"Free At Last -- If We Take Care Of Each Other"
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This and that happened and, as a result, I met someone who recommended this film that is based on what I would call a spiritual event during World War I.
Because the film puts war in a complex cultural context and does not glorify war, it reminded me of Spike Lee's "Da Five Bloods." Our public library had a copy of it. I watched it first without subtitles and then watched it again with the excellent commentary by the filmmaker, and then watched an interview with the filmmaker who says in another interview that despite a Catholic education he does not believe in God but respects those who do, as demonstrated by his film.
In the sidebar for the trailer, I found this:
All these years later, I am startled to realize that the lyrics are:
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
I always heard it as "O children ..."
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away
1 comment:
I love that movie about the World War truce -- it lingers in my memory. If you love that song by the Rolling Stones, you should watch the documentary "20 Feet From Stardom." It's about the back-up singers of some of the biggest rock and roll bands and vocalists of the 20th century. My favorite segment is about the woman who sang back-up on that song -- that scream --. It'll give you chills.
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