S4 E22: Grand Illusion with Eric McDonough

Conrado and Rachel are joined by Eric McDonough (of The Movie Shelf podcast) to talk about Jean Renoir's GRAND ILLUSION, a War World I prison escape movie that was, for a long time, considered one of the best movies ever made. Its status seems to have receded considerably in the last couple decades, but that doesn't make it any less influential, or any less entertaining. Roger Ebert's Great Movies essay about Grand Illusion, which includes the odyssey of the movie's restoration print: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-grand-illusion-1937 Follow Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/confilmbuff Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904 Follow us on anchor https://anchor.fm/criterionproject Follow our twitter at https://twitter.com/criterionpod Watch Conrado in ⁠CRAM⁠, directed and produced by friends of the show Abie Sidell and Trevor Wallace: ⁠https://tubitv.com/movies/712946/cram⁠ Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw⁠ Follow Conrado on Letterboxd ⁠https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/⁠ Rachel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies Follow Rachel's blog at rachelsreviews.net Follow Rachel on twitter twitter.com/rachel_reviews Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2 Listen to  Hallmarkies Podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828 Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: https://www.michael-lloret.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criterionproject/support