{"id":79674,"date":"2022-01-01T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79674"},"modified":"2022-01-02T00:40:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T07:40:45","slug":"jaccuse-1938","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79674","title":{"rendered":"J&#8217;Accuse (1938)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I accuse yesterday&#8217;s war of creating today&#8217;s Europe. And I accuse tomorrow&#8217;s war of preparing its destruction.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-1938-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-1938-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-79675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-1938-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-1938-Poster-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-1938-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-1938-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-1938-Poster.png 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA traumatized World War I veteran (Victor Francen) watches over the widow (Line Noro) and daughter (Renee Devillers) of his lost compatriot (Marcel Delaitre), vowing to create a machine that will prevent all future wars &#8212; but when his plans are foiled, he takes even more extreme measures to remind the world about the horrors of fighting.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Veterans<\/li>\n<li>World War I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAbel Gance remade and expanded upon his <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72822\">1919 silent film of the same name<\/a>, this time spending much less time on the initial love triangle linking Francen&#8217;s character to cuckolded Delaitre (whose wife he had an affair with years earlier), though we do still see a powerful image of the two men (now friends; Delaitre has forgiven Francen) holding hands in solidarity while lying in recovery: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands-1024x811.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"507\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands-1024x811.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands-128x101.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands-768x608.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands-341x270.png 341w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Hands.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The primary focus of the first half-hour of the film is on how war is so horrible it can&#8217;t possibly happen again &#8212; right? (&#8220;There will never be another war, I&#8217;m telling you.&#8221;) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War-1024x808.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War-1024x808.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War-128x101.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War-768x606.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War-342x270.png 342w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Never-War.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because Delaitre is unable to keep his promise, he descends even further into his PTSD-induced madness, leading to the film&#8217;s evocative final act, when once again &#8212; as at the end of the 1919 version &#8212; the dead are risen from their graves. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces-1024x797.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"498\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces-1024x797.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces-768x598.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces-347x270.png 347w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Faces.png 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a powerful finale (&#8220;Immediate disarmament has been unanimously declared!&#8221;), and one only wishes it approximated the truth. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Victor Francen as Jean Diaz<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4-1024x816.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"510\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4-1024x816.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4-128x102.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4-339x270.png 339w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Francen4.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Highly atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist-1024x825.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"516\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist-1024x825.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist-128x103.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist-768x618.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist-335x270.png 335w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Mad-Scientist.png 1171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Powerful imagery and special effects in the final sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2-1024x807.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2-1024x807.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2-128x101.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2-343x270.png 343w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JAccuse-Dead-Men-Walking2.png 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly worth a look. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0031503\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/jaccuse-2\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/jaccuse-v25633\/review\">All Movie Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I accuse yesterday&#8217;s war of creating today&#8217;s Europe. And I accuse tomorrow&#8217;s war of preparing its destruction.&#8221; Synopsis: A traumatized World War I veteran (Victor Francen) watches over the widow (Line Noro) and daughter (Renee Devillers) of his lost compatriot (Marcel Delaitre), vowing to create a machine that will prevent all future wars &#8212; but when his plans are foiled, he takes even more extreme measures to remind the world about the horrors of fighting. 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