Richard Lester's 1967 adaptation of Patrick Ryan's novel illustrates just how ahead of his time the director was in terms of playing with the conventions of cinema. Intercutting his anti-war story with real battle footage, he has his actors talk not just to camera but to the filmmaker himself. At one point we even see a cinema audience watching the movie back home and commenting on it.
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