THE BIG RED ONE Directed and Written by Samuel Fuller
Wars are periods of anxious boredom, mitigated by soldierly camaraderie and punctuated by moments of sheer terror, bloody farce and amazing grace which, because they are so intense, have the capacity to shape the lives and spirits of the unformed youths who fight them.
That is the view of Samuel Fuller, 68, who built a cult reputation as the writer-director of a series of crude but vivid action films (The Steel Helmet, Pickup on South Street) in the 1950s and '60s, has not worked in movies for almost a decade and has long...
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