“Lee” represents a rare directorial outing for Ellen Kuras, a well-regarded cinematographer who previously worked extensively with Michel Gondry, including her lauded effort on 2004’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Instead of remaining in the surreal, Kuras goes to real-world horrors with the picture, which examines the World War II experience for photographer Lee Miller, who went into the event with a sense of purpose and duty, coming out the other side fully battered by all that she witnessed, trying to share the depths of doom. It’s not a full bio-pic, but a chunk of Miller’s existence, with screenwriters Liz Hannah, John Collee, and Marion Hume working to adapt a book about the subject’s time, written by Antony Penrose. “Lee” isn’t a large-scale war film, but Kuras finds her way into the shocking elements of the conflict, doing a successful job detailing how such exposure managed to change Miller’s life and career. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com