The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) is Wiliam Wyler's celebrated masterpiece about the three veterans reintegration into society after WWII in the fictional town of Boone City. They all have problems readjusting to life after the war. It seemed like a timely film to see since I have just finished reading two autobiographies of soldiers from the Pacific campaign, in fact in E.B. Sledge's book, With The Old Breed, he talked about how some of his friends couldn't fit in back home and reenlisted to fight since it was all they could relate to after having such intense experiences fighting. I usually think of old movies as being pure escapism entertainment, but this is a case where a well-known director takes on a serious and worthy theme.
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