{"id":105,"date":"2006-03-29T17:28:28","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T00:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=105"},"modified":"2021-01-08T10:12:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:12:16","slug":"let-there-be-light-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Let There Be Light (1946)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;In faraway places, men dreamed of this moment. But for some men the moment is very different from the dream.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster-731x1024.png 731w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster-91x128.png 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster-768x1076.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster-193x270.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Poster.png 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nShell-shocked soldiers returning from World War II undergo treatment for a variety of psychological and physical difficulties.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>John Huston Films<\/li>\n<li>Psychotherapy<\/li>\n<li>Veterans<\/li>\n<li>World War Two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nOriginally commissioned by the Pentagon to persuade the American public that WWII veterans were ready to &#8220;reenter society&#8221;, John Huston&#8217;s <em>Let There Be Light<\/em> was banned for years, presumably because &#8220;anyone who saw it would know better than to enlist.&#8221; While Peary finds the soldiers&#8217; treatments &#8220;ridiculously facile and hokey&#8221; and interprets the shell-shocked soldiers&#8217; crying as &#8220;phony&#8221;, I disagree. It&#8217;s true that the treatments themselves are of dubious long-term value, and Huston unfortunately makes no attempt to show anything other than success stories. But these soldiers seem to be in genuine distress, and it&#8217;s heartening to see them in the process of recovery, however temporary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This little-seen film has been of special interest again lately, given the release of a new documentary about returning veterans adjusting to civilian life &#8212; Patricia Foulkrod&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0446345\/\"><em>The Ground Truth<\/em> (2006).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A powerful portrayal of shellshocked soldiers attempting to deal with the trauma of their wartime experiences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Still.jpg 463w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Still-128x98.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Let-There-Be-Light-Still-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes.  This earnest documentary shows a view of WWII not often told. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controversial Film<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0038687\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In faraway places, men dreamed of this moment. But for some men the moment is very different from the dream.&#8221; Synopsis: Shell-shocked soldiers returning from World War II undergo treatment for a variety of psychological and physical difficulties. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary John Huston Films Psychotherapy Veterans World War Two Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Originally commissioned by the Pentagon to persuade the American public that WWII veterans were ready to &#8220;reenter society&#8221;, John Huston&#8217;s Let There Be Light&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=105\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62254,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/62254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}