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Empire of the Sun: 25th Anniversary Edition

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The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun behind-the-scenes documentary

Warner at War documentary about Warner Bros' WWII propaganda department


The disc also comes packaged in a collectible 36-page digibook with "rare images, cast bios, facts about the film, essays, and more."


No making of stuff?? what a joke



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I see mentions of, of course, a young Christian Bale, an underrated Spielberg opus, and may I add yet another great performance from the always impeccable John Malkovich. This film is "unmissable". Day 1 (I kinda like the digibook layout btw)
 
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If you read Ballard's book, you'll see that the movie is a fictionalized autobiography, but that most of the really weird stuff is true: the stadium full of loot including the Rolls Royce, care packages dropping from the sky, seeing the distant A-bomb.


And if you ever read his really strange science fiction short stories of the 1960s, it is astonishing to realize that he was describing odd things and moments that actually happened to him.


-Bill
 
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Originally Posted by Morpheo /forum/post/21775995


I see mentions of, of course, a young Christian Bale, an underrated Spielberg opus, and may I add yet another great performance from the always impeccable John Malkovich. This film is "unmissable". Day 1 (I kinda like the digibook layout btw)

You are correct!! Who could forget JM!!!
 
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Great, great movie and I think the key to it was Bale acting like a real kid unlike most movies that have prominent child characters acting like they are adults stuck in a child's body.


And only 1 of 4 Spielberg movies (the others being Duel, Jaws and Munich) that didn't contain a smarmy kid or some awkward, forced sentimentality at the end which always seems to be a glaring flaw with his films. And yes, Schindler's List had that awkward forced sentimentality at the end.
 
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Great, great movie and I think the key to it was Bale acting like a real kid unlike most movies that have prominent child characters acting like they are adults stuck in a child's body.


And only 1 of 4 Spielberg movies (the others being Duel, Jaws and Munich) that didn't contain a smarmy kid or some awkward, forced sentimentality at the end which always seems to be a glaring flaw with his films. And yes, Schindler's List had that awkward forced sentimentality at the end.

Shame he never stopped acting like a kid, I think he was good but it was the supporting cast that made the movie.


Also as he starts at the camp, he is the dentition of smarm and arrogance.

That is the point and the journey he makes as he grows up.
 
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