This film centers on history that usually gets a paragraph in books.
We have Americans not heroically and immediately jumping to the aid of Europe. (Yet also Americans overseas whose politics cause them to do what was right and good.)
We have both the French who resisted and the Vichy government types.
We have modernist creatives and their attempts to both survive yet not give in to conformity.
Overall, it's a very interesting slice of time that the film chooses to showcase. And the cast and crew pull the entire thing off very well.
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My worry is since this moves rather deliberately through the events of the Emergency Relief Committee, and isn't a "quick binge" style of pacing, will the netflix algorithm allow it to continue on?
I'd certainly love a follow up on some of these figures in the post war.
We have Americans not heroically and immediately jumping to the aid of Europe. (Yet also Americans overseas whose politics cause them to do what was right and good.)
We have both the French who resisted and the Vichy government types.
We have modernist creatives and their attempts to both survive yet not give in to conformity.
Overall, it's a very interesting slice of time that the film chooses to showcase. And the cast and crew pull the entire thing off very well.
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My worry is since this moves rather deliberately through the events of the Emergency Relief Committee, and isn't a "quick binge" style of pacing, will the netflix algorithm allow it to continue on?
I'd certainly love a follow up on some of these figures in the post war.