Path of Glory: Kirk Douglas

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Originally Posted by Jack Lord

I am certainly no expert, but I think it is Kubrick's first use of his trademark "Mobile Cam". The part just before the attack commences and Douglas is moving through the trench and it feels like you are moving with him.

Say Jack, we are on the same page. I was really captured by that scene; very effective. It was like I was living the movie;great camera work.
The use of black and white aided the sense of futility of the whole enterprise. Certain movies were "made" for black and white;e.g. "Spy who came in from the cold" reinforced the drabness of East Berlin and its wall.