I have a new podcast, a conversation with David Polansky about the 1943 Powell-Pressburger movie The Life & Death Of Col. Blimp, a wartime picture about British wars from the Boer War to the Great War to the then-ongoing WWII. The best thing to come from British war propaganda &, indeed, a work of art. I talked to David about English character & the question of gentlemanship, the conservative character of aristocratic virtues, & their connection to war. Also, how beautiful Deborah Kerr is! Finally, we compared English & American views of martial virtues, pre- & post-War accounts of morality in warfare.
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For the written expression of Titus' interlocutor, David Polansky, go to his Strange Frequencies site, https://www.strangefrequencies.co/ and explore a bit: Polansky's penned some superfine essays there, on film, including on this Col. Blimp one, but also on the idea of the bourgeoisie, on "toxic-manliness," and much more. Not sure I'll get around to seeing this Blimp movie anytime soon, but I know I'll be drifting over there some more!