Movies Worth Watching

Storytelling has become a lost art.  Movies today are about visual effects and

and cheesy dialog.  Good camera work has been replaced with “Reality TV” shaky-camera action, even when the actors are standing still.  Constant motion to keep the video-game crowd from getting bored.

Movies used to tell stories and audiences stayed engaged for that reason alone.  One great example is “Stalag 17”.

This is a WWII movie about American POW’s in Germany.  The sergeants who are housed in one barracks figure out that there is a spy, planted by the Nazis, living among them.  They initially blame Sefton, an unlikeable opportunist that shares their quarters.  After he is beaten by his peers, Sefton sets out to find out who the real spy is.

The following clip is the climactic scene.  As they are planning for how they will sneak a hiding Lieutenant out of the camp, Sefton interrupts their plans with his own revelation.