Gallipoli Movie Essay

Gallipoli, an Australian film developed in 1981 has met its share of praise and criticism. Depicting World War I especially the war at Gallipoli in 1915. The movie has twisted up events and portraying scenes in a much more intense scenario, we as viewers can identify the similarities and differences scattered throughout the movie. I believe that this film is only a near accurate representation of the conditions. Some say that the film does not entirely focus on the war. But rather tells us about mateship, the tale of two friends, two soldiers. film is only a glimpse of the unspeakable realities of what truly occurred at the Nek.

The film does not fully stay faithful to the real truth of war. For example we never knew what it was like when the soldiers landed. Instead of what happened in the movie, according to http://aso.gov.au/titles/collections/gallipoli-on-film/ the landing at Gallipoli was never photographed. Because of this we will never truly know what really happened at Anzac cove.

In this quote Captain D.G. Campbell speaks about the darker reality of the war,‘The worst things here are the flies in millions, lice and everlasting bully beef and biscuits and too little water.” Also it will be a good thing when we get a chance to bury some of the dead.” HIs recount refers to the full horrors unlike the
What we would consider today to be basic needs would have been luxuries had they been available to the ANZACs during the war. Signaller Ellis SIlas recounts the war, “The War that means cold and hunger, heat, thirst, the ravages of fever, the war that brings a hail of lead that tears the flesh and rends the limbs, and makes of men, heroes.” Silas’ retelling and the film have many things in common. Soldiers often did not eat or drink, the violent weather, and the constant explosions and gunfire, were something each person would have