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November 06, 2025

Better Than the Movie 27: VINELAND / ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER w/ Rene Franco

1 hour 43 minutes

Ocean waves, ocean waves. One of the best-loved movies of the fall has been Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. The Better Than the Movie crew is joined by Rene Franco, the head of Skylight's Rabbit Hole Reading Club, to discuss the flick and also the novel which provided some inspiration, Thomas Pynchon's kooky and kaleidoscopic Vineland.

Hosted by Justin Remer, Allan Traylor, and Tyler Austin.

Produced by Justin Remer.

Recorded at the LAPL Octavia Lab, with remote recording via Zencastr.

Check out the "Better Than the Movie" audiobook playlist on Libro.FM - https://libro.fm/playlists/skylight-better-than-the-movie

Opening music: "Optimism (Instrumental)" by Duck the Piano Wire.

Closing music: "Rule of 3s (Solemnity Child)" by Elastic No-No Band.

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