{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67bf06baddaea755a7c41553/67bf06cf6b976c335114e331?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Matter Of Life And Death – with special guest Luke Turner","description":"<p>Watching the war movies that make us think mistily of Blighty, with authors <strong>Rob Hutton </strong>and (usually, but he’s on leave this week)<strong> Duncan Weldon</strong>. This time: Don’t be upset about the parachute, we’ll have our wings soon anyway, big white ones. Upper lips will wobble as brave airman David Niven enters the afterlife in Powell &amp; Pressburger’s 1946 masterpiece <strong>A Matter Of Life And Death</strong>, the film that launched a thousand parodies.</p><p><strong>Luke Turner</strong>, author of <em>Men At War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945</em> joins us to ponder this metaphysical classic. Can love conquer the grave? What is the movie telling us about the post-war US:UK relationship? Is it all really about grief? How young does Richard Attenborough look? And Kim Hunter: gosh. </p><p><em>Written and presented by </em><strong><em>Rob Hutton</em></strong><em>. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Art by Jim Parrett. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. </em><strong><em>War Movie Theatre is a Podmasters production.</em></strong></p><p><a href=\"http://www.podmasters.co.uk\"><strong><em>www.podmasters.co.uk</em></strong></a></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices\">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>","author_name":"Robert Hutton & Duncan Weldon - War Movies Fans"}