#266: Semper Cinema review of Beach Red
Hey, Scuttlebutt listeners. Thank you for joining us and for your continued support. This week, we bring you another installment of Semper Cinema with our review of Beach Red. Beach Red is a film adaptation of Peter Bowman’s novella by the same name, made in 1967 at the height of the Vietnam War, and depicts Marines landing on an unnamed island during WWII. Written, directed, produced, and starring Cornell Wilde, it’s known for its gritty depictions of combat (at least for its time), and it was praised for the honesty of its war is hell message. One theme we discuss is why Wilde chose a WWII…
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