Parer's War (2014)

A competent Australian war movie

“An ideal companion piece to 2006's Kokoda, the made-for-television Parer's War finds director Alister Grierson overseeing another World War II story involving Australia's efforts fighting the Japanese in Papua New Guinea. Scripted by the late Alison Nisselle, who adapted Neil McDonald's 1994 novel, Parer's War is not about a specific soldier or military campaign; instead, it's about renowned war photographer Damien Parer, whose 1942 documentary short Kokoda Front Line! earned an Oscar (Australia's first Academy Award). Parer's War is actually the second telemovie about Parer, following 1988's Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer, though Grierson's production has the benefit of contemporary special effects and a larger budget.

A combat cameraman, Damien Parer (Matthew Le Ne” read more