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How Sam Mendes reinvented the First World War movie with ‘1917’

By 2020-01-05T09:56:00

1917 Sam Mendes

Source: Francois Duhamel / Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures

“The idea of setting something that was going to be a propulsive, exciting movie against that backdrop just seemed a really tough ask.”

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