Oscar special: War Horse is for emotional drama lovers

War Horse is a sappy, melodramatic film about the relationship between a farmboy and his horse — perfect material for a tearjerker. And a tearjerker it is. The film has some truly moving moments, many of them captured superbly by cinematographer Janusz Kaminski. The last shot of the film — a boy riding down a field, the red sun shining in the background, as he alights and greets his parents — is as memorable for the relevance to the story as it is for the way Kaminski’s shot it.The

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