"I shot the albatross"
An audio documentary podcast series about the sea-faring classic - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The series will be an oral history of the film's conception and production, a discussion of the film’s critical reception, and the increasing resonance in the 20 years since its release. For episode three, film critic and author Walter Chaw discussed The Rime of the Ancient Mariner vignette in the centre of the movie and the historical accuracy of the depictions of violence with Professor Phillip Dwyer.
Featured interviews with:
One of the greatest living film critics, the author of "A Walter Hill Film: Tragedy and Masculinity in the Films of Walter Hill" - Walter Chaw
Professor of History at the University of Newcastle and Napoleonic chronicler Phillip Dwyer
Narrator: Ken Jeacle
Theme: Andrew Viller
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