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The History of Literature #524 — Growing Old with The Graduate – Mike Nichols, Roger Ebert, Charles Webb, and Me
The Graduate, a 1967 film directed by Mike Nichols and based on a novel by Charles Webb, introduced the world to actor Dustin Hoffman and became one of the most beloved Hollywood comedies ever made. Telling the story of a disaffected college graduate who has an affair with an older woman and then falls in Continue reading
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The History of Literature #507 — The Class of 1989 – A Special Year in Black Cinema (with Len Webb and Vincent Williams)
For years, pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams have hosted the podcast The Micheaux Mission, which aims to watch and review every Black film ever released. In this episode, Jacke talks to Len and Vincent about their new limited-run series The Class of 1989, which focuses on six films (Harlem Nights, Lean on Me, Continue reading
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The History of Literature #492 — Nabokov Noir (with Luke Parker)
After the October Revolution in 1917, a teenaged Vladimir Nabokov and his family, part of the Russian nobility, sought exile in Western Europe, eventually settling in Berlin, where Vladimir lived for fifteen years. His life then included some politics, some writing and translating, some recreational pursuits – and a lot of trips to the cinema, Continue reading
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The History of Literature #106 – Literature Goes to the Movies Part Two – Flops, Bombs, and Stinkeroos
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:11 — 46.4MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More Ah, the sweet smell of success… and the burning stench of failure. Continuing their two part conversation on literary adaptations, Jacke and Mike choose ten of the worst book-to-movie projects of all time. How could so many people, working so hard and with such great source Continue reading
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