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The Next Best Picture Podcast

Interview With "War Game" Directors Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber

The Next Best Picture Podcast

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2542 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

"War Game" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received solid reviews for orchestrating a simulation of a coup after a disputed election. Insurgents take capitals, questioning the President's military control. Countering disinformation is vital, highlighting bipartisan defense of democracy. With a sense of urgency in its storytelling and taut filmmaking, the documentary film might very well be the most terrifying one you see all year. Directors Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber were both kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their experience making the documentary, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in New York at the Film Forum and expanding to additional markets, including Los Angeles and Chicago, on August 9th from Submarine Entertainment. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview with the

0:05.3

directors for War Game, Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber. My fellow Americans, it is undeniable that

0:11.9

this past election was stolen to all those members of the armed forces. Join with us to defend

0:18.8

our liberty and land.

0:29.6

Seated around this room is an incredible diversity of professional experience spanning the last five presidential administrations. Most of you have sworn under oath to defend the Constitution.

0:31.6

What happens when those in uniform break that oath?

0:34.6

January 6th demonstrated a possible false sense of security.

0:39.3

The next insurrection could involve members of the active duty military,

0:43.3

turning their weapons around on the folks that they are there to protect.

0:46.3

One of the recommendations was to war game what that might look like.

0:50.3

I am President Hotham, Chief Executive of the United States of America. You have six hours to revert a civil war and ensure the peaceful transfer of power.

0:58.0

Mr. President, we are going to be starting the game in three.

1:01.0

We are here to stress test our national security system.

1:04.0

I want them to be prepared for the worst case scenarios.

1:08.0

Jesse, Tony, thank you so much for chatting with me about your new film War Game. Jesse, it's great to see you again and Tony, great to meet you for the worst case scenarios. Jesse, Tony, thank you so much for chatting with me about your new film War Game.

1:12.0

Jesse, it's great to see you again.

1:13.6

And Tony, great to meet you for the first time here.

1:16.5

Well, let's start at the beginning with the origins of the project.

1:19.7

How did you guys get connected with Vet Voice, with this war game,

1:24.2

and how did you know that it was right for a film?

1:30.5

Well, we read this op-ed by these three generals in the Washington Post calling out this threat that they see of extremism in the

1:36.5

military and the risk that the next insurrection could be worse. And I think that caused a lot of

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