Gallipoli Directed By Peter Weir

Gallipoli is the 1981 war movie directed by Peter Weir that depicts the failed seize of the pennisula in the Ottoman Empire by Australian Soldiers. The director uses exact details to accurately portray the unfortunate event, along with including minute details that help further the plot and the characters. The director made a choice to put this battle in the perspective of the Australians. It is shown at the end of the movie that the remaining Australians are sent onto the battlefield die before getting the notice from the runner Frank to stop. This scene is extremely important because it shows how the British, who were controlling the actions and the enlistment of the Australians to fight on their side at the time, practically sent the Australians
The officers are shown as prestigious on horses in clean uniform looking down on the Australians riding donkeys in dirty clothing. This is a direct commentary on the hierarchy of Britain to not only Australian, but other countries as well. This can also be taken as a portrayal of WW1 itself, as England chose to enter the war to prevent any one country from becoming overbearing. Another major theme the movie uses is the loss of innocence. At the beginning of the movie, the Jungle Book is shown at the scene where Mowgli decides to stay with Man-kind and accept coming age. This foreshadows future events of the Australian soldiers having to “come to age” and face the real difficulties of war, even when Archy himself is under aged. There is also the scene which shows Snow, one of the Australian soldiers, getting upset at the boys for leaving him for some pretty women. This also shows the low maturity level of the soldiers at the time and how they would have to come to terms with things that happened while at war that they were not necessarily used to like