Fog of War

by Andy Chu ~ October 3rd, 2010. Filed under: Uncategorized.

Hey guys. Like the rest of you, I am working on the first paper assignment. As I looked back on the material we learned so far, I remembered a movie that sort of relates to something we mentioned in class. The movie I am talking about is Red Cliff II, a 2009 Chinese-epic war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208-209 AD) and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China. It is the second part of a 2-part release. Both Red Cliff I and II are pretty good films and I recommend both.

Here is the link to the movie: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=TAGBCGLH
Two of my favorite scenes from the movie are about the “Fog of War” in a literal sense. Skip forward and watch from 28:22 to 30:49, then 36:20 to 44:04. Those of you who appreciate military strategy and tactics might find the scenes pretty clever like I did.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

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2 Responses to Fog of War

  1. Andy Chu
    October 3rd, 2010 at 10:57 am

    For those of you who are interested in watching the entire film:

    Red Cliff
    CD1:http://www.megavideo.com/?v=ZAI230FS
    CD2:http://www.megavideo.com/?v=62J4QVG2

    Red Cliff II
    CD 1: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=TAGBCGLH
    CD 2: http://www.megavideo.com/?v=LFJCXZHL

  2. kenny.wong
    October 4th, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    I’ve seen this movie as well, but you bring up an interesting point about wartime strategy. Other than the fact that John Wu went “over the top” and created “heroes” in the utmost literal sense as well as other liberties, there are some points that I think not particularly tackle points made by Clausewitz, but moreover aspects brought by The Art of War