The Beginning or the End

Powerfully shot and ethically horrible, it's one of the most complicated and weirdest US films. Could spend a lifetime unpacking it. Hume Cronyn, as usual, rules.

The Beginning or the End is a difficult movie to judge. Serves as a docudrama about the making, and eventual use, of the Atom Bomb. The film does it's best to justify its use, citing it's for the greater good, to finally end the dreadful war. And so it did. The film also uses the entire length focusing on the moral issues in creating such a dangerous and lethal weapon. So it's not just a celebration from the winning side, Or then again, it is. With that said, I feel this is an important movie.