35954 ¥286 'War is not what you see in the movies'

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HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS SUCH AS Apocalypse Now,
Full Metal Jacket & Blackhawk Down!. Enshrined in celluloid, prose & poetry,
the feelings of the ordinary grunt have become the ultimate authority on war, which everyone has learned
to respect? As the joke goes, 'How many Vietnam vets does it take to change a light bulb?' 'You wouldn't
know, you weren't there!' Painters too have lost interest in generals on horseback & tactical manoeuvres!
Instead, they strive to depict how the common soldier feels? Look again at THE BATTLE OF BREITENFELD
& THE BATTLE OF WHITE MOUNTAIN! And thèn look at the fòllowing two pictures, both considered master-
pieces of twentieth-century war art: THE WAR (DER KRIEG) by Otto Dix, & THAT 2,000 YARD STARE
by Tom Lea. DIX SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE GERMAN ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
LEA COVERED THE 1944 BATTLE OF PELELIU ISLAND FOR LIFE MAGAZINE. Whereas Walter & Snayers viewed
war as a military & political phenomenon & wanted us to know what happened in particular battles, Dix & Lea
saw war as an emotional phenomenon & wanted us to know how it feels. They didn't care about the tactical
details of this or that battle. Dix's soldier might have been in Verdun or Ypres or the Somme - it doesn't matter
which, because war is hell everywhere! Lea's soldier just happened to be an American GI on Peleliu, but you
could have seen exactly the same 2,000-yard stare on the face of a Japanese soldier on Iwo Jima, a German
soldier in Stalingrad or a British soldier at Dunkirk. De ouwe Mòr weet niet beter, slechter, meer of minder, dan
van meer dan driekwart eeuw oorlogen & geruchten van oorlogen overal & nergens? Invaliden, joden, zigeuners,
MARKET Garden, in Indonesia e.d. Japan, Putten, Rommel, V-2, Ardennen, Auschwitz, Dresden, Boedapest, Iwo
Jima, Rauter, Tokio, Eva Braun, Mussolini, Soekarno, Los Álamos, Hirosjima, China, Palestina, Arabië, Joegoslavië,
Albanië, Peron, 't IJzeren Gordijn, India, Göring, Mussert, Bikini, Moefti, King David, Calcutta, Degrelle, Cyprus,
Neurenberg, Seys-Inquaert, Indo-China, Communisme, Gandhi, Exodus, Polen, Kasjmir, Masaryk, Juliana, Kongo,
Mao, Mensenrechten, Molotov & zó kunnen we nog stap voor stap myDidag na myDidag doorgaan met echt
alle werelddelen, klein, groot, rijk, arm, kolonies, investeringen, onder- & bovenwerelden, de misdaden
& de politici, terroristen, doodseskaders, speelfilms, advertentieomzetten, reclames, pubers,
paramilitairen, talloze huurlingen voor nog eens meer dan een halve eeuw gekonkel,
grote & kleine ellende, bemoeienissen, steekpenningen, Baarnse Victors, hoge omes
& hun vele kameraden links
rechts in en
uit de
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