At a time when subtitled films were a non-factor in the U.S., and with no major studio backing, Jean Renoir’s antiwar classic ‘La Grande Illusion’ wowed audiences and managed a best picture Oscar nom in 1937.
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At a time when subtitled films were a non-factor in the U.S., and with no major studio backing, Jean Renoir’s antiwar classic ‘La Grande Illusion’ wowed audiences and managed a best picture Oscar nom in 1937.
The weather was mythical. Ninety-something degrees in Manhattan, with Canadian wildfire smoke painting the sky a hazy orange. It smelled like a barbecue of rotten onions; the air was a…