2006/11/21 12：29
Flags of Our Fathers / 2006 @Kasugai theater は
February 1945. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare or glory. Flags of Our Fathers; is based on the bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company.珍しく（ってか記憶の中では初めて）両親と3人で見に行きました。「父親たちの星条旗」
最近歴史モノに凝っていて、特に戦争モノは見たり調べたり見聞を深めておりますが… これはね〜硫黄島の戦いとは聞いていたものの、凄まじいですね。
カメラワークも結構アップで撮っているものが多くて圧倒されました。あんな過酷な戦場（地上戦）で前に進む事が出来る彼等は何に突き動かされて戦ったのだろう？ 時代が違う、国のため、そんな言葉は平和ボケした私の頭では理解できません。。。
この映画は良い、悪いではなく歴史の一つとして見た方がいいと思います〜
Starring:Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, Ben Walker
Directed by:Clint Eastwood
DVD：いらない 日本版Letters From Iwo Jimaも楽しみです。
