Napoleon vs Barry Lyndon: Dueling Duels

2023-12-06

Join us in the Eighteenth Century this episode as we compare the new Ridley Scott feature Napoleon with its 1975 forefather, Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. It’s an explosion of candlelight and costume design, huge battles and intimate character moments. But it does make us wonder: why is the French Language no longer the Lingua Franca of cinema? What exactly are drummers for on the battle field? And which is the most famous vagina in cinematic history? Plus: the definition of a goo...

Join us in the Eighteenth Century this episode as we compare the new Ridley Scott feature Napoleon with its 1975 forefather, Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. It’s an explosion of candlelight and costume design, huge battles and intimate character moments. But it does make us wonder: why is the French Language no longer the Lingua Franca of cinema? What exactly are drummers for on the battle field? And which is the most famous vagina in cinematic history?

Plus: the definition of a good surgeon, the career of UK comic actor Leonard Rossiter, a revisit of a 1990s sci-fi comedy classic, the return of an old podcast sponsor, the joy of watching Bill Murray on a bus, why we wish we lived in the Eighteenth Century and why we’re glad we didn’t. And if you listen very carefully, you may just hear two men say ‘Cameron Diaz’ together in perfect synchronisation…

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