Movies

November, 1979

Except for biographies or battle dramas on the epic scale of Patton, there are not many good movies about World War Two. One would have to dig into the archives, back at least a couple of decades, to find any war film equal to John Schlesinger's Yanks. This is the kind of nostalgic, atmospheric, richly romantic story that probably could not--or would not--be told untill time had healed the deeper wounds of war. Schlesinger, who made his reputation here with such stunning, fashionable flicks as D...