Review of Casualties of War (1989) by Hal Hinson for Washington Post — 11 Jan 2011
Even at their most disturbing, Brian De Palma's films have always seemed like brilliant abstractions, sinister theorems from a bloody virtuoso. But Casualties of War, the director's rigorous, unflinching, masterly new film, is something else altogether.
It is a film of great emotional power and great seriousness in which all of the filmmaker's talents and interests are in balance. It is a breakthrough work, a signal of an artist's blossoming maturity, and one of the most punishing, morally complex movies about men at war ever made.
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This review of Casualties of War (1989) was written by Hal Hinson and published by Washington Post on 11 Jan 2011.
Casualties of War has generally received positive reviews.
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