Film Review of Gallipoli
Peter Weir's Gallipoli follows two idealistic young friends, Frank
(Mel Gibson) and Archy (Mark Lee), who join the Australian army during
the First World War to fight in the ill-fated Battle of Gallipoli in
Turkey. Through the first half of the film you are introduced to the
main characters. You learn of their personalities and beliefs as the
film follows their lives leading up to their deployment. The second
half of the film chronicles life, and death, in Gallipoli as the two
young men adapt to life in the trenches on the Turkish peninsular.
Here they find nothing was as they anticipated it to be.
Strong imagery and the stirring sense of adventure in Gallipoli assist
in expressing the main themes of the film. One of the themes is
heroism tied in with courage which is seen in the actions of the
Australian soldiers. Not obliged to enlist these men did so to fight
in a war which was in no way their own. When there they continued to
display persistence and courage in the face of sure and imminent
death. Another theme is the film is the comradeship between the
soldiers. Although this theme is not limited to the pair, in the film
this is best expressed through the friendship between Frank and Archy.
Remaining the best of friends to the very end the pair were constantly
looking out for each other. This was the nature of comradeship. Also
expressed through the film is the nature of war. Weir has created a
reconstruction of the front lines of Gallipoli. Through this we can
learn what life involved in the trenches of the war front. The lively
setting of the films battles makes the spectre of death even more
surreal and terrible. All the mentioned themes are expressed
successfully.
The main strength of the film is that although the story of Frank and
Archy is not true it easily could be. The film stresses authenticity
while at the same time telling a good story. This is important to
...ldn’t help but want to get their own revenge on France and Britain that had joined in due to the alliance they had with Russia.
The theme mateship is proven through the relationship between Frank and Archy and also Frank and his three other friends. In Gallipoli, Peter Weir explores the idea of mateship all throughout the movie. For the duration of the film he uses running to draw Frank and Archy together but also his motion picture is wholly based on the theme of mateship between the two, Archy and Frank. Additionally, mateship is shown not only through Frank and Archy but through Frank and his three friends Barney, Billy and Snowy. This essay will examine these issues to explain how mateship is proven throughout the film.
The film “Slaughter in the Trenches” shows us a big part of how terrible the World War 1 was. Men, who signed up to serve in the war, were signing up for their death. Thousands of men fought in the war, but only few hundred survived. Many of these men who did survive, became pieces of evidence of the warfare to show the world what a war does to people. The film introduces us to the trench warfare and does a great job of portraying the war, the lives of the men, and the countries that participated in it.
The Anzac Legend is the source of the Aussie Fight and bravery that will live on for future generations to understand and to acknowledge their courage and bravery.
The Gallipoli campaign was a military disaster but it is still one of the most important conflicts in which Australia was involved. On 25th April 1915 between 4:30 and 6:30 am the Gallipoli Peninsula was invaded by British, Australian and New Zealand forces. This was to start the long, hard weeks in which the troops were fighting for ground that the enemy controlled in Turkey. They were attempting to gain a supply route to Russia to aid them in repelling the German and Turkish soldiers from their country. I will be discussing the willingness of Australians to volunteer for the war effort and the love and respect they had for their Mother Country, England. I will also discuss how the young, naive soldiers arrived at war not knowing what warfare entailed. They were shocked by the conditions and casualties. I will also discuss the bravery that was shown by the ANZACS in the most dangerous conditions. I will conclude with my reasons of why the Gallipoli campaign holds such value and importance in Australian history and ideology.
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Peter Weir’s 1981 film Gallipoli can in every sense of the phrase be called an ‘Australian classic’. The impact and effect this film has had upon the psyche and perspective of several generations of Australians has been significant. Whilst it can be argued that every Australian is aware of the ANZAC legend, and the events that occurred on the Turkish beaches in 1915, Weir’s film encapsulates and embodies a cultural myth which is now propagated as fact and embraced as part of the contemporary Australian identity. The film projects a sense of Australian nationalism that grew out of the 1970’s, and focuses on what it ‘means’ to be an Australian in a post-colonial country. In this way Gallipoli embodies a sense of ‘Australian-ness’ through the depiction of mateship and through the stark contrast of Australia to Britain. A sense of the mythic Australia is further projected through the cinematic portrayal of the outback, and the way in which Australia is presented in isolation from the rest of the world. These features combined create not only a sense of nationalism, but also a mythology stemming from the ANZAC legend as depicted within the film.
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