‘Warfare’: Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza On Realism, Creating Brotherhood, ’28 Years Later,’ & Garland Stepping Back As A Director [The Discourse Podcast]

On the latest episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo welcomes filmmaker Alex Garland and retired Navy SEAL-turned-director Ray Mendoza to discuss their latest co-directed collaboration, ‘Warfare’—a harrowing and unflinching war film based on Mendoza’s own real-life experiences in Iraq. The film stars Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Kit Connor, and Finn Bennett as members of a Navy SEAL unit plunged into a brutal, immersive firefight [read our review here]. Continue reading ‘Warfare’: Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza On Realism, Creating Brotherhood, ’28 Years Later,’ & Garland Stepping Back As A Director [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.

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‘Warfare’: Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza On Realism, Creating Brotherhood, ’28 Years Later,’ & Garland Stepping Back As A Director [The Discourse Podcast]
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On the latest episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo welcomes filmmaker Alex Garland and retired Navy SEAL-turned-director Ray Mendoza to discuss their latest co-directed collaboration, ‘Warfare’—a harrowing and unflinching war film based on Mendoza’s own real-life experiences in Iraq. The film stars Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Kit Connor, and Finn Bennett as members of a Navy SEAL unit plunged into a brutal, immersive firefight [read our review here].

Continue reading ‘Warfare’: Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza On Realism, Creating Brotherhood, ’28 Years Later,’ & Garland Stepping Back As A Director [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.