Movie

Just caught all but the first half hour of "Beach Red" on TV. Wow, where did this one come from? It's the stylistic 1967 precursor to one of my favorite movies, The Thin Red Line. A psychological war drama, gritty, strange and occasionally surreal. And it even dares to humanize the enemy. Well ahead of its time, I'd say. I'll have to catch the whole thing sometime.

I should add that by today's standards, the acting is often dubious, the action scenes far from convincing, and the feel as a whole is somewhat dated, even hippyish at times. I guess I'm more forgiving of that sort of thing these days.