"Before such an extraordinary document," wrote the Communist Lettres Françaises grudgingly, "one can't help admiring the candor with which Americans portray their army. The fact that a French producer was authorized to make such a film indicates great liberalism." The film is a 24-minute short titled The Marines, and its producer is François Reichenbach, 38, who made a big New Wave splash last spring with his first full-length movie, the much criticized L'Amérique Insolite (generally translated "unusual"). For his latest effort, a stark study of the Parris Island, S.C., boot camp, Reichenbach last week was unanimously greeted as one...
MOVIES ABROAD: Visual De Tocqueville
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