What First World War cultural representations would you like to see adapted for the screen?
This month Angus, Chris and Jessica discuss their dream adaptations of novels, short stories and computer games for the big or small screen. Along the way, we explore what makes for a good film versus a good television series, we consider how to overcome the challenge of the Bechdel test in filming the war, and Chris introduces us to the Bertie Wooster/animé scale of realism.
References:
1917, dir. by Sam Mendes (1919)
AG Macdonell, England, Their England (1933)
Akira, dir. by Katsuhiro Otomo (1988)
All Quiet on the Western Front, dir. by Edward Berger (2022)
Capt WE Johns, Biggles Goes North (1939)
Capt WE Johns, Biggles Goes East (1935)
Emma Hanna, The Great War on the small screen (2009)
Ford Madox Ford, Parades End (1924)
Frederic Manning, Her Privates We (1930)
Lupin, Netflix (2021)
Peter Berresford Ellis et al, Biggles!: Life of Captain WE Johns (1993)
Ralph Hale Mottram, The Spanish Farm Trilogy (1930)
RC Sherriff, Journey’s End (1928)
Sapper, Bulldog Drummond (1920)
The Wind Rises, dir. by Hayao Miyazaki (2013
The Monocled Mutineer, dir. by Jim O’Brien (1986)
Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Ubisoft (2014)
47 - Oh What a lovely War
46 - Egyptian Encounters
45 - War Hospital
44 - The Grizzled
43 - Women at War
42 - They Shall Not Grow Old
41 - The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
40 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
39 - Benediction
38 - In Memoriam
36 - Journey's End
35 - The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
34 - National WWI Museum and Memorial
33 - All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
32 - Postcards from the Western Front
31 - Giantpoppywatch - Commemoration and Remembrance
30 - The Thirty-Nine Steps
29 - The Red Baron
28 - The King's Men
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