From Here to Eternity







 From Here to Eternity begins just months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  Main character, Robert E. Lee Prewitt, acted by Montgomery Clift, was a newly transferred infantryman to Schofield in Hawaii. .  Though he is known to be a very good boxer, Prewitt deals with pressure to avoid stepping back into the ring.  His captain has the company putting extreme pressure on him and has made his life difficult in an attempt to change his mind. He does a good job of holding back, until he experiences the death of a friend at the hands of another officer, and seeks revenge. 

The movie does a really good job of showing the frustration, anger and restlessness of the officers.  It also offers the notion of a love that is unattainable, yet desired.  Infidelity by the captain's wife with a sergeant, Prewitt falling in love with a call girl in a gentleman's club, and the desire to escape the life that they all are "stuck" in, without a foreseeable way out.

This movie is very passionate and moving, and though you spend the whole movie hoping that someone gets the fairy tale ending of eternity, it always seems to be just out of arms reach.