I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark last night. It is as fun, as exciting, as suspenseful as it was the first time I saw it in the theatre. (I think I saw it something like 5 times – during its original release.) In light of all my Cary Grant obsessing, the character of Indiana Jones took on a new and humorous context. I saw him in the context of all those brilliant Cary Grant goofball-til-he-takes-off-his-glasses parts. Indiana Jones – a bad-ass with a bullwhip – cavorting across the globe – going where no man has gone before – transformed into a stuttering geek in the classroom, struggling to carry his briefcase and all his rolled-up maps under his arms, unaware WHY his classroom is full of lovesick girls. He doesn’t “get it”. He doesn’t “get” his own appeal. It’s so funny.
In light of all of that – the opening of the film in the jungle sets up who Indiana is. (Or at least we THINK it does.) He wears a fedora which (inexplicably) NEVER COMES OFF. He swings over abysses like Tarzan. He is unconcerned when giant “s”s cover his back. (The snakes are another issue …) He coldly grins when he sees the skeleton of his former rival. His eyes gleam with greed when he gets his first glimpse of the golden idol. He races through the poison darts. He leaps across the abyss. He rolls under the closing door, and, of course, remembers to reach under it to grab his bull-whip, right at the last second. He runs, he jumps, he leaps, he schemes …
Cut to the next scene. Now suddenly, that same man is seen as a bumbling archaeology professor, with glasses, pointing out his own scratchings on the blackboard, oblivious to the fact that NO ONE in the class (except the sad-sap one guy, who leaves the apple on the desk when leaving the room, with an air of, “Maybe THIS will work…”) is listening to him …
It’s a brilliant opening, all in all. Who the hell IS Indiana Jones?
We expect (and it is reasonable that we should expect this) that we KNOW him, after that genius opening. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg set it up that way. Wow, this guy is a hero, an adventurer … But then, to see him back in civilization, geeky, in glasses, surrounded by artifacts, and socially inept … brings the other side.
It’s awesome.
And so. In my view, that opening sequence in Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the best OPENINGS of a film. EVER. I can think of a couple of other genius openings (Star Wars is on that list, in my opinion) – but Raiders is definitely in the Top 5.
What are your votes – for best openings in a film?
Blade Runner: The futuristic LA sprall (we’ve all been there, even if just in nightmares) followed by the interview with the replicant which ends with, “My mother? I’ll tell you ’bout my mother.”
I’m also partial to the opening of Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
Citizen Kane. It opens with Kane staggering around, staring at the snowball, then dying, muttering the word “Rosebud,” then there’s a newsreel encapsulating this man’s life . . . all before we get into the nitty gritty. Just wonderful. I think a lot of this movie’s praise over the years is because it kicks off so well.
(this is from memory, so it may not be exactly right)
Best opening–The Godfather. That slooow pull-back on the undertaker. His great speech that begins, “I believe in America…” The camera is on him for something like four minutes, as he describes his life, his family, and then his daughter’s attack.
If I remember correctly, it doesn’t cut to Don Corleone until he says, “what is it you want me to do?”
brilliant.
I’ve always been partial to the opening of “Holiday” where the Potters are sitting about, studiously ignoring the door buzzer until Johnny Case yells, “Hey! Open up in there!” I’ve always thought that Cary Grant’s entrance when they finally do get to the door was the equivalent of a sunbeam bursting in.
Agree with most of the suggestions so far.. even Star Wars and Raiders of the lost Ark… Jaws too?
in terms of opening sequences.. I’d add Cyrano de Bergerac, with Depardieu – I hope I’m remembering it correctly – but as I recall Cyrano quite deliberately provokes a spectacular duelling scene.. all ‘kill me if you can, what else is there to do?’ (not a direct quote but I think it sums up the attitude on display)
and, stretching the remit slightly, Pscyho – although the ‘opening’ in that example leads all the way to the Bates Motel..
In The Name of The Father’s opening just explodes.I also like David Copperfield,the original Get Carter,the Dirty Dozen,Where Eagles Dare.
Red, you always ask these great questions when I’m at work and don’t have time to browse and ponder. Grrr. But off the top of my head I’d have to offer Manhattan, with its streaming cityscapes and Gershwin airs, and with the searching, stumbling, correcting and finally confident voiceover. “New York was his town.” That’s been on my to-watch pile for a few weeks, and I think I’ll have to bounce it to the head of the class.
