Post by Leanne on May 25, 2009 5:54:15 GMT -5
No articles around that Kevin mentions about this movie but I thought this review was interesting and on topic with the PSTD we are learning about ......
Behind the Lines (1998)
(a.k.a. Regeneration)
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: James Wilby (2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon), Jonathan Pryce (Captain William Rivers), Stuart Bunce (2nd Lt. Wilfred Owen), Jonny Lee Miller (2nd Lt. Billy Prior), Tanya Allen (Sarah), David Hayman (Major Bryce), Paul Young (Dr. Brock), Eileen Nicholas (Miss Crowe), David Robb (Dr. McIntyre), Rupert Procter (Capt. David Burns), Finlay McLean (Huntley), Jenny Ryan (Madge), Russell Barr (Sassoon's Soldier), Lee Brown (Logan), Bob Docherty (Man in Pub), John Neville (Dr. Yealland), Alastair Galbraith (Capt. Campbell), Julian Fellowes (Timmons), Kevin McKidd (Callan), Angela Bradley (Nurse Alison), Jeremy Child (Balfour Graham), Andrew Woodall (Willard), Kate Donnelly (Lizzie), Joel Strachan (Martin), James McAvoy (Anthony Balfour), Dougray Scott (Captain Robert Graves), Kevin McKidd (Callan).
Based on the novel Regeneration by Pat Barker
My wife and I both enjoyed this movie. It shows in depth the damage war does to those who are in the thick of the battle. In World War I, they called the effects of the war horrors "Shell Shock". We now call it Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This mental problem can be brought on by any seriously disturbing mental shock or stress. For instance, women who are raped often suffer from PTSD.
For the more educated, we have come a long way in understanding "shell shock". In the movie, those soldiers in the mental hospital in Scotland are very ashamed that they "broke down" or failed because of their own "cowardice" Now we understand that this is a counterproductive way of looking at PTSD. Transferring soldiering in war to the case of rape, one can see how inappropriate the old explanation was -- we don't say rape victims, for instance, "broke down" or are just "cowards".
In real life and in the movie Patton, the General strikes a soldier patient suffering from PTSD and calls the man a coward. We still have such rednecks around, but the more enlightened, like General Eisenhower, demanded he apologize to the men in his army. (But, of course, Patton makes excuses for himself as he apologizes, proving that it is hard for rednecks to let go of their mistaken sense of their own moral superiority over those who are different from themselves.)
In the mental hospital in the movie, we get to hear many horror stories that help us have more empathy for those who suffered the horrors of war. (And because battle tactics had not kept up with military technology, thousands of men's lives were virtually thrown away by forcing men to attack heavily defended positions with man stopping machine guns.)
The main conflict revolves around the poet, 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon, and the hospital psychiatrist Captain William Rivers. Rivers has somewhat of an immoral task. His job is to patch up those suffering from mental problems such as PTSD and send them back to the front where canon fodder is greatly needed. (What would we say to a doctor who merely patched a physical wound that, back in the field, would probably soon burst and cause more serious problems?)
Complicating Rivers's life, is the mentally healthy Sassoon, who has been sent to the hospital merely because he wrote anti-war statements. The army preferred that to a court martial and more publicity for the poet. Sassoon is very intelligent and he is able to spar verbally with the psychiatrist about such disturbing problems as: use of the hospital to house political dissenters, his patching up emotionally wounded men to hurry them back to the front, and to the fact that Rivers himself now suffers from PTSD after hearing and treating so many mentally damaged soldiers.
These contentious issues remain throughout the movie, providing lively tension.
A side issue is the interaction of poet Sassoon with budding poet 2nd Lt. Wilfred Owen, who is also a patient at the mental hospital. Sassoon was very generous to Owen providing the emerging poet with encouragement, helpful criticism and useful suggestions.
We would recommend the movie. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.
www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/behindthelines1998.html
I will stress that Kevins role is brief ..... infact the entire shoot is in our clip that we have up on our YT page
Behind the Lines (1998)
(a.k.a. Regeneration)
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: James Wilby (2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon), Jonathan Pryce (Captain William Rivers), Stuart Bunce (2nd Lt. Wilfred Owen), Jonny Lee Miller (2nd Lt. Billy Prior), Tanya Allen (Sarah), David Hayman (Major Bryce), Paul Young (Dr. Brock), Eileen Nicholas (Miss Crowe), David Robb (Dr. McIntyre), Rupert Procter (Capt. David Burns), Finlay McLean (Huntley), Jenny Ryan (Madge), Russell Barr (Sassoon's Soldier), Lee Brown (Logan), Bob Docherty (Man in Pub), John Neville (Dr. Yealland), Alastair Galbraith (Capt. Campbell), Julian Fellowes (Timmons), Kevin McKidd (Callan), Angela Bradley (Nurse Alison), Jeremy Child (Balfour Graham), Andrew Woodall (Willard), Kate Donnelly (Lizzie), Joel Strachan (Martin), James McAvoy (Anthony Balfour), Dougray Scott (Captain Robert Graves), Kevin McKidd (Callan).
Based on the novel Regeneration by Pat Barker
My wife and I both enjoyed this movie. It shows in depth the damage war does to those who are in the thick of the battle. In World War I, they called the effects of the war horrors "Shell Shock". We now call it Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This mental problem can be brought on by any seriously disturbing mental shock or stress. For instance, women who are raped often suffer from PTSD.
For the more educated, we have come a long way in understanding "shell shock". In the movie, those soldiers in the mental hospital in Scotland are very ashamed that they "broke down" or failed because of their own "cowardice" Now we understand that this is a counterproductive way of looking at PTSD. Transferring soldiering in war to the case of rape, one can see how inappropriate the old explanation was -- we don't say rape victims, for instance, "broke down" or are just "cowards".
In real life and in the movie Patton, the General strikes a soldier patient suffering from PTSD and calls the man a coward. We still have such rednecks around, but the more enlightened, like General Eisenhower, demanded he apologize to the men in his army. (But, of course, Patton makes excuses for himself as he apologizes, proving that it is hard for rednecks to let go of their mistaken sense of their own moral superiority over those who are different from themselves.)
In the mental hospital in the movie, we get to hear many horror stories that help us have more empathy for those who suffered the horrors of war. (And because battle tactics had not kept up with military technology, thousands of men's lives were virtually thrown away by forcing men to attack heavily defended positions with man stopping machine guns.)
The main conflict revolves around the poet, 2nd Lt. Siegfried Sassoon, and the hospital psychiatrist Captain William Rivers. Rivers has somewhat of an immoral task. His job is to patch up those suffering from mental problems such as PTSD and send them back to the front where canon fodder is greatly needed. (What would we say to a doctor who merely patched a physical wound that, back in the field, would probably soon burst and cause more serious problems?)
Complicating Rivers's life, is the mentally healthy Sassoon, who has been sent to the hospital merely because he wrote anti-war statements. The army preferred that to a court martial and more publicity for the poet. Sassoon is very intelligent and he is able to spar verbally with the psychiatrist about such disturbing problems as: use of the hospital to house political dissenters, his patching up emotionally wounded men to hurry them back to the front, and to the fact that Rivers himself now suffers from PTSD after hearing and treating so many mentally damaged soldiers.
These contentious issues remain throughout the movie, providing lively tension.
A side issue is the interaction of poet Sassoon with budding poet 2nd Lt. Wilfred Owen, who is also a patient at the mental hospital. Sassoon was very generous to Owen providing the emerging poet with encouragement, helpful criticism and useful suggestions.
We would recommend the movie. Dr. Patrick L. Cooney.
www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/behindthelines1998.html
I will stress that Kevins role is brief ..... infact the entire shoot is in our clip that we have up on our YT page