3 Movies Set in or About Solomon Islands

3 Movies Set in or About Solomon Islands

Outside filmmakers looking toward Solomon Islands: optional perspectives for a wider journey.

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   1. The Thin Red Line

   1998

   During the brutal World War II battle for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, an American rifle company fights, suffers, and reflects on nature, mortality, and the meaning of it all. Terrence Malick's transcendent, philosophical war epic.

   Why & details

   Curator’s note: Terrence Malick’s acclaimed American feature makes Guadalcanal’s landscape, combat, and moral disorientation its complete historical and physical world.

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   2. Guadalcanal Diary

   1943

   Following a company of U.S. Marines from their nervous transport to the fierce fighting on Guadalcanal, this drama captures the fear, courage, and camaraderie of ordinary soldiers in the Pacific. A classic World War II film.

   Why & details

   Curator’s note: An American wartime feature centered on the Guadalcanal campaign and one of the earliest widely seen screen representations of the Solomon Islands.

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   3. Adventure

   1925

   A plantation owner in the Solomon Islands, ravaged by fever and losing his workers, is aided by a spirited adventuress who arrives by schooner, and the two struggle against the wilderness and each other. A silent South Seas adventure.

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