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SOME COMMENTS OF THE MOTION-PICTURE COMMITTEE
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION,
THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
"GRAND ILLUSION"
'Very worth-while; could be made the basis of valuable discussion."
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'One of the finest treatments of the war theme — restraint and subtlety used perfectly.
"It is fine. It shows how war makes fundamentally fine people act like beings of quite a different kind."
"It is very human. It omits the horrors of war. It is a study in psychology. It does not embrace the 'devil theory' of history."
"This film portrays the bonds of sympathy and good felloivship that exists among soldiers and citizens of enemy countries. It does make for peace in that we see little desire on the part of either enemy to injure the other."
"Grand Illusion" is the best World-War motion picture yet made, more truthful than any other, more intimately revealing human nature, and nobler in spirit. This is a picture that does not minimize the brutalities of war, and yet it has an infinite sympathy and tenderness that one feels as he does the overtones in music, so that it is quite true to say that Grand Illusion has soul. The basic thought seems to be that in all human nature there is a common denominator that makes all persons of all races much alike at heart. The story is full of dramatic incidents, all of them reflecting the inner nature of the persons concerned in the action, those persons not being shown as heroes or as villains but as ordinary mortals wavering belewen conflicting motives. The camera has selected unusual and picturesque scenes as background, and, somehow, {he pictures hare a refreshing novelty. It will do anyone good to see such an excellent production. The film made a distinct impression, and I recommend it highly."