#211: Men of War, Pt. 1 — Gallipoli (1981)

The Next Picture Show

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Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Inspired by this year’s surprise Oscar favorite 1917, we’re digging down into the trenches and slogging through the mud and blood of World War I, with two films centering on young soldiers delivering crucial messages that decide the fates of thousands of other young men. First up this week is Peter Weir’s 1981 film GALLIPOLI, which stars a shockingly young Mel Gibson as one half of a pair of Australian mates who join the war effort out of a mixture of patriotism, pride, and recklessness; we dig into the emotional effects of film’s unusual structure, which saves the wartime action for its final moments, how its Australian provenance makes it stand out among other WWI films, and how it indulges Weir’s affinity for wide open spaces and historical authenticity. Plus, we tackle a listener question about ideal movie-watching conditions whose response may prove the undoing of Scott and Keith’s long and amicable relationship. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about GALLIPOLI, 1917, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Show Notes Works Cited: • “Before 1917: revisiting the greatest first world war movies,” by Scott Tobias (theguardian.com) • “The 50 Greatest War Movies Ever Made,” by Keith Phipps (vulture.com) • Strange Stars: How Science Fiction and Fantasy Transformed Popular Music, by Jason Heller Outro music: “Adagio in G Minor” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time. Go on some other time put your phone down tombollah open for fun terms apply 18 plus gambleaware dot org
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0:51.7	To subscribe to our Patreon, please visit patreon.com slash next picture show.
0:57.3	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
1:01.0	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
1:07.7	We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.
1:15.4	Welcome to the next picture show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film
1:19.2	and how it's shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
1:21.4	I'm Tasha Robinson, here with...
1:22.8	Keith Phipps. Scott Tobias.
1:24.2	And Genevieve Kosky.
1:25.2	For our next two episodes, we're digging down into the trenches and slogging through the mud and the blood of World War I with two films about young soldiers in desperate situations.
1:33.9	And as a special nod to one of the films we're about to discuss, we're going to have this conversation in continuous real time.
1:40.3	Wait, what?
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