S6E7: A Farewell to Arms, 1932

Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project

WE ARE BACK!
In our sixth review of the season, we are back on track with an actual Outstanding Production nomination. We dive into A Farewell to Arms, based on Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel (which supposedly had 47 different endings!)
We discuss the film's historical context, character dynamics, the challenges of censorship and adaptation, and the themes of love and war.
Did you know Hemingway had a tiny feud with Mussolini?
We also speculate that this might be the most sexually explicit film we've watched so far...
As always, we have our history timeline, top song of the day, and perhaps a few disagreements along the way.
Books mentioned by Dad:

• Boller, Paul. Hollywood Anecdotes. William Morrow & Company, 1987.
• McKuen, Rod. Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows. Random House, 1966.
• Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. Penguin Random House, 2004.
• Wilson, Edmund. “Ernest Hemingway: Bourdon Gauge of Morale.” Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s, edited by Lewis M. Dabney, Library of America, 2007.

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