This is a 1998 American film. It was written by Robert Rodat and directed by Steven Spielberg (Rodat, 1998). In this film, there were soldiers who had been assigned to find Ryan and take him back home. They had all the capacities to do the assignments themselves. The staff’s Army Chief assigned them the mission for tenacities of propaganda. This is because the return of Ryan would increase home-front’s morale and offer a human face on the massacre that took place at Omaha Beach. The mother of Ryan who had already lost three of his sons to the warfare vowed not to lose another one.
‘Saving Private Ryan’ is a war film. It can also be classified as an action or epic genre since most war films are frequently paired with other genres like action and epics. There are various generic features of this film that show us that it is a war film. War films are characterized by the horrors and heartbreaks that come with war (Ebert, 1998). They allow the actual fighting of the combatants against either humanity or nations to offer the principal plot for the film’s action. The films take a denunciatory methodology toward war (Jeanine, 1998). In the film ‘Saving Private Ryan’, we can conclude that it belongs to a war genre as it was set during the incursion of Normandy during the Second World War. The film is evidenced by a graphic as well as a genuine depiction of warfare. The first twenty seven minutes of the film are so intense and they depict the assault that took place in the beach of Omaha on June 6, 1944. There is also evidence of a squad of soldiers. It can be said to be an action genre because it encompasses fights and battles. Lastly, it can be said to be an epic genre because as it presents the historical events that took place during the Second World War (Halton, 1998).
The film ‘Saving Private Ryan’ was made by Amblin Entertainment Mutual Film Company (Collins, 2008). This television and film production company is base...