In the face of the almost inevitable destruction to which greatness of human self - assertion was seen to lead, there was a second ideal. (religion-online.org)
Focusing more on the psychological than the physical toll of trench warfare, this harrowing drama from director Saul Dibb (The Duchess) takes place along the front lines in France during World War I. That's where a company of British troops — including an ill - tempered officer (Sam Claflin) and a wide - eyed newcomer (Asa Butterfield)-- has rotated into position, hoping to avoid inevitable destruction should the Germans decide to attack. (cinemalogue.com)
At the cinema, the feverish proliferation of various states of emergency across our screens are relayed through narratives which acknowledge inevitable destruction, but posit a next step: consider the escapism of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014) in which the solution to ecological disaster is to escape the planet altogether. (frieze.com)