange man.
>>5797 (OP)
"Storm of Steel" by Ernst Junger
>> 5828
>> 5833
What a retard.
Anonymous :
9 days ago :
No.5849
>>5850
>>5849
Why would you ever buy a Kindle? Do you actually want to pay Amazon for books? Buying locked down trash like that is just stupid, especially if you want to not pay for books.
I have a 6 inch BOOX reader, about the size of a paperback and with a fully functional Android. Kobo devices are also less locked down. I am also using KOReader to read the epubs/PDFs.
Anonymous :
9 days ago :
No.5850
>>5851
>>5850
>Kobo devices are also less locked down. I am also using KOReader to read the epubs/PDFs.
This is the best way to read ebooks.
>>5849
>>5841
Nah, hate reading on my phone, but I'm saving for a kindle
Why would you ever buy a Kindle? Do you actually want to pay Amazon for books? Buying locked down trash like that is just stupid, especially if you want to not pay for books.
I have a 6 inch BOOX reader, about the size of a paperback and with a fully functional Android. Kobo devices are also less locked down. I am also using KOReader to read the epubs/PDFs.
>>5850
>>5849
Why would you ever buy a Kindle? Do you actually want to pay Amazon for books? Buying locked down trash like that is just stupid, especially if you want to not pay for books.
I have a 6 inch BOOX reader, about the size of a paperback and with a fully functional Android. Kobo devices are also less locked down. I am also using KOReader to read the epubs/PDFs.
>Kobo devices are also less locked down. I am also using KOReader to read the epubs/PDFs.
This is the best way to read ebooks.