As in many of Nolan’s previous films, time is the complicating element that governs the events of the movie in “Dunkirk,” it serves to weave together otherwise disparate moments. Viewers experience the evacuation from three vantage points, each progressing in their own time frames: from the beach over the period of a week, the sea over a day and the air over an hour. Shot more than 75 years after the famed evacuation of more than 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, Nolan’s film captures the intimate experiences of the allies’ struggle for survival and the civilians who risk their own lives in their heroic rescue - all while British naval reinforcements are conspicuously absent, unable to navigate the shallow waters of the English Channel. This sense of suspense permeates the rest of the film, as well viewers cannot fully recognize the intense, relentless clock-ticking sound in the background until it halts along with the soldiers’ train, safe at its final station in England. Tensions run high from the opening of the film, as a young British soldier in World War II, Tommy, played by Fionn Whitehead, escapes German fire in the streets of Dunkirk, a coastal French town, only to find himself trapped on the beach along with around 400,000 other allied soldiers. Few films succeed in building such emotional depth as writer and director Christopher Nolan’s latest masterpiece, “Dunkirk.” The film achieves greatness not with high drama or special effects, but instead with its strong emphasis on the realities of war.
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