They Shall Not Grow Old
A must-see documentary for history buffs...a rare look into the hearts and minds of soldiers a century ago.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson has created a time machine of sorts with his new World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. By capitalizing on the newest technology he’s managed to convey the hopes, fears, humor, camaraderie and alienation of soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front.
Moments of abject terror punctuate hours of monotony in
the squalid earthen burrows in Northern France. It was an existence every bit as alien to contemporary Americans as the worlds Jackson depicted in earlier directorial efforts, which have included “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies.
