The most common image of combat film is one of "guts and glory." Behind this image, lies a harsh reality of the impact of war on the body and soul of the soldier and civilian. This course will study chronological evolution of war film from racist interpretation of the Civil War in Griffith's <i>Birth of a Nation,</i> through World War I and II with Milestone's pacifist <i>All Quiet on the Western Front,</i> Spielberg's hyper-realistic <i>Saving Private Ryan</i> to more recent times, Vietnam War films, Coppola's surrealistic <i>Apocalypse Now,</i> the war in Iraq with <i>In the Valley of Elah</i> and <i>Control Room.</i>
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