<p>This week, the guys take another trip down to the silver screen to analyze Jean Renoir's 1937 movie, <em>The Grand Illusion</em>. Hidden underneath the POW escape plot of the movie are deep and serious themes about the role of what was at the time Europe's dying aristocracy, among others. The guys break it all down.</p>

This week, the guys take another trip down to the silver screen to analyze Jean Renoir's 1937 movie, The Grand Illusion. Hidden underneath the POW escape plot of the movie are deep and serious themes about the role of what was at the time Europe's dying aristocracy, among others. The guys break it all down.

Jean Renoir's The Grand Illusion

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