Erratic Dialogues

Erratic Dialogues

By Gabriella Edelstein and Claudette PalomaresSociety & CultureArts
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Erratic Dialogues episodes

  • Episode Five: Erratic Dialogues reviews “Love & Friendship” dir. Whit Stillman

    In this episode Gabriella and Claudette review Whit Stillman’s enchanting “Love & Friendship” based on Jane Austen’s epistolary novel Lady Susan. Among other things, Gabriella and Claudette chat about Stillman’s career, Kate Beckinsale’s star turn as Lady Susan Vernon, the “Cult of the Janeite” and what exactly constitutes a perfect Jane Austen adaptation.

    Notes:

    • Apologies for the intense airplane noises throughout the episode!
    • “Austen’s Women” by Rebecca Vaughan is a one-woman-show showcasing thirteen character’s from Jane Austen’s ouevre.
    • “The Cult of Jane Austen” by Deidre Shauna Lynch
    • “Jane Austen’s real Mr Darcy unmasked by historian”: Historian Dr Susan Law posits that the first Earl of Morley, John Parker was the real inspiration for Austen’s Mr Darcy. His second wife, Frances Talbot, was a friend of Jane Austen. Unlike Mr Darcy, Morley’s life was riddled with scandal.
    • The intriguing NYT profile on Stillman: “Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy”

      • Length: 47 mins, Recorded July 2016

      iTunes Link/Download HERE

      https://erraticdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/love-and-friendship-final-itunes-version.mp3
      48 min
    • Episode 4: The Coen Brothers Retrospective Spectacular!

      In this episode, Gabriella and Claudette review all seventeen films in the Coen Brothers oeuvre (not really). They do however, discuss a sensible number of the Coen Brothers’ films including: Barton Fink, Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, Inside Llewyn Davis and their latest film, Hail Caesar. Tune in for discussions about bro-cinema, artistic failure, Hollywood nostalgia, Minnesotan accents and more.

      Notes:

      • Claudette mentioned Roger Corman, but she really meant Roger Deakins, the cinematographer.
      • The Wolfpack (2015) A documentary directed by Crystal Moselle
      • You Must Remember This by Karina Longworth, a podcast dedicated to the forgotten histories of Old Hollywood.

        • Length: 47 mins, Recorded May 2016

        iTunes Link/Download HERE

        https://erraticdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/a-coen-brothers-retrospective-spectacular-for-itunes.mp3

         

        47 min
      • Episode 3: Erratic Dialogues reviews the film “Carol” dir. Todd Haynes

        Gabriella and Claudette discuss Todd Haynes’ film Carol (2015), starring Rooney Mara as a young shopgirl who falls in love with the eponymous character, Carol, a wealthy housewife played by Cate Blanchett. Oodles of Oscar umbrage found within.

        Notes: Claudette mentions Douglas Sirk who was a German director, not Hungarian. Rainer Werner Fassbinder is another influential German director mentioned. This episode was recorded before the 2016 Oscar ceremony. The ‘blue one’: Fresh Air NPR on Carol.

        https://erraticdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/erratic-dialogues-reviews-the-film-carol-final-itunes.mp3

        This episode is podcast only.

        Length: 31mins, Recorded February 2016

        iTunes Link/Download HERE

        33 min
      • Episode 2: Erratic Dialogues sees “Arcadia” by Tom Stoppard
        https://erraticdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/arcadia-itunes-version.mp3

        Gabriella and Claudette discuss Byron, fractals, chaos theory and Hamilton the musical while reviewing the Sydney Theatre Company’s latest production of Tom Stoppard’s dazzling play, Arcadia.

        Length: 37 mins, Recorded March 2016

        39 min

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      Erratic Dialogues is a monthly broadcast in which the hosts, Claudette Palomares and Gabriella Edelstein, discuss happenings in the world of art, theatre and film, as well as literature in all its variety.