Oho, and how can I forget Betty Blue – that endless tracking shot down the long hallway to the bedroom, where the couple is having shrieking jungle monkey sex for an uncomfortably long time. And then the voiceover: “I had known Betty two weeks…” Perfect.
I first saw Betty Blue at the Boston Film Festival before it opened commercially, and no one knew a thing about it (no Internets in them days, yep), and everyone started checking their programs to make sure they were in the right room. It was a scream.
No Spoilers Here
Sheila, after wiping away the Indiana Jones-induced drool, is looking for nominations for great movie openings. Go on over and leave your thoughts. There are, of course, many choices based on many different criteria. Personally, I voted for the opening…
No contest: The opening scene in The Player, the Altman film. Something like 13 minutes, as I recall, without a break, all one continuous shot, seamless. Wonderful.
e-man – yeah, that one was definitely in my Top 5, too. Incredible!
And of course. Citizen Kane.
All these comments are bringing back memories!
Linus – Betty Blue was AWESOME. That was Beatrice Dalle, wasn’t it? I’ve always liked her.
Of course, Betty Blue was in that (now EXTREMELY tiresome) French genre of: “woman goes crazy because of her sexuality” that they seem to be so fond of … but still – awesome film.
The opening of White Lightning (great Burt Reynolds flick) when the Sheriff (Ned Beatty) and a henchman tow sink two bound and gagged college kids in the middle of the swamp. Not a word, just paddles in the water, an overwhelming sense of doom, then a shotgun blast into the boys small boat sending them to their doom. Haunting.
Have you seen Silverado? The opening is quite suspenseful and dramatic with the character sleeping in a remote, isolated shack and awakening to noises outside, to realize he is going to be attacked by gunmen. He successfully outguns and outwits them in great movie fashion.
All of Silverado is not his dramatic, but the opening does set the stage.
How can one miss Casablanca?
I always liked Risky Business; “The dream is always the same…”
Also – The Big Red One is pretty unforgettable. (And Saving Private Ryan, while we’re at it).
Raiders of the Lost Ark: My favorite film. No apologies.
Indiana’s bigger-than-life silhouette on Marion’s barroom wall is my favorite scene, though. The sheer joy of film making.
That opening is great. I’m also partial to Saving Private Ryan’s and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’s.
Mitch – even just thinking about the opening to Saving Private Ryan makes me shiver.
(Thought the rest of the movie was boring and didactic, though.) — ducking now from people throwing shit at me —
HOWEVER. Yes. That’s got to be the most harrowing 25 minutes in film history. I can’t think of its equal.
Rob –
Yeah, I LOVE when Indy’s shadow shows up on the wall of her bar in Nepal. You’re so right about the sheer joy in film-making there ..;.
The Muppet Movie.
Pan from clouds and sun to swamp to log to frog singing.
I’m also with Scott. Loved the opening to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Star Wars (THE Star Wars)
The scrolling text, then the rebel ship, chased by the Imperial cruiser that just keeps going. And going. Filling the screen. And the rumble. Awesome.
“Thought the rest of the movie was boring and didactic, though.) — ducking now from people throwing shit at me ”
Enh. It was war via Spielberg. I expected worse.
I’m a yuuuuuge war movie buff, by the way; the only thing that prevents me from writing at Red-takes-on-Carey-Grant pace on the subject is…time.
Oh thank goodness you didn’t kill me for DARING to criticize that movie.
I literally rolled my eyes at the last line. Or whatever, the “earn this” line. I wanted to scream: OKAY, OKAY I GET IT I GET IT.
I need to hear your top 10 war movies.
The opening of “Contact” where the “camera” pulls back to show the expanding universe literally sent shivers down my spine, because when I saw it I was just getting over the flu and there was something about the movement that made feel feel as if I was the one moving. And it held up under a second viewing.
Re: Cyrano, I preferred (oh, there he goes again) the Jose Ferrer version, partially because I like the Brian Hooker translation — “…and as I end the refrain, thrust home!” — better than the Anthony Burgess.
Raiders, as has been mentioned, is great. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade didn’t rise to the level of great, but it was a cute piece of exposition.
The first half hour of Ice Pirates made you think you were about to see the funniest movie ever (I’m not kidding). The rest of the film wasn’t up to that standard, but it still makes a good guilty pleasure.
The opening of Trainspotting, with Ewan McGregor running from the cops over “Lust for Life”, was awfully good.
Lt. Saavik taking the Kobayashi Maru test. You could just feel the entire damn franchise being revived.
“Lawrence of Arabia”
The opening sets up the transition as Peter O’Toole lights the match in British Army offices and “snap” the blazing sun and awesome scenery. Just sort of slaps you in the head.
Top Ten War Movies?
Saving Private Ryan
Lawrence of Arabia
The Great Escape
Big Red One
Guns of Navarone
Dirty Dozen
Battle of the Bulge
Longest Day
Apocalypse Now
Bridge Over the River Kwai
You missed
Kelly’s Heroes
Where Eagles Dare
Really needs to be the Top Twenty.
Agreed. Add Platoon.
jswift:
HA! Please – do the top 20 then!! :)
I’ll work on my top ten war movies, but I had to comment on J Swift’s list:
“The Great Escape” – I’m sure this’ll earn me brickbats from Red, but I loved it all BUT Steve McQueen’s motorcycle bit. I’m somewhat handicapped by having read the book (you DID know it’s a true story, right?); the real story was fascinating enough not to NEED Hollywood-style rock-em sock-em to make it cool. By the way, PBS “Nova” just did a show on a return to the original camp, where they did an archaeological dig to find the remains of the escape. I’d thought the story was amazing when I was 12 and read it the first time; seeing the artifacts they uncovered (including the remains of one of the tunnels), I was even more impressed.
“Battle of the Bulge” – Again, I’m handicapped by being a history buff. Like TGE, it’s a great story that didn’t need any Hollywood BS to make it work. And it was pretty inept, technically – I’m thinking of the scenes where GIs would line up in a long line behind a parapet built in the town square, like it was the Civil War. Worse yet, the scene where Henry Fonda says “Send the infantry and artillery to the rear – this is going to be a tank battle”. Blah. I don’t require photorealistic accuracy, but it required SO much suspense of disbelief.
OK. Back with a list in a few…
My ten and Rob’s three, which I agree with, make thirteen. The other seven, let’s see:
Bridges of Toko Ri
Stalag 17
Battleground
Das Boot
All Quiet on the Western Front
Patton
Memphis Bell
I have to add not necessarily in that order since I had to work pretty hard to just remember them.
Mitch … woah! Now I can see why you said you didn’t feel you had the time!
Awesome commentary, though. Very nice.
Thanks, I had forgotten Patton. Unfortunately, I thought of a few more.
In Harm’s Way
Destination Tokyo
Sink the Bismark
My top ten – or twelve – war movies:
1) The Steel Helmet – classic Sam Fuller
2) Battlefront – James Whitmore and a very young Ricardo Montalban. (could have picked “The Story of GI Joe”, with Robert Mitchum, in this spot as well).
3) The Longest Day – One of the better epics (as opposed to “Midway” or “Tora^3”)
4) All Quiet On The Western Front – the original, from I think 1927.
5) The Big Red One – Mark Hamill and Lee Marvin. Another Sam Fuller classic. Almost as harrowing as Saving Private Ryan, but without the Spielbergisms. It’s an autobiography.
6) Platoon – I don’t even care that it’s Oliver Stone.
7) A Bridge Too Far – a very underrated movie. Or perhaps it’s just a battle that fascinates me.
8) In Which We Serve – Noel Coward’s movie about the merchant marine in the Battle of the Atlantic.
9) Private Ryan – With all its flaws.
10) The Great Escape – As I said, an amazing story, even despite its hollywood treatment.
TOP SIX PERIPHERALLY-WAR MOVIES
1) Casablanca – Sort of a war movie, really.
3) The Best Years Of Our Lives – The best post-war movie, ever. Mmmm, Teresa Wright.
4) Mrs. Miniver – Wonderful British home-front movie. Mmmmm, Teresa Wright. For my money, second only to Ingrid Bergman in pure babeiosity.
