Film is Lit

All the hosts can say is...what a contrast. From Austen's 1814 Mansfield Park to Rozema's mess of a 1999 movie, this episode really covers the good, the bad, and everything in between. Join Laura and Danny as they wade through this barn-burning affair.

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What does it mean to be human? How does one know if they have a soul? How hard is it to make an origami unicorn (the answer to that last question is VERY hard, don't try it if you hate failure)? On this episode of Film is Lit, Laura and Danny review Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic, "Blade Runner," inspired by Philip K. Dick's ground-breaking novel, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" If you like dense, thought-provoking science fiction, then you'll love this episode!

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Well, neither Laura nor Danny are old men, so they can handle this country (if by "country" you mean this podcast episode...)! Take a hike through this Texan tale of cold-blooded murder and keen writing. I mean, can you GET any better than the Coen Brothers adapting Cormac McCarthy's original screenplay of No Country for Old Men? Not by much, listeners...not by much.

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Buckle up, because this is NOT a fun ride...if you like hating on poorly-written novels and screenplays, it's time to get your hands dirty. Laura and Danny not only discuss, but RIP into Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple (2012) and Richard Linklater's 2019 adaptation of the same name. Seriously, where did they NOT go wrong with this not-so-happy tale of a young girl and her mother?

#WheredYouGoBernadette #MariaSemple #RichardLinklater #FilmIsLit

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We were told not to talk about this, TWICE actually, but we're going to anyways!!! Laura and Danny have joined a fight club! And purely by coincidence, on today's episode we are comparing Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel "Fight Club" to David Fincher's 1999 film of the same name. We are Jack's excited podcast hosts! Welcome to season 2!

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Madams and Monsieurs, it's time to embrace 19th century repression and corsets! Sometimes Austen's novels are a tough sell, but come on, we're talking about Mr. Darcy and ELIZABETH BENNET!!!! The best love story of all time (other than the hosts')!!!!

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In this episode of Film is Lit, Laura and Danny FINALLY disagree on something. (Thank god, right?) Join the hosts as they dive into a more abstract story than they've covered so far, Jeff VanderMeer's 2014 novel Annihilation and Alex Garland's 2018 adaptation of the same name. And hope to god they don't run into a haunted zombie horror bear during the conversation...

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They say we've got grit...no, not Quaker's Original Quick 5 Minute Grits™...TRUE grit! On this episode of Film is Lit, we compare Charles Portis' classic all-American meat-n-potatoes western, "True Grit," to the Coen Brothers' adaptation of the same name. Get out your brandy, cuz things are about to get WILD!

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Amy may be gone, but Laura and Danny are here again!! Welcome to Episode 7, in which the hosts discuss Gillian Flynn's 2012 novel "Gone Girl" and how David Fincher's 2014 adaptation holds up. If you've ever dreamed of framing your partner for your death, Danny and Laura judge that this is the perfect self-help book!

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On this episode of "Film is Lit", Laura and Danny cover Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel, "Lolita", and Stanley Kubrick's oddly tame film adaptation of the same name. Look folks, we are not huge fans of this story... in fact, we kind of hate it. BUT, stay tuned until the end because we review a far superior modern retelling of this (classic?) tale: Park Chan-wook's 2013 masterpiece, "Stoker."

#FilmisLitPod #Lolita #Kubrick #Nabokov #Stoker #ParkChanWook