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The Cine-Files

335 The Bridge on the River Kwai Part 1

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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The Bridge on the River Kwai is one of the most requested films in the history of The Cine-Files. This beautifully crafted film by director David Lean stars Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkens and Sessue Hayakawa. It is a profoundly moving film with one of the most powerful endings in the history of cinema.

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0:00.0

You mean you intend to uphold the letter of the law, no matter what it costs?

0:04.6

Without law, Commander, there is no civilization.

0:07.2

It's just my point. Here there is no civilization.

0:11.0

Then we have the opportunity to introduce it.

0:21.0

Hello and welcome once again to The Sinophiles.

0:22.5

We're each week we enter the world of a great film.

0:24.5

We explored themes, the history, the filmmaking and the influence it has on us today.

0:28.0

My name is Steve Morris. I am a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.

0:32.5

Hello, everyone. My name is John Roca. I'm a writer, producer and host here in San Diego, California.

0:37.0

And today's film, you know, we've gone deep into the world of World War II.

0:41.0

We had a just finished doing the Great Escape. And I had to tell you, John, I had a right before we started recording.

0:47.5

Like five minutes before we started recording Great Escape.

0:50.5

I went fuck. We're doing this in the wrong order.

0:55.5

Richard and River Quay, you know, I'm very linear in my thinking.

0:58.5

Oh, I see.

0:59.5

And Richard, the River Quay was made six years earlier than the Great Escape.

1:03.0

So obviously you should do the earlier movie first.

1:05.0

But we were already prepped. We were about to record.

1:08.0

I hadn't prepped Quay. We didn't have any other movie. So I was like, well, it's no choice.

1:11.5

We had to do these in the wrong order.

1:13.5

And I am so glad that's the order we did them in.

1:16.5

Because so much of seeing Great Escape, there are actually a whole bunch of connections between Great Escape and Quay.

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