5) First Blood – Not a war movie at all, although it made some ham-fisted Vietnam references. But one of the best action movies ever, and it probably launched more attempts at Special Forces selection than any movie in history.
6) Er… – I’m blocking on the name of the great Battle of Britain memoir by a brit filmmaker whose name I’ve also blanked, even though I’ve seen it a bunch of times.
HONORABLE MENTION
Enemy At The Gates – Not a great movie at all – in fact, a single chapter from a book that should have been turned into a huge epic. I give it honorable mention because a pal of mine who went to sniper school says it tells that story very, very well – and because it has one of the best snog scenes ever. Otherwise, pretty missable.
Your mileage may vary.
I toyed with the idea of adding Operation Petticoat (just to suck up to the blog owner)and GI Jane (not really). ;)
Original Indiana Jones opening is great. When I first saw it, I was engrossed. I have it on Laser Disc.
Of course, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom has an exciting opening also, with the gemstone rolling all over the crowded floor while the dancers are singing. Look at it in slow motion to appreciate the action. I don’t appreciate the whole movie in the same way as Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it is intriguing.
My 11-year-old son LOVES The Great Escape. He even has the XBox game.
Memphis Belle was awesome. I saw it at a theatre here in Little Rock where the screen was HUGE and curved almost IMAX-like so it seemed like you were IN the movie, so that scene where they’re in radio contact with another bomber and then they shoot down a German plane which in its spiral cuts the other bomber in half and they can hear the other crew screaming. . . .dissolves into girly weeping.
Girls should never watch war movies, is what I’m saying.
Well, just THIS girl, I meant to say. Not ALL girls as a rule. I’m not that dude from Washington Monthly.
Best opening, best character, best car chase, best bar brawl, best villains.
What more can you ask for in an action film?
Top 10 War Movies, in no particular order. Only movies that focus specifically on the war, and wars since 1750 (movies depicting earlier wars tend to be called “epics”.)
Saving Private Ryan (if you stop the disc just after the P-51 blows up the Tiger)
Glory
Patton
Bridge on the River Kwai
Paths of Glory
The Great Escape
Tora Tora Tora
We Were Soldiers
Rough Riders
Black Hawk Down
Honorable Mentions:
Red Dawn (war never happened)
Band of Brothers (miniseries, would be #1 otherwise)
Sharpe’s Eagle (TV movie, needed a bigger budget)
Lisa:
HAHAHAHA with the Washington Monthly comment!!
Mitch:
Dear dear Mitch. Best snog scene INDEED is in Enemy at the Gates. i saw that movie in a crowded movie theatre on a first date, and was not expecting the HOTness of the SNOG. And it’s not cliched hot, there aren’t writhing naked bodies, and soft blue lights … as I recall, there’s not even a soundtrack. It’s dirty, gritty, emotional … It felt like it came from another movie or something.
yum.
Bill: Doh. I knew I’d forget something. Patton, of course. And We Were Soldiers and Blackhawk Down. I need to shoot for a Top 20 list. Then I could add “Europa Europa”, “When Trumpets Fade” and “The Story of GI Joe” in clear conscience, too.
And now that you mention “Glory”, I’m torn between that and “Gettysburg”, and tending toward the latter.
Red: Exactly. Dirty (they’re in a sewer tunnel among a bunch of sleeping soldiers), gritty, intense to the point of feral.
I saw it on a fortieth (+/-) date. Also didn’t expect it. Girlfriend (at the time) felt it made up for the fact that I’d dragged her off to a sniper movie.
Damn…Gettysburg belongs on the list too.
I picked up when Trumpets Fade at Best Buy for $6, you should take a look. Damn fine movie, great recreations of Panzer IVs
Just saw this post and it’s 40+ comments! “Boring and didactic?” Wow. I’m flinging a little shit piece your way, red. My top five openeings are probably all mentioned already. I can’t believe Carlton the Doorman got “In the Name of Father” right up there. That opening is so good. The guys are screwing are stealing the lead and he’s playing Hendrix air guitar…WHAP! the gunshot at the roof and the real song song kicks in. “Pvt. Ryan,” too. I saw that in the theater with each of brothers and was made grateful evry time. “Star Wars,” definitely. The opening of “The Big Lebowski” is pretty awesome. “Starship Troopers” has a pretty cool beginning. Its a browser window with streaming video, a mobile infantry ad and then the “live” feed from the battlefield. I love that layering of artifice. “Starship Troopers” had one of the best trailers too. “In every age, there is a cause worth fighting for…”
ahem, that should read “screwing around” and NOT “scewing are.” ahem.
