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Saving Private Ryan
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Here in part two of our discussion of Steven Spielberg’s gritty and emotional war film ‘Saving Private Ryan’, we start out with some casting suggestions from listeners, as well as reveal the winners amongst our choices from part one. Then we dive into our discussion of the filmmaking of the original, including the desaturated look and frame rates, how visceral this film was for non-veterans, let alone veterans, some sketchy history in the original, a possible 9/11 effect in the proliferation of war movies shortly after this film, and finally, a discussion of what it means to be Spielberg-y, how much this film felt that way (looking at you, bookends), and what we would do differently in a remake.
Actors and Actresses Discussed
- Brian J. Smith
- Karl Urban
- Dennis Hopper
- Christopher Walken
- James Gandolfini
- R. Lee Ermey
- Clint Eastwood
- Jeremy Davies
- Miles Teller
- Matt Damon
- Nicholas Hoult
- Tom Hanks
- Nathan Filion
- Barry Pepper
- Norman Reedus
People, Movies, and Links Discussed
- Platoon
- Out of Sight
- Band of Brothers (Book)
- Band of Brothers (Series)
- Pearl Harbor
- The Pacific
- The Thin Red Line
- Flags of Our Fathers
- Letters From Iwo Jima
- Apocalypse Now
- Casualties of War
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Born on the Fourth of July
- The Hurt Locker
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Snowden
- United 93
- World Trade Center
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The Maltese Falcon
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Romancing the Stone
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