The Thin Red Line

Key Battles of American History

History

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🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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During a war, combatants often ponder the deep existential questions of life. These questions form the basis of Terence Malick’s 1998 war drama The Thin Red Line. On one level, The Thin Red Line is about a U. S. Army division’s attempt to take a...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.5	Thank you. your host, James Early. Welcome back to Key Battles of the Pacific War on film.
0:48.0	This is your host, James.
0:49.8	And as always, I've got Sean McIver with me.
0:52.3	Sean, how are you, sir?
0:54.0	Well, I'm here.
0:55.4	You're here, yeah.
0:56.2	Sean has been under the weather.
0:58.1	Yeah.
0:58.8	Yeah, so everybody, be patient with Sean if his voice isn't quite where it needs to be.
1:04.4	It's because he hasn't been feeling well and he's recovering, but he's being a real trooper
1:09.1	and is going to do this with me anyway.
1:11.5	We are going to discuss a fascinating movie today and a very different movie from all the
1:17.1	other ones we've talked about so far. This is not just a typical war movie. It's not an action
1:22.7	flick by any stretch of the imagination. It does have plenty of combat in it and there is some action,
1:28.9	but there is so much more. The movie we're discussing is the thin red line from 1998.
1:36.4	Oh, what an interesting movie. I don't know if I'm even really up to discussing this one.
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