Overlord [Criterion Collection]
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Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, Stuart Coopers immersive account of one 20-year-olds journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors and isolation of war to its viewers with jolting authenticity. Overlord, impressionistically shot by Stanley Kubricks longtime cinematographer John Alcott, is both a document of WWII and a dreamlike meditation on mans smallness in a large, incomprehensible machine.