Friendly Fire

Ran (乱)

RAN (乱): Can a film set in feudal Japan translate the brutality of feuding families with the same je ne sais quoi of Bill Shakespeare? On today's episode Adam, Ben, and John share fine words —but words don't win wars—while reviewing this 1985 Drama.This film is available on:<a href="https://amzn.to/2D4Ymt4" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/ran-1985/id351844490?mt=6&amp;at=1000lPzL" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, Film Struck, YouTube, Google Play, and Vudu <a href="http://maximumfun.org/donate" target="_blank">Support our show!</a>Next Film, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) , is available on:<a href="https://amzn.to/2qqieOU" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1930/id313782317?mt=6&amp;at=1000lPzL" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, FandangoNOW, Google Play, Youtube, Vudu, and your local library

A history podcast with a twist: Friendly Fire uses war movies as a point of entry on not only the history of war, but the history of how societies think about war. John Roderick, Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison dissect movies from throughout the history of cinema, talk about film production, pedantic quibbles with costumes and airplanes, and keep you laughing the entire time.