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44. "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1972)
World War II Movie Night
English - June 17, 2021 01:31 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MB - ★★★★ - 41 ratingsTV & Film History history movies worldwarii Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 43. "The Bridge at Remagen" (1969)
Next Episode: 45. "Hacksaw Ridge" (2016)
Tonight's the mostly forgotten movie adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's famous World War II novel. The book may be a quirky sci-fi hybrid, but it delves seriously into Vonnegut's real-life experiences as a POW during the Dresden firebombing. How successfully these experiences transfer to the screen is, well, arguable. Tonight's episode toggles between a serious approach to the subject matter and the realization that this movie ain't no lost classic... asides include the peaks and valleys of Vonnegut's catalogue, how what's considered "hot/sexy" changes from era to era, and mistaking freeway offramps for onramps.