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Next video is going to be a big one! It’s going to be a spiritual sequel to one of my most popular (and for me, one of my proudest) works; my video on anti-war cinema. But this time, I’ll be looking at video games! Having pretty much become the biggest entertainment industry, video games are increasingly the medium through which we engage with and understand war, and so I want to examine what they really tell us about it, and explore their limitations and potential for anti-war messages.

While it is not necessary to have seen my video on anti-war cinema (I’ll probably recap the most important points briefly in the new video), it will probably give you a better context, so if you hadn’t yet seen it, or maybe planned on rewatching it, now is the time :)

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Lies of Heroism – Redefining the Anti-War Film

This video is available without any ads or sponsors on Nebula. Get free access by signing up for CuriosityStream: https://curiositystream.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Go to https://buyraycon.com/LSOO for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Follow me: Sign up for my weekly newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/likestoriesofold Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video: An in-depth examination of the potential for and meaning of anti-war films. Chapter list: 0:00 Introduction: A Cinema of (Anti-)War 6:30 Part 1: Cultures of Heroism 14:01 Part 2: The Nature of Evil 21:28 Part 3: Glorious Suffering 27:21 Part 4: Holy Wars 33:44 Part 5: Sacrificial Lambs 40:21 Part 6: Hero Worship 45:13 Part 7: Comfortable Icons 52:38 Conclusion: A True Christ Sources: Ernest Becker – Escape From Evil: https://amzn.to/3lvYzs5 Ernest Becker – The Denial of Death: https://amzn.to/2G3CTmP Hannah Arendt – Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil: https://amzn.to/32IRYC7 Tom Brook (BBC) – Is There Any Such Thing as an Anti-War Film? https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140710-can-a-film-be-truly-anti-war Agnieszka Monnet – Is There Such a Thing as an Antiwar Film? https://www.academia.edu/28595089/Is_There_Such_a_Thing_as_an_Antiwar_Film David Walsh – Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan: Small Truths at the Expense of Big Ones: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1998/07/ryan-j31.html Like Stories of Old - Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list Media included: 13 Hours (2016) 1917 (2019) A Hidden Life (2019) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) American Sniper (2014) Apocalypse Now (1979) Band of Brothers (2001) Black Hawk Down (2001) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Casualties of War (1989) Come and See (1985) Coming Home (1978) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Dunkirk (2017) Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Fury (2014) Green Zone (2010) Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Heartbreak Ridge (1986) Jarhead (2005) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Land of Mine (2015) Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) Lone Survivor (2013) Man Down (2015) Midway (2019) Operation Finale (2018) Paths of Glory (1957) Patton (1970) Pearl Harbor (2001) Platoon (1986) Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Schindler's List (1993) Stalingrad (1993) Thank You For Your Service (2017) The Thin Red Line (1998) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) The Deer Hunter (1978) The Great Dictator (1940) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) The Hurt Locker (2008) The Pacific (2010) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) We Were Soldiers (2002) Zero Dark Thirty (2013) Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Music: Chris Coleman – Reckoning Max ll – Golestan Dexter Britain – Elegy Ryan Taubert – Killing The Rock Jordan Critz – A Ripple In Time Dexter Britain – The Grief Max II – Closure Hammock – Now And Not Yet Music licensed from Musicbed, start your 30 day free trial at: http://share.mscbd.fm/likestoriesofold Additional Music: Daniel Joseph White – Choice Michael Vignola – To The Strong CK Martin – Rising Storm Daniel Joseph White – Simulacrum Daniel Joseph White – Ardency Kyle Preston – Everyone Leaves