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Podcast: For Screen and Country
Episode: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Description: The guys get festive this week with the ostensibly Christmas-themed movie about a Japanese prison camp - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Does it give this movie a wholly different, unique perspective with a Japanese director behind the camera? Is this the most homoerotic film ever made to feature no gay sex? What's the story behind Beat Takeshi? All this and a very unfortunate new sponsor in this week's episode! Next week: one more Xmas movie before year's end.Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at forscreenandcountry@g...