Category "dunkirk"

Why do Mr. Dawson and Peter hide the truth from the soldier?

During the Dunkirk evacuation, Mr. Dawson and his crew rescued a soldier and let him board in their boat. The soldier doesn't want to go back to Dunkirk. And wh

Why does Farrier not choose another escape route?

After Farrier saves the lives of many on the sea coast in Dunkirk, and his fuel is off, he lands smoothly in the enemy zone and puts the plane on fire and gets

How realistic are the dogfight scenes in Dunkirk [closed]

I saw the film Dunkirk yesterday with some friends and thoroughly enjoyed it. One of my friends had some quibbles with the dogfight scenes, h

Why did Collins not eject his seat when his plane was about to crash?

So in the movie Dunkirk, there's this scene where a fighter plane is shot by the enemy and is about to land in the sea. Now it's shown that the pilot Collins fi

Who drowned in the beached ship?

After the beached ship in Dunkirk floats out into the sea the soldiers leave the ship as it sinks but one doesn't manage to escape and drowns. Which of the sold

What exactly is the old man at the end of Dunkirk going through while distributing food to the survivors?

At almost the end of the movie Dunkirk, when the survivors from Mr.Dawson's boat land and board a train that takes them back to their homeland, Alex makes an as

Is there any CGI used in Dunkirk?

Given what I know about Christopher Nolan as a filmmaker, I would expect a heavier emphasis on practical effects. However, even with movies like Fury Road, wher

How does he end up alone?

In the movie Dunkirk, how does the shell-shocked soldier end up alone on the upturned ship? The previous night he's shown to be ferrying soldiers to the beach.

Why did Farrier set his plane on fire before getting caught?

At the end of the movie Dunkirk after Farrier lands in the enemy's territory he fires on his plane using some kind of gun. It creates a mini blast inside the pl

Dunkirk's Time Measures

In the beginning of Dunkirk, we read The mole, 1 week The sea, 1 day The air, 1 hour What are the times here? Do they represent how long each timeline is in t

Were the pamphlets shown in the opening scene really published/circulated?

In the opening scene of Dunkirk, while walking through the city the soldiers came across lot of pamphlets/fliers. It had a picture depicting the perimeter which

Dunkirk Character Stories

Obviously the history behind the movie Dunkirk (2017) is from actual events of WW2. But what about the specific characters whose stories we watch converge? Are

Why did they kick these two characters off the boat?

In Dunkirk (2017) two of the characters rush from the beach onto the pier with a stretcher and barely make it in time to get on the boat as it is leaving. After

What is the significance of Nimrod to Dunkirk's original score?

I couldn't help but notice in some of the score for Dunkirk (2017) that it sounded very familiar. Specifically the song "Variation 15" sounds like the classical

Why would sunken footage be destroyed if it hadn't been shot on film?

I was reading this article - it says footage for Dunkirk that sank during filming would have been destroyed if hadn't been shot on film. But it doesn't provide

Why does Farrier land his plane like this?

Note that this is not a duplicate of this question, which asks why he doesn't use a parachute. At the end of Dunkirk, Farrier lands his plane in the enemy zone

Why are there two fades to black at the end of Dunkirk?

At the end of Dunkirk, there are two fade to black / cut to black instances: Farrier's plane on fire, fade to black, Tommy on the train just finished reading t

Is Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk historically inaccurate in portraying absence of the Indian army?

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk has been accused of ignoring Indian soldiers' presence in Dunkirk. But is there any proof that there were Indian soldiers stuck ther

Why do I have scenes without black bars and with black bars on my Dunkirk DVD edition?

I recently bought the DVD edition of Dunkirk and I noticed that the majority of scenes has no black bars, but once in a while some scenes have black bars (a dif

Why are the Nazis just "the enemy" in Dunkirk?

During Dunkirk, we may see some Nazi German airplanes, such as He 111, Junkers Ju 87 and Bf-109. Also at the end, when Farrier is being captured, we may recogni