Paths Of Glory (Criterion Collection) (1957) on Blu-Ray

Actor:          Kirk Douglas, Richard Anderson, Timothy Carey, George Macready, Ralph Meeker
Director:     Stanley Kubrick
Genre:         Drama
Year:            1957
Studio:         Criterion
Length:        88
Released:   October 26, 2010
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        Blu-ray Hi-Def DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White
Language:   English
Subtitles :    N/A

A pivotal work by Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange), PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas (Ace in the Hole, Spartacus) stars as a French colonel serving in World War I who goes head-to-head with the army’s ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission. This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director’s customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene.