Winner of the Silver Bear at the 1975 Berlin Film Festival, Stuart Cooper's original and hypnotic meditation on the machine of war is an astounding rediscovery for cineastes.
Shot by legendary cinematographer John Alcott,
Overlord seamlessly combines a fictionalised narrative of a British soldier's journey from basic training to the beaches of Normandy with startling documentary footage taken from the wider conflict.
Stanley Kubrick said the only problem with
Overlord was that it was "an hour-and-half too short". After seeing this remarkable filmmaking achievement, one would have to agree.
