Patton

Saw Patton. It was a film mainly about Patton himself - a fascinating character. Tellingly, the Germans seem to understand him best. His greatest source of consternation seems to be his allies. He shows himself to be so addicted to the romantic rigors of war that he's beginning to loose hold of the realities of it. He is riding on the tail end of the era when there was any romance to be had in war. The film was vast and sweeping, yet still personal.