Crack open those D rations to snack on as Emma and Theo break into new territories for the pod—nonfiction and multi-stage adaptations. They break down Louis Zamperini’s life story three ways: through Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 novel Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, the 2014 Angelina Jolie-directed Oscar-bait film Unbroken, and the 2018 Pureflix-produced sequel Unbroken: Path to Redemption. There’s a lot to unpack in this one folks, and the audio may be a little wonky since Emma edited it while on an airplane.
Content warnings for Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand include: WW2-typical violence, graphic descriptions of starvation, graphic descriptions of POW camps, descriptions of PTSD, abuse, death, injuries, fascism, alcoholism, mild spousal abuse, a handshake with Hitler, and 1930’s anti-Italian sentiments.
Content warnings for Unbroken (2014) include: WW2 movie-typical violence, actors visibly starving themselves, depictions of POW camp violence.
Content warnings for Unbroken: Path to Redemption include: depictions of PTSD flashbacks, alcoholism, mild spousal abuse, and evangelism.
The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here:
https://scriptmag.com/reviews/cross-road-the-unbroken-path-of-matt-baer
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/making-unbroken-angelina-jolie-fought-758081/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/coen-brothers-rewrite-angelina-jolies-424417/
https://collider.com/angelina-jolie-jack-oconnell-unbroken-interview/
https://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2015/January-1-2015/Editing-Unbroken.aspx
You can find Emma on bluesky @crabmoney.bsky.social and Theo @fourwholemoons.bsky.social. You can find more of Theo’s projects at www.theodoremonk.com or on his podcast The Friendship Factory. If you’re interested in more collaboration from Emma and Theo you can check out the vod of Sonic and the State of Denmark on the Moonshot Youtube channel. Unnatural Selection is a part of the Moonshot Network. If you like what you’ve heard and want to support, you can become a patron at www.patreon.com/moonshotnetwork.
The music for this show was composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com
