Films Of G.I.’s That Star Average Joes

A scene from “Race of Evil,” a G.I. Joe stop-motion film. Nick Hsu

From The New York Times:

Like many fictional works set during World War II, the film “Pastrami on Rye” is more than just a history lesson. The six-minute movie, about two American soldiers passing the interminable hours in their foxholes, musing about what they’ll do when they return home and debating whether it is wiser to bring a sandwich or a gas mask into battle, has a fundamentally existential tone. It is less about death than it is about the many trivial things the mind can contemplate while facing the certainty of it.

But not long into “Pastrami on Rye,” it becomes clear that there is something not quite right. The actors’ performances are more than just stiff — they never move their fingers, blink their eyes or open their mouths when they speak. That’s because they are the stars of a homemade animated film whose cast consists entirely of G.I. Joe action figures.

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