Bob Owens
2008-06-10 12:53:42
There was one company of black Marines at Iwo Jima… in an combined-arms invasion force of 110,000. These Marines played a vital role in winning the battle, but they did not, at most times, participate in the frontline role that was the focus of the film as I understand it.
The primary role of these brave Marines was resupply. This does not lessen their importance to the winning of the battle, but it needs to be understood. They were not the focus of the battle, nor apparently, the movie (I haven’t seen it).
Lee was an interesting filmmaker in his time, but his angry and disenfranchised routine stopping being interesting, original, or even especially relevant quite some time ago.
