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On the podcast this week, Steven and Sean are standing up to our oppressors and giving a well-deserved \u201cscrew you\u201d to the Nazis in this episode about the 2019 film from Terrence Malick, A Hidden Life.

I think it\u2019s safe to say that no one alive can make a film as beautiful as Terrence Malick can. Can we just get that out of the way at the beginning? If you\u2019ve seen any of his work, and I hope you\u2019ve at least seen this one, I think you\u2019ll agree with me here.

Let\u2019s look at a few of them:

• Badlands
• Days of Heaven
• The Thin Red Line
• The New World
• The Tree of Life

Those are all remarkable works of art. His eye is finely tuned toward the beautiful and the majestic. He can see in light and colors that few others can. Malick is an auteur of huge renown, and for good reason. His work captures emotions and life in a unique, organic way. We\u2019re all lucky to be alive in a time when he\u2019s making films.

And when this director turns his considerable attention toward the true story of Franz J\xe4gerst\xe4tter, a conscientious objector in Austria during World War II, a man who (spoilers) died for his beliefs, you know it\u2019s going to be meaningful, emotional, and gorgeous.

It\u2019s also going to be a heavy one. It\u2019s hard to say what any of us would do if we were in Franz\u2019s place, but I think it\u2019s safe to say that it\u2019s damn tough to embody the courage and determination he did. That\u2019s not even to mention the family he left behind because of his adherence to his morality. We all say we stand firm on our beliefs, but it\u2019s another matter when your life is on the line because of them.

This film should be required viewing for all people. It shows how cold, cruel, futile, and pointless war (and Nazis) can be. It depicts a man, and his family, who fights against those who would execute someone who doesn\u2019t want to kill others for a monster (Hitler, in this case). It gives us the gift of knowing about a real hero.

(Recorded on February 08, 2021)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

A Hidden Life - IMDb

A Hidden Life trailer - YouTube

Ted Lasso - IMDb

Terrence Malick - IMDb

The Tree of Life - IMDb

To the Wonder - IMDb

Days of Heaven - IMDb

The Thin Red Line - IMDb

Crispy Baked Teriyaki Tofu - Connoisseurus Veg

WALL\xb7E - IMDb

Franz J\xe4gerst\xe4tter - Wikipedia

Sankt Radegund - Wikipedia

St. Radegund - meinbezirk.at

(This website\u2019s in German, but there are still some nice pictures throughout the page.)

Saving Private Ryan - IMDb

Gettysburg - IMDb

The Detention Camps at the Border Are a Crime - The Atlantic

How the U.S. Border Camps Fit into the History of Concentration Camps - GQ