Patton (1970) 
I know I’m a prima donna.
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I thought this wa pretty interesting and well done. Patton was definitely an interesting character. I thought the scenes showing the germans being afraid of him were a bit heavy as was his hate of the russians. it seemed to voice a lot of cold war frustrations - why don’t the politicians let us end what we start, etc. pretty astute acting all around. the gender angle was also interesting as the only women we see are a british women’s group he speaks to and some burly russians at the end.
also interesting was a teacher’s decision to show this to an ESL history class. they had absolutley no clue what was going on. i have never seen so many heads hit so many desks so fast.
