“Robbie and Matthew are two historical firearms experts as well as avid film enthusiasts. They have an expansive view on that much-abused subgenera: the war movie.
Many cultural studies on war films discuss the whys and wherefores of fictionalizing or popularizing war in TV and film, but they never discuss the actual accoutrement - ‘the kit’ as the two savvy British critics put it - of war-making. This is often overlooked.
Not that they’re lost in minutiae, no, they thoroughly research - offering listeners the genesises of screenplays, when produced, by whom, and to what immediate purpose.
Knowledgeable and fun, their laid-back conversation, a type of cool bonhomie, makes for good commonsense critiques of both obscure and mainstream war films.”
Chaz Mena via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/18/20