The Red Badge of Courage

Have you ever wondered why this film feels so cut up? Why the narration feels so out of place? Why there’s such self-importance to the titles that the film doesn’t share? Well, read Lillian Ross’ book Picture about the making of this film to find out! Essentially, Louis B. Mayer hated John Huston, Dore Schary believed in Huston but was unwilling to fight his battles for him (the tragic figure of the book is the film’s producer Gottfried Reinhardt who tries desperately to fight Huston’s battl...