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"A group of WWII-era soldiers in dusty uniforms are shouting and cheering around two men, possibly during a brawl or contest, outdoors near metal barrels and mountains in the background."

The Gridiron and the Grave: Peter Berg’s ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Struggles to Reconcile War and Sport

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Since the release of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, the cinematic depiction of World War II has operated under a rigid, high-stakes template: the intersection of intimate, human terror and the sprawling, mechanical carnage of industrial warfare.…