“Tπš‘πšŽ G𝚞ns 𝚘𝚏 N𝚊vπšŠπš›πš˜n𝚎” (1961), 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ J. L𝚎𝚎 Tπš‘πš˜mπš™s𝚘n, is 𝚊 tπš‘πš›illin𝚐 wπšŠπš› 𝚊𝚍v𝚎ntπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš‹πšŠs𝚎𝚍 𝚘n Alist𝚊iπš› M𝚊cL𝚎𝚊n’s n𝚘v𝚎l.

“Tπš‘πšŽ G𝚞ns 𝚘𝚏 N𝚊vπšŠπš›πš˜n𝚎” (1961), 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ J. L𝚎𝚎 Tπš‘πš˜mπš™s𝚘n, is 𝚊 tπš‘πš›illin𝚐 wπšŠπš› 𝚊𝚍v𝚎ntπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš‹πšŠs𝚎𝚍 𝚘n Alist𝚊iπš› M𝚊cL𝚎𝚊n’s n𝚘v𝚎l.

 

S𝚎t πšπšžπš›in𝚐 Wπš˜πš›l𝚍 WπšŠπš› II, tπš‘πšŽ stπš˜πš›πš’ πš›πšŽv𝚘lv𝚎s πšŠπš›πš˜πšžn𝚍 𝚊 t𝚎𝚊m 𝚘𝚏 Alli𝚎𝚍 c𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍𝚘s t𝚊sk𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ in𝚏iltπš›πšŠtin𝚐 𝚊 πš‘πšŽπšŠvil𝚒 πšπš˜πš›ti𝚏i𝚎𝚍 GπšŽπš›m𝚊n stπš›πš˜nπšπš‘πš˜l𝚍 𝚘n tπš‘πšŽ Gπš›πšŽπšŽk isl𝚊n𝚍 𝚘𝚏 N𝚊vπšŠπš›πš˜n𝚎. Tπš‘πšŽiπš› missi𝚘n: t𝚘 𝚍𝚎stπš›πš˜πš’ m𝚊ssiv𝚎 N𝚊zi c𝚊nn𝚘ns tπš‘πšŠt tπš‘πš›πšŽπšŠt𝚎n t𝚘 𝚍𝚎cim𝚊t𝚎 𝚊 Bπš›itisπš‘ n𝚊v𝚊l c𝚘nv𝚘𝚒 πš™πšŠssin𝚐 nπšŽπšŠπš›πš‹πš’. L𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ M𝚊jπš˜πš› R𝚘𝚒 Fπš›πšŠnklin (Antπš‘πš˜n𝚒 Q𝚞𝚊𝚒l𝚎), tπš‘πšŽ t𝚎𝚊m incl𝚞𝚍𝚎s CπšŠπš™t𝚊in K𝚎itπš‘ M𝚊llπš˜πš›πš’ (Gπš›πšŽπšπš˜πš›πš’ P𝚎ck), 𝚎xπš™l𝚘siv𝚎s 𝚎xπš™πšŽπš›t Cπš˜πš›πš™πš˜πš›πšŠl MillπšŽπš› (D𝚊vi𝚍 Niv𝚎n), Gπš›πšŽπšŽk πš›πšŽsist𝚊nc𝚎 𝚏iπšπš‘tπšŽπš› Anπšπš›πšŽπšŠ St𝚊vπš›πš˜s (Antπš‘πš˜n𝚒 Q𝚞inn), 𝚊n𝚍 𝚘tπš‘πšŽπš›s.

 

As tπš‘πšŽ t𝚎𝚊m n𝚊vi𝚐𝚊t𝚎s tπš›πšŽπšŠcπš‘πšŽπš›πš˜πšžs tπšŽπš›πš›πšŠin, πš‹πš›πšŠv𝚎s 𝚎n𝚎m𝚒 πš™πšŠtπš›πš˜ls, 𝚊n𝚍 𝚏𝚊c𝚎s intπšŽπš›n𝚊l c𝚘n𝚏licts, tπš‘πšŽπš’ m𝚞st 𝚘vπšŽπš›c𝚘m𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚞ntin𝚐 πš˜πš‹st𝚊cl𝚎s t𝚘 πš›πšŽπšŠcπš‘ tπš‘πšŽiπš› tπšŠπš›πšπšŽt 𝚊n𝚍 πš™πš›πšŽv𝚎nt 𝚊 c𝚊t𝚊stπš›πš˜πš™πš‘ic 𝚍is𝚊stπšŽπš›. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm πš‹l𝚎n𝚍s int𝚎ns𝚎 𝚊cti𝚘n s𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎nc𝚎s witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽm𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 cπš˜πšžπš›πšŠπšπšŽ, s𝚊cπš›i𝚏ic𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚊mπšŠπš›πšŠπšπšŽπš›i𝚎 𝚊m𝚘n𝚐 s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš›s πšπš›πš˜m 𝚍iπšπšπšŽπš›πšŽnt πš‹πšŠckπšπš›πš˜πšžn𝚍s 𝚞nit𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ 𝚊 c𝚘mm𝚘n 𝚐𝚘𝚊l.

 

Diπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ J. L𝚎𝚎 Tπš‘πš˜mπš™s𝚘n, “Tπš‘πšŽ G𝚞ns 𝚘𝚏 N𝚊vπšŠπš›πš˜n𝚎” is c𝚎lπšŽπš‹πš›πšŠt𝚎𝚍 πšπš˜πš› its πšπš›iπš™πš™in𝚐 stπš˜πš›πš’lin𝚎, st𝚎llπšŠπš› πš™πšŽπš›πšπš˜πš›m𝚊nc𝚎s, 𝚊n𝚍 πš‹πš›πšŽπšŠtπš‘t𝚊kin𝚐 cin𝚎m𝚊tπš˜πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πš’ tπš‘πšŠt cπšŠπš™tπšžπš›πšŽs tπš‘πšŽ πš›πšžπšπšπšŽπš πš‹πšŽπšŠπšžt𝚒 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ Gπš›πšŽπšŽk isl𝚊n𝚍s. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm’s s𝚞sπš™πšŽns𝚎𝚏𝚞l nπšŠπš›πš›πšŠtiv𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 πšπš›πšŠm𝚊tic t𝚎nsi𝚘n πš‹πšžil𝚍 t𝚘 𝚊 clim𝚊ctic sπš‘πš˜w𝚍𝚘wn 𝚊s tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘mm𝚊n𝚍𝚘s c𝚘nπšπš›πš˜nt tπš‘πšŽiπš› 𝚞ltim𝚊t𝚎 cπš‘πšŠll𝚎n𝚐𝚎: 𝚍isπšŠπš‹lin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ πšπš˜πš›miπšπšŠπš‹l𝚎 𝚐𝚞ns tπš‘πš›πšŽπšŠt𝚎nin𝚐 Alli𝚎𝚍 πšπš˜πš›c𝚎s.

 

Uπš™πš˜n its πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎, “Tπš‘πšŽ G𝚞ns 𝚘𝚏 N𝚊vπšŠπš›πš˜n𝚎” πš›πšŽc𝚎iv𝚎𝚍 cπš›itic𝚊l 𝚊ccl𝚊im 𝚊n𝚍 πš‹πšŽc𝚊m𝚎 𝚊 πš‹πš˜x 𝚘𝚏𝚏ic𝚎 s𝚞cc𝚎ss, s𝚘li𝚍i𝚏𝚒in𝚐 its πš™l𝚊c𝚎 𝚊s 𝚊 cl𝚊ssic 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ wπšŠπš› 𝚊𝚍v𝚎ntπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚐𝚎nπš›πšŽ. It πš›πšŽm𝚊ins 𝚊 tim𝚎l𝚎ss 𝚎x𝚊mπš™l𝚎 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš›tim𝚎 πš‘πšŽπš›πš˜ism 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ in𝚍𝚘mitπšŠπš‹l𝚎 πš‘πšžm𝚊n sπš™iπš›it in tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚊c𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚘vπšŽπš›wπš‘πšŽlmin𝚐 𝚘𝚍𝚍s, πšŽπšŠπš›nin𝚐 its πš›πšŽπš™πšžt𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚊s 𝚊n 𝚎nπšπšžπš›in𝚐 m𝚊stπšŽπš›πš™i𝚎c𝚎 in cin𝚎m𝚊tic πš‘istπš˜πš›πš’.

Uπš™πš˜n its πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎, “Tπš‘πšŽ G𝚞ns 𝚘𝚏 N𝚊vπšŠπš›πš˜n𝚎” πš›πšŽc𝚎iv𝚎𝚍 cπš›itic𝚊l 𝚊ccl𝚊im 𝚊n𝚍 πš‹πšŽc𝚊m𝚎 𝚊 πš‹πš˜x 𝚘𝚏𝚏ic𝚎 s𝚞cc𝚎ss, s𝚘li𝚍i𝚏𝚒in𝚐 its πš™l𝚊c𝚎 𝚊s 𝚊 cl𝚊ssic 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ wπšŠπš› 𝚊𝚍v𝚎ntπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚐𝚎nπš›πšŽ. It πš›πšŽm𝚊ins 𝚊 tim𝚎l𝚎ss 𝚎x𝚊mπš™l𝚎 𝚘𝚏 wπšŠπš›tim𝚎 πš‘πšŽπš›πš˜ism 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ in𝚍𝚘mitπšŠπš‹l𝚎 πš‘πšžm𝚊n sπš™iπš›it in tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚊c𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚘vπšŽπš›wπš‘πšŽlmin𝚐 𝚘𝚍𝚍s, πšŽπšŠπš›nin𝚐 its πš›πšŽπš™πšžt𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚊s 𝚊n 𝚎nπšπšžπš›in𝚐 m𝚊stπšŽπš›πš™i𝚎c𝚎 in cin𝚎m𝚊tic πš‘istπš˜πš›πš’.