Please forgive me, Popskull!!
I think if Spielberg had left out the epilogue at the gravesite, I might not have felt so lectured to. It’s a powerful film, he didn’t need to remind us why. Or – he didn’t need to remind ME why. Those opening 25 minutes speak for themselves – I felt bashed over the head with the other message.
wincing … still friends??
And yes SIR – Love the beginning of Name of the Father. You are totally launched into that entire world, very good call.
However you manage it, demob something from your “10 favorite war movies” list to make room for 84 Charlie Mopic. Not seen Mopic? Your life is underwarred ’til you rent it.
Red, I thought I was the only one who noticed that everything after the opening of Saving Private Ryan is unrealistic, far-fetched, wooden, un-historic, unnecessary, ginned-up, distracting Hollywood crap.
Hey, isn’t this thread about movie openings?
Patton!
Top Ten War Movies
10) Battle of Britain
9) Starship Troopers
8) Patton
7) To Hell and Back
6) Sergeant York
5) We Were Soldiers
4) Henry V
3) Saving Private Ryan
2) Blackhawk Down
1) Band of Brothers:
Best opening: Conan the Barbarian, with Conan’s father explaining about Crom right before the village is razed and he is dragged off to slavery. Also cool was James Earl Jones morphing into a snake.
Laurence of Arabia wins on music and Omar Sharif.
6) Er… – I’m blocking on the name of the great Battle of Britain memoir by a brit filmmaker whose name I’ve also blanked, even though I’ve seen it a bunch of times.
Hope and Glory and his name is John Boorman.
excellent movie.
Probably because of a failure of priorities as a child, The Muppet Movie is not only my favorite movie opening, it is my favorite war movie as well. Wanna go for drama-romance?
why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what’s on the other side…
“that’s only a myth”
“yes?”
Not as epic of some others that have been mentioned, but the slow pan across Doc Brown’s lab, with all the clocks ticking in unison, to the TV news broadcast of the stolen plutonium, to the continously cycling auto-dog-food dispenser, to more ticking clocks, then Marty walks in, hooks up his guitar and strums a deafening chord that blows him away.
The film, of course, is Back to the Future.
What about all of the pre-title sequences from all the Bond films? I don’t remember that many of them, but I know they were epic in themselves. Anyone remember a favorite?
OK, so I get home about 10:00, make and eat dinner, and open some blogs that I read on a daily basis, and come across this post and the comments. Im scrolling down. A comment by Sheila about how everything after the opening scenes of Private Ryan is didactic and boring. Well, everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I am also throwing little pieces of shit in your general direction. I keep going. What the hell, HASNT ANYBODY EVER SEEN PATTON? Then, favorite war movie lists get started. ARRRGH. I love it! Now I must also comment, so here goes. Sorry about the length.
Best movie opening: Tie between Saving Private Ryan and Patton
Patton Are you kidding? The scene based upon Pattons address to the Third Army on June 5, 1944, with George C. Scott in front of the American flag, giving a rousing profanity laced speech that only Patton could have come up with. Were not holding anything, let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly, and were not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy. Were going to hold onto him by the nose and kick him in the ass. Were going to kick the hell out of him all the time and were gonna go through him like crap through a goose. Now, there is one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home, and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now when you are sitting by your fireside, with your grandson on your knee, and he asks you What did you do in the great world war II, you wont have to say, Well , I shoveled shit in Lousiana. The opening shot of a movie in which to me at least, every scene with George C. Scott in it is memorable for fantastic delivery of wonderful and colorful dialogue. A perfect match between an actor and a part.
Favorite War Movies:
In no particular order, because my enjoyment of them depends upon my mood, and because they are all so great. I will only comment on those that havent been mentioned previously or are fairly obscure or if someone cast aspersions on them unfairly.
1) Patton
2) Saving Private Ryan I always wonder what people are talking about when they say that there isnt much worth seeing or much exciting after the opening battle scene. What about the final battle scene? I find that just as intense, sometimes more so because the fighting is so up close and personal. It doesnt get any more intense than when Mellish is fighting the German soldier hand to hand while the 101st guy is rolling around on the floor, gasping for air and spurting blood after being shot in the neck. They are not just fighting, they are hitting, kicking, grabbing, clawing, scratching, biting each other until the German gains the advantage and slowly is able to knife Mellish in the heart, while talking to him, shushing him and getting close enough to inhale and steal Mellishs last breath.
3) We Were Soldiers
4) Blackhawk Down As awesome as it is, it doesnt even come close to matching the book.
5) Full Metal Jacket I know that I am a sick person, but I find this movie to be funny. R. Lee Ermey as the DI is completely an old school Marine and delivers one great put down or slur after another. True military humor.
6) Band of Brothers I know, its a miniseries, but it is my list.
7) Bridge on the River Kwai
8) Conspiracy An HBO production based upon the only surviving record of a meeting in early 1942 in which the Nazis final solution was determined. Starring Branagh as Heydrich and Tucci as Eichmann, the entire film takes place mostly in one room in a villa outside of Berlin. One of the most barbaric and evil plans ever is discussed with relative politeness and chilling efficiency, with Heydrich running the show. Totally engrossing, is a must watch.
9) The Great Escape
10) Glory
11) Master and Commander I really love Crowe in this movie. And the best thing, the French get slaughtered.
12) The Killing Fields
13) Hamburger Hill
14) Rough Riders Tom Berenger IS Teddy Roosevelt
15) Bravo Two Zero Based upon the book of the same name written by one the members of an SAS team in the first Iraq war. The team was compromised early on and most of the story is of the attempted withdrawal and subsequent capture and torture of some of the team members. Not high-tech or highly budgeted, but very realistic look at small unit fighting tactics and the sensibilities of special ops types.
16) When Trumpets Fade
17) The Battle of Algiers A rather one-sided (negative against the French) look at Frances attempt to quell the insurgency in Morocco. Lessons to be learned.
18) Zulu
19) Where Eagles Dare
20) The Eagle Has Landed
21) Hunt for Red October I hate Alec Baldwin, but he is good here as Jack Ryan.
22) Gardens of Stone
Sorry again about the length. By the way Sheila, did you get my e-mail about the free stuff offer? You may have deleted it because it was a Word attachment or you may have thought me insane. Let me know if you want me to resend it.
Jay G
“As far back as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be a gangster.”
Also Sunset Boulevard.
Vertigo, with the chase on the rooftops.
Superman, with the old movie house screen and comic book.
I think all the best war movies have been mentioned already. Except I’d say “The Seven Samurai” is a war movie.
1. First 20 minutes of “His Girl Friday.” Russell and Grant are perfect.
2. Kill Bill, v 1
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After going through the lists for top war movies, I was surprised I didn’t see:
Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Those are my top three
And even though some may not consider these war movies
Braveheart and Starship Troopers are in my top ten as well. Starship Troopers is great for its concept and special effects, the acting sucks. But the movie is way better than the book.
Brainfart last night. Algiers is in ALGERIA, duh. Sorry if I offended any fragile geographic sensibilities.
After further inspection,
I am glad to see that Cowboy Blob agrees with the Starship Troopers, and I did see full metal jacket on the list.
But come on, I didn’t see Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now was only on the list twice?
Not a war movie, but. . . remember the opening shot of Boogie Nights? All in one shot, I believe. Descending on the strip club from the outside, and then going in, first obsesrving, then becoming a part of all the mayhem.
And–no judgment please–The Sound of Music.
Can you BELIEVE that I just put those 2 movies next to each other?
xo,
Kate F
No judgment at all, miss F. Sound of Music … of course – a classic opening!!
i miss you. COME TO NEW YORK SOON.
Ahh.. finally someone mentions Zulu, what’s still missing from the list:
Twelve O’Clock High
This movie is still used in service academies and ROTC units to teach good (and bad) leadership techniques.
JFH – I remembered 12o’clock High as I was driving home last night. Great movie.
From Danno, Re: Starship Troopers: “But the movie is way better than the book.”
SACRILEGE!