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Our Man in Havana (PATREON PREVIEW)

Our Man in Havana (PATREON PREVIEW)

FromUnclear and Present Danger


Our Man in Havana (PATREON PREVIEW)

FromUnclear and Present Danger

ratings:
Length:
554 minutes
Released:
Dec 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For this week’s Patreon episode, Jamelle and John cover the 1959 film “Our Man in Havana,” an adaptation of a 1958 Graham Greene novel by the same name. We talk Graham Greene, director Carol Reed, and Alec Guinness, the star, as well as esoteric topics like motivated reasoning, the nature of intelligence work, and the power and peril of propaganda. We also, as always, looked at the news for the day the film was released, December 30, 1959.Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Unclear and Present Patreon and get access to our show on the films (and television) of the Cold War, as well special mailbag episodes, monthly entry into a movie raffle, and whatever else we can think of.
Released:
Dec 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (70)

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and freelance writer John Ganz delve into the world of 90s post-Cold War thrillers with Unclear and Present Danger, a podcast that explores America in an age of transition to lone superpower, at once triumphant and unsure of its role in the world.