#10 - Predator: An analogy for Vietnam and the Spanish American War
NEON: The Real History Behind Popular Culture
English - May 11, 2018 15:36 - 43 minutes - 60 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This is one of the greatest action films of all time. It has Arnie at his prime. It has Stan Winston at his most creative and it has John McTiernan making the mistake of going to a seasonal rainforest where the leaves were falling off. It’s action cinema at its purest, and yet as scary as the Predator is, what the film is really about is one of America’s fears, jungle warfare and America’s obsession in the 20th century of fighting in them. NEON not only talks about the most manly hand shake in history, but also the traumas of fighting in the Philippines and Vietnam.
Written & Presented by Jem Duducu
Produced by Dan Morelle
Music: Alan Silvestri - Predator Main Title
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