Oscar Loves... WW1

<p>Mark and Izzy return after a long hiatus to bring you an archive episode from November 2019 before launching into series 3 this Autumn.</p> <p>This month, your friendly Oscarologists discuss the Academy's interest in exploring unique perspectives on World War 1.</p> <p><em>All Quiet On The Western Front</em> 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.</p> <p>Sydney Pollack's <em>Out of Africa</em> 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.</p> <p>Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork.</p>