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Explain the techniques used by Spielberg that make the opening minutes of the landing scene in Saving Private Ryan a realistic and shocking portrayal of war.  

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Explain the techniques used by Spielberg that make the opening minutes of the landing scene in Saving Private Ryan a realistic and shocking portrayal of war. Saving Private Ryan is a film that is regarded as one of the best and most believable portrayals of war, because of the way he uses the camera and shoots the film. This is because sometimes he puts blood on the camera, sometimes the camera follows the soldiers and copies what they do. You also see people crying and people in shock he shows the film so there are no indestructible heroes like in many other films. The people in Saving Private Ryan actually get hurt like the captain in most films the person in charge of the team or group never gets killed but Hanks does get killed in the film. Spielberg shows that war is gruesome, revolting and also quite shocking to some...

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