I just finished watching the second half of "The Sorrow and the Pity". What an amazing film! It's mostly old coots (well, O.K., some of 'em probably weren't much older than I am now when the film was made, but.....uh-oh) remembering what they did in a small town in France during World War II, but, trust me, it's incredible. Why? Well, the self-delusion some of them indulge in, for one thing. The bravery of some of them, for another. And the "just plain folks" nature of all of them, good and bad, 24 years after the end of the war. Some of them continue to believe, despite the overwhelming evidence of the evil of their actions, that they were right, or, at the very least, innocent of wrong-doing. Others who realize their mistakes and, in trying to make some small amends, urge contemporary (in 1969, though, obviously, the same advice would apply now) young people to be careful of their enthusiasms. I'd bet that there are a lot of veterans of Bush's idiotic war in Iraq who would identify with these folks. They thought they were being patriots, but, instead, they were simply duped by leaders who exploited their youthful idealism for evil purposes. But, all of them - survivors of a terrible time - at the time of filming just "folks". Trust me, there's a lot to gain from seeing this movie.