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Revolutionary Violence and One Battle After Another w/ David Klion | The Time of Monsters

Revolutionary Violence and One Battle After Another w/ David Klion | The Time of Monsters

Update: 2025-10-13
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Few movies have ever been as timely as Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film One Battle After

Another, which traces the battle between revolutionary resistance groups trying to protect

immigrants and an authoritarian government run by racists. There are scenes from the movie

that feel like they are being played out right now on the streets of Chicago, Los Angeles and

Portland. Although it presents a stylized version of reality, the film raises important questions

about different strategies of resistance. David Klion, a frequent guest, wrote about the movie

for The New Republic. David and I talked about the film, its roots in actual history but also

variance with that history as well as its relationship with the Thomas Pynchon novel Vineland.



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Revolutionary Violence and One Battle After Another w/ David Klion | The Time of Monsters

Revolutionary Violence and One Battle After Another w/ David Klion | The Time of Monsters

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