Known as the god of Nolan's new work "Dunkirk" has been officially released today, in addition to Nolan's own "aura", few war films can receive as much attention as "Dunkirk", and the war theme works that annihilate the enemy army at every turn, focusing on 1940 during World War II, the British and French coalition forces were forced to retreat to Dunkirk by the German Nazis, where it took 8 days to complete the evacuation of 330,000 people.
Throughout the process, the film uses the time measurement unit "week, day, hour" as the demarcation, intertwining the experiences of the British Expeditionary Force soldiers queuing up on the seashore, the rescue ships at sea, and the escort fighters in the air, showing the feats of the British people in the same boat when facing national crisis.
In this work, Nolan depicts in detail the psychological state of the individual characters under war conditions, accompanied by the soundtrack of the swinging hands of the clock, and the audience is pulled into the bloody rain of more than 70 years ago.
Dunkirk focuses on the background of the Allied evacuation of World War II
From the perspective of the whole film, Nolan deliberately blurs the image of the invaders, mostly showing the destructive ability of the "German war machine".
For the armies of France and Belgium, allies on the European continent, "Dunkirk" also made some evasions, and the final effect of the film was that Britain poured its national strength against Germany, saved its own army trapped in Dunkirk, and incidentally rescued many French allies.
In contrast, the French in the film either build fortifications in the streets and almost injure their allies by mistake, or are cowards who take off the uniforms of the fallen British troops in a vain attempt to escape, and this treatment of ignoring the French army's desperate efforts to cover the withdrawal of the British army in the war is indeed unfair.
As a director who strictly controls details, Nolan truly restores the weapons and equipment of the warring sides during the Dunkirk evacuation, and the long-unseen picture of the "Spitfire" and the German BF-109 fighter fighting on the screen is even more blood-boiling.
For fans, watching war movies without knowing the story behind them will be a very boring experience, let's take a look at the weapons and equipment in "Dunkirk".
Equipment: Gorgeous senior officers, eye-catching British steel helmets
The British Expeditionary Force soldiers who wore "Mark II" steel helmets on the breakwater to avoid German air raids impressed the audience, this flying saucer-like steel helmet was modified from the "Mark I" steel helmet of World War I, and there was no significant difference between the two helmets from the appearance, most of which were modified in the suspension system and the chin belt.
In terms of shape, the helmet was designed with trench warfare in mind, which was outdated during World War II, but still provided limited protection for soldiers and provided additional shelter for Commonwealth troops stationed in North Africa and Southeast Asia.
In terms of military uniforms, several military uniforms are displayed in Dunkirk. The majority of the soldiers wore twill combat suits that did not wear any markings. It also comes with a gas mask bag and clip pocket rolled up on the upper part.
Soldiers wore uniforms that did not wear any markings
Senior officers' uniforms are paired with large brimmed hats and eye-catching epaulettes, and the two stars and crowns on the officer Winnie's epaulettes, played by James Darcy, indicate that the rank is Army Colonel.
Even more ornate is Kenneth Branagh's naval officer uniform, whose unique naval rank system indicates his rank as lieutenant colonel. When it comes to high tide times, he does not forget to ridicule his compatriots: "That's why we are the Navy." ”
The uniforms of the two officers, the unique naval rank system indicate that the rank is lieutenant colonel
On the beach, Nolan also specially arranged for soldiers of the Scottish Highland Division to appear on camera and use stranded ships to save themselves. The unit had a distinctLy Scottish style from marching to dressing, with Scottish bagpipers blowing bagpipes in battle.
Light weapons: Lee Enfield rifle, Bren light machine gun appearance
Two famous British light weapons of World War II appear in the film.
The film opens with a soldier walking aimlessly through a French town carrying a Lee Enfield rifle.
Faced with an indiscriminate attack from the Luftwaffe, some British soldiers chose to return fire, fearlessly firing high-speed fighters with rifles.
Others opted for the Bren light machine gun to shoot at enemy aircraft, which was called "one of the best light machine guns proven in the war."
Other soldiers chose the Bren light machine gun to shoot at enemy aircraft
Fighter: Spitfire fighter fights Bf109
The aerial battle in Dunkirk is very exciting, not only the main models of the British and German sides appear, but also the british pilots' flight terminology, tactical actions, and aircraft formations are perfectly restored.
The British fighters featured in the film are Spitfires, whose iconic oval wings are very pronounced.
In the film, the two actors sit next to the "Spitfire" props, and the cockpit of the plane has been dismantled
The "bubble" cockpit gives the pilot a wider headroom. This fighter is also the pride of the British people during the war, and the captain of the rescue ship introduces the low-altitude "Spitfire" to his son in the film, and also clearly states that the aircraft uses "Marin engines".
The "bubble" cockpit gives the pilot a wider headroom
The aircraft was continuously improved during the war, and during Dunkirk, it exposed the defect of insufficient combat radius, although it was slightly more maneuverable than the German Bf 109, but it was necessary to return to the mainland due to the limited fuel tank in the air for a short time.
In the film, the British fighters adopted a dense formation of three "V" aircraft, with the long plane in front and the two wingmen behind the two sides of the long plane. The British believed that such dense formations covered the largest viewing angle and were not easy to lose their formation. Due to the dense formation of wingman pilots, the main energy of the wingman pilots was to maintain a distance from the long aircraft, and they were often bitten by German fighters and fired by the British army before they found the enemy aircraft in the rear.
In the film, the British fighter jet adopts a dense formation of three "V" aircraft
The Germans appeared in the film with three fighters, the Heinkel 111 medium bomber, which was mistakenly translated as "Heinegger", the JU87 Stuka dive bomber, and the Bf109 fighter.
The three German fighters on the left are all featured in the film, and the differences can be seen from the models
Each of the three aircraft has its own purpose. The Heinkel 111 medium bomber targets surface ships and is accompanied by Bf 109 fighters, just like the appearance of the main villain in Star Wars. This medium bomber was large and less maneuverable, but had strong firepower and intimidating self-defense weapons.
Historical picture of the "Heinkel 111" medium bomber, which was mistakenly translated as "Heinegger"
The JU87 Stuka dive bomber targets troops on the coast in the film, and the biggest feature of this aircraft is the "screaming sound" emitted by the unique sounding device, which causes great panic to the soldiers' psychology and strengthens the effect of the attack.
In addition, the "Spitfire" was fought by another famous fighter of World War II, the Bf 109 fighter. The emergence of the Bf109 fighter led to a revolution in the aviation industry, the Bf109 was designed to be able to mass-produce on the production line on a large scale, when other countries spent a lot of man-hours to build fighters, with high interchangeability, low cost of standard parts composed of Bf109 to the aeronautical engineers of various countries dumped.
The Bf 109 fighter, which was fighting the Spitfire, was hit
The film also shows the German two-machine one-word horizontal formation method, in actual combat, the German army found that this one-word horizontal formation is far more mobile and flexible than the British "v" team.