A Matter of Life and Death

Scratching the morality of who deserved to die or live, a soldier who miraculously escaped from the death, now endured a trauma and scar for life, with that mental trauma makes him question whether his own existence is justified or not. The whole fantasy elements of heaven, the trial in heaven everything is going inside his head which we see as the other world in the movie. It was a clever way to show someone's existential dilemma in such a way. But as the movie dwells into the trial phase, life and death is also compared to America and England's state right after world war II. Where america is a symbol of life, who came to aid Britain and saved thousands of lives, like a saviour. And England as symbol of death, as the country is crumbling down by the effects of war and the coming end of colonisation in many countries. Something which did impress me much was the melodramatic tone of the movie, maybe it was more suitable to the time it came in, but as the audience of this generation it was less palpable for me.