Oscar Loves... WW1

Mark and Izzy return after a long hiatus to bring you an archive episode from November 2019 before launching into series 3 this Autumn.

This month, your friendly Oscarologists discuss the Academy's interest in exploring unique perspectives on World War 1.

All Quiet On The Western Front is director Lewis Milestone's epic, realistic and harrowing account of WW1 told through the eyes of the german 2nd company, based on the Remarque novel of the same name.

Sydney Pollack's Out of Africa is also a literary adaption of the biography of Karen Blixen (played by Meryl Streep), a danish woman who experiences WW1 whilst living near Nairobi.

Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork.