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The document discusses how combat films since World War II have attempted to convey the experience of war through increasingly graphic depictions of violence and physical suffering. It focuses on how films like Saving Private Ryan use intense scenes of "body horror" and graphic violence to generate a sense of realism and give viewers an experience of being present at the violence and trauma of combat. The document examines debates around the relationship between realism in combat films and their graphic por

Author

Sofia Ponomar'ova

Language

EN