Lies of Heroism – Redefining the Anti-War Film

This video is available without any ads or sponsors on Nebula: Help me make more videos! Support this channel: Leave a One-Time Donation: Go to for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Follow me: Sign up for my weekly newsletter: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: About this video: An in-depth examination of the potential for and meaning of anti-war films. Chapter list: 0:00 Introduction: A Cinema of (Anti-)War 6:30 Part 1: Cultures of Heroism 14:01 Part 2: The Nature of Evil 21:28 Part 3: Glorious Suffering 27:21 Part 4: Holy Wars 33:44 Part 5: Sacrificial Lambs 40:21 Part 6: Hero Worship 45:13 Part 7: Comfortable Icons 52:38 Conclusion: A True Christ Sources: Ernest Becker – Escape From Evil: Ernest Becker – The Denial of Death: Hannah Arendt – Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil: Tom Brook (BBC) – Is There Any Such Thing as an Anti-War Film? Agnieszka Monnet – Is There Such a Thing as an Antiwar Film? David Walsh – Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan: Small Truths at the Expense of Big Ones: Like Stories of Old - Complete Reading List: Media included: 13 Hours (2016) 1917 (2019) A Hidden Life (2019) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) American Sniper (2014) Apocalypse Now (1979) Band of Brothers (2001) Black Hawk Down (2001) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Casualties of War (1989) Come and See (1985) Coming Home (1978) Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Dunkirk (2017) Flags of Our Fathers (2006) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Fury (2014) Green Zone (2010) Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Heartbreak Ridge (1986) Jarhead (2005) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Land of Mine (2015) Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) Lone Survivor (2013) Man Down (2015) Midway (2019) Operation Finale (2018) Paths of Glory (1957) Patton (1970) Pearl Harbor (2001) Platoon (1986) Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Schindler’s List (1993) Stalingrad (1993) Thank You For Your Service (2017) The Thin Red Line (1998) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) The Deer Hunter (1978) The Great Dictator (1940) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961) The Hurt Locker (2008) The Pacific (2010) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) We Were Soldiers (2002) Zero Dark Thirty (2013) Business inquiries: lsoo@ Music: Chris Coleman – Reckoning Max ll – Golestan Dexter Britain – Elegy Ryan Taubert – Killing The Rock Jordan Critz – A Ripple In Time Dexter Britain – The Grief Max II – Closure Hammock – Now And Not Yet Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: Additional Music: Daniel Joseph White – Choice Michael Vignola – To The Strong CK Martin – Rising Storm Daniel Joseph White – Simulacrum Daniel Joseph White – Ardency Kyle Preston – Everyone Leaves