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Podcast: Fly By Films
Episode: That's Hard Medicine (w/ Aren Bergstrom of 3 Brothers Film)
Description: Blamison are back and we have back up one this episode! We do some exploring into Cecil B. Demille's 1940 film North West Mounted Police starring Gary Cooper. Our guest Aren Bergstrom is our resident Canadian film and history buff and schools us on Louis Riel and all of the things that went into the Battle of Batoche which this film attempts to depict and fails in ways only DeMille could pull off. This is probably our most substantive episode to date so put on your thinking caps and set your gaze up North. Other things discussed: the...