:14:01
and the first three rows
of soldiers get blown to bits.
:14:07
I realised this was
a very different movie
:14:10
than had been made before,
:14:12
just in the gritty
reality of the detail.
:14:15
Dog One exit - right here!
:14:18
We're in business!
:14:20
We all felt we were labouring
not just to get it right,
:14:25
but also to get it accurate.
:14:27
Despite how gruesome
and how painful.
:14:30
Spielberg makes you see
the consequences of war.
:14:35
He makes you look
at these young kids,
:14:38
the terror, the confusion,
the chaos, the noise.
:14:42
The heartbreak of these
young lives being stamped out.
:14:48
I was looking for realism.
:14:50
- He wants us to take the kids.
- We can't take the kids!
:14:54
I didn't want
to shoot the picture
:14:57
Iike a Hollywood production -
a gung-ho extravaganza.
:15:04
This is really trying to
approximate the look and smells
:15:08
of what battle is really like.
:15:10
Captain, we could
take her to the next town.
:15:13
We're not here to do that!
We're here to follow orders!
:15:17
Before filming, Dale Dye,
our technical consultant,
:15:20
Captain Dye took them through
basic training in the field.
:15:24
And they were put through
the grist mill.
:15:27
Get those people in there!
:15:30
I believe that there is
a certain heart and spirit
:15:34
that's common
throughout fighting men.
:15:36
And actors, who are like dry
sponges until you pour on water,
:15:41
need to be immersed
in the rigorous lifestyle
:15:44
and the horrors that
infantrymen and combat people
:15:48
all over the world face.
:15:50
On paper it sounds fantastic,
but out there...
:15:53
I found plenty
of arguments against it.
:15:56
The actual experience of it,
it's almost indescribable.