Anti-War

Three films that challenge our perception of war

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer  Come and See (1985) Elem Klimov’s film tells the story of a boy named Flyora living in what is now Belarus. Located in a small village, the boy discovers a rifle which propels his eagerness to join his town’s resistance group, with a burning desire to fight against Nazi occupation. What follows, however, is Flyora’s immediate subjugation to the horrifying magnitude of war, fighting against an army with heavier firepower and brutality than his own.  Come and See is not just visceral in its depiction of war, but the argument the film presents leaves no…

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