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NB: The following contains spoilers for Dunkirk.
You are surrounded, read the leaflets fluttering down on a handful of troops inDunkirks spectacular opening shot.
Then theres what might be Nolans most striking storytelling decision: to keep the German army off-screen throughout.
We see and hear the devastating impact of bullets and bombs, but not the soldiers pulling the triggers.
InDunkirk, there are no hordes of faceless Nazi soldiers and no splashes of blood.
Soldiers huddle on a wide-open beach, painfully exposed to the bombs raining down from above.
More soldiers cower in a boat, bullet holes tearing through its hull.
In some respects, Nolans approach could have represented a risk.
Its characters are given only scant back stories, often related between falling bombs or rattles of gunfire.
It isnt necessarily about the horror of war to use a time-worn phrase.
Its about being an ordinary person in dire circumstances that are far beyond your control.
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