The Zone of Interest

When Jason reached out and asked me, retired and also dead crooner, Dean Martin, to say a few words about Stalag 17, I was confused, as I had nothin' to do with the picture, jack. I wasn't even in the service for very long, myself. Hernia, they told me. It was at that point that he got real hot and some words flew around and we settled things with a bottle of the good stuff. Eventually, I was able to sneak out after agreeing to write this. I'm nothing if not a man of my word. So, buddy-o, lemme set you straight: this is a heck of a picture. What ain't straight was Billy Holden's driving, which we saw to tragic effect. That ain't funny, that's just a fact, jack.  So, watch it and listen to this podcast thing about it? I don't care. I did my part. I'm off to the ghost bar, baby. Next week: It's gonna get biblical! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) Stalag 17 stars William Holden, Robert Strauss, Don Taylor, Harvey Lembeck, Peter Graves, Richard Erdman, Neville Brand, Sig Ruman and Otto Preminger; directed by Billy Wilder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to the list this week as the Two Dudes with Attitudes talk all about Days of Glory, a film that exposes the racism of the French troops as they treated their colonial soldiers like garbage during WWII. The guys debate the true feelings of Sgt. Martinez, the real-life consequences resulting from the film's release, the ultimate act of disrespect and much more. Plus: a very special friend comes back to visit Jason.   Next week: Off to prison! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) Days of Glory stars Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mélanie Laurent and Aurélie Eltvedt; directed by Rachid Bouchareb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reinhard Heydrich sucks. Like real bad. Like he's in blue ribbon contention at the Nazi 4H show. You know... where kids raise Nazis themselves and show them off at the Exhibition before sending them off to slaughter as a character-building exercise? We're getting off track here. Big picture: He sucked so bad that people killed him. He needed killin', sure, but it also cost the world the village of Lidice. Is this the ultimate portrayal of this man's fall? Or little more than a well-intentioned propaganda film? Jason and Brendan, as usual, are happy to tell you.    Next week: Back to the list! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) Hitler's Madman stars Alan Curtis, Patricia Morison, Howard Freeman, Ralph Morgan, Edgar Kennedy, Ludwig Stössel, Al Shean, Elizabeth Russell and John Carradine; directed by Douglas Sirk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the fellas take in another Clint Eastwood joint but this one likely forgotten in the annals of time - Heartbreak Ridge. The fellas talk all about the vintage 80s movie homophobia (though even more than you might expect), comparisons to Stripes, Stitch Jones, the better-than-usual romance subplot and much more.   Next week: One more before we go back to the list! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) Heartbreak Ridge stars Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Eileen Heckart, Bo Svenson, Boyd Gaines and Mario Van Peebles; directed by Clint Eastwood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan's mentor and dear personal friend Ronny Maxwell makes a big blue-gray splash in 1993's Gettysburg: the story of the pivotal American Civil War battle and the various monologues and wistful bittersweet remembrances that changed a nation. Ronny gives the war a grandeur steeped in myth and Lost Cause attitudes (though nowhere near its embarrassing sequel Gods and Generals) and some of the most careless beard-work in recent memory. Jason monologues, Brendan listens and in the end, they both die valiantly in the service of different dreams (Editor's Note: they do not die).   Next week: Eastwood drills! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) Gettysburg stars Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Stephen Lang, Richard Jordan, Kevin Conway, Billy Campbell, Maxwell Caulfield, Donal Logue and Sam Elliott; directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys go back into the Oliver Stone-verse with a Vietnam War film focusing mostly on the "pre" and "post" eras of America's controversial battle - Born on the Fourth of July. They discuss Tom Cruise's dynamo performance, consistent Vietnam War songs, the film containing three separate tones, the rally scene and much more.   Next week: the most movie that ever movied. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) Born on the Fourth of July stars Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Kyra Sedgwick, Caroline Kava, Frank Whaley, Michael Wincott, Stephen Baldwin, Bob Gunton, Lili Taylor, David Herman, John C. McGinley, Vivica A. Fox, Wayne Knight and Willem Dafoe; directed by Oliver Stone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Glazer returns to the fold on this week's special presentation! Not content with the worlds of sexy criminal maniacs and sexy alien maniacs, the venerable director turns his sights on those decidedly unsexy, genocidal maniacs - The Nazis with 2023's The Zone of Interest! The banality of evil - a murder machine run by boring people in a boring society shutting out the horrors around them either by learned ignorance or sheer force of will. Nazis suck.   Next week: Thomas Mapother Cruise makes his debut on the podcast! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) The Zone of Interest stars Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte and Lilli Falk; directed by Jonathan Glazer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the fellas discuss the 1979 adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front... this time on the SMALL screen! They talk all about Ian Holm's standout performance, the lack of differences between this and the 1930 original, Jason not liking any of the Paul Baumers so far and much more. Plus: a debate about the "murky" look of the film.   Next week: A new movie! Oscar-nominated! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) All Quiet on the Western Front stars Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Mark Elliot, Dai Bradley and Donald Pleasence; directed by Delbert Mann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There ain’t but two kinda of people in this world: those who listen to us and those who dig. Congrats - by downloading this podcast you’ve saved yourself from manual labour when we get our own gold. Until then, we ask Our Question: "Is This Movie a War Movie or Is This Not a War Movie?!" The Civil War rages around them, but do Blondie and Tuco help with the war effort? Why is Angel Eyes a sergeant in the Union Army? Did the Union have its own Andersonville? Are bridges worth anything? Jason and Brendan set out to the open range to find out!   Next week: All Quiet take 2. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly stars Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef; directed by Sergio Leone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the fellas head to 1950s Korea with the Anthony Mann film Men in War! They debate if the movie takes Benson or Montana's point of view in terms of battle conduct and then discuss other topics like the career of James Edwards and the unfortunate "legacy" of Stepin Fetchit, the movie infuriating the Pentagon, the use (and absence) of music and much more.   Next week: It's gonna get good, bad and... Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]   Full List: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-of-all-time Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/fsacpod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://instagram.com/its.mariah.xo) Men in War stars Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Phillip Pine, Nehemiah Persoff, Vic Morrow and James Edwards; directed by Anthony Mann. Is It Streaming? USA: Roku Channel, Vudu, Tubi, Fandor and Plex. Canada: Plex. UK: Plex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices