Remakers Mark 34, Part 2 (Saving Private Ryan): The Battle Between Morals and Emotions

Saving Private Ryan IMDB Theatrical Trailer Rent: Amazon • iTunes • Netflix Disc Buy: DVD • BluRay • iTunes Here in part two of our discussion of Steven Spielberg’s gritty and emotional war film ‘Saving Private Ryan’, we start out with some casting suggestions from listeners, as well as reveal the winners amongst our choices from part one. […]

Saving Private Ryan

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Here in part two of our discussion of Steven Spielberg’s gritty and emotional war film ‘Saving Private Ryan’, we start out with some casting suggestions from listeners, as well as reveal the winners amongst our choices from part one. Then we dive into our discussion of the filmmaking of the original, including the desaturated look and frame rates, how visceral this film was for non-veterans, let alone veterans, some sketchy history in the original, a possible 9/11 effect in the proliferation of war movies shortly after this film, and finally, a discussion of what it means to be Spielberg-y, how much this film felt that way (looking at you, bookends), and what we would do differently in a remake.

Brian J. Smith
Karl Urban
Dennis Hopper
Christopher Walken
James Gandolfini
R. Lee Ermey
Clint Eastwood
Jeremy Davies
Miles Teller
Matt Damon
Nicholas Hoult
Tom Hanks
Nathan Filion
Barry Pepper
Norman Reedus

People, Movies, and Links Discussed

Platoon
Out of Sight
Band of Brothers (Book)
Band of Brothers (Series)
Pearl Harbor
The Pacific
The Thin Red Line
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima
Apocalypse Now
Casualties of War
Jacob’s Ladder
Born on the Fourth of July
The Hurt Locker
Zero Dark Thirty
Snowden
United 93
World Trade Center

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