Dunkirk

Shailja Gulia
Jul 22, 2017 · 1 min read

Spray of ocean water
clumps of sand with rags of uniforms

Air of desperate hope
Sirens and mute cries

Dunkirk was a time in dark desolation
A place we have all known

Dunkirk was hope on the edge of tipping over
A misstep on faith slipping

One wish of survival
A collective emergency
Souls lost
Souls saved

To say how Dunkirk was,I needed verse. Steeped in emotional detail, each carefully crafted frame transported me there.

The deliberate penury of dialogue, the haunting yet light background score by Hans Zimmer is the perfect canvas for the movie.

My favorites were Tommy,the young resourceful British soldier played by Fionn Whitehead and the galant Farrier played by Tom Hardy.

If Dunkirk is something, it is above all else a testimony on Nolan -it is Nolan doing what Nolan does best.

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Shailja Gulia

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