An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
There is a paradoxical conundrum here. “Owl Creek Bridge” is one of the truly great short stories in literature. So great in fact, the plot has been adapted, borrowed, stolen,...
Robert Enrico
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
The Civil War. A nation torn apart. A war fought in great battles, and a war fought on a much smaller scale, within the minds and hearts of a nation’s young men. On a lonely bridge a group of soldiers prepare for the somber task of hanging one of their countrymen, now an...Watch Movie
Genres
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Drama / Melodrama
- International / European / French
- Short / Narrative
Recent Reviews
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
I'm not reviewing the film itself, which is quite good and well worth watching, but not here on Fandor. The quality of the print here is so poor, in both...
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
I remembered this from high school. It was a ONE REELER for my English class. Somehow it seemed more amazing when I was fifteen, but really, it is simply that...
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Effective.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
I wonder if Tarkovsky saw that opening shot before he made Ivan? Beautiful and poetic.