Film Wormz
Claim This Podcastby Matt and Tanner
Podcast Overview
<p>Matt and Tanner have a deep appreciation for both books and movies, especially when a book becomes a movie. Tune in as they discuss some of their favorite adaptations as well as a few stinkers. Each episode includes an extended conversation about the author, the filmmaker, their respective bodies of work, and plenty of questionable tangents about the hosts' personal lives.</p>
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Publishing Since
1/16/2023
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Recent Episodes
January 19, 2023
Jackie Brown
<p>"Is white guilt going to make me forget that I'm running a business?"</p><p>Tanner finally gets a day in the sun when Elmore Leonard's novel, Rum Punch gets reimagined by the South Bay's finest filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino.</p><p>Topics include Tanner's enduring affection for this movie, Robert DeNiro's (quietly) commanding performance, whether or not Jackie Brown succeeds as a hang-out film, Elmore Leonard's tips for writing, and his desire to evoke comparisons to Ernest Hemingway over Raymond Chandler. Matt also airs his grievances about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, to which Tanner offers a comprehensive rebuttal.</p><p>We finish the episode by drafting our top 5 combined QT/PTA films. Riveting.</p>
January 16, 2023
Burning
<p>“He’s rich enough to listen to music while he makes pasta.”</p><p>We got ourselves another triple adaptation, folks. Well, sort of. Burning by Lee Chang-dong is based on the short story, “Barn Burning” by Haruki Murakami, inspired by the short story, “Barn Burning" by William Faulkner. Fun!!!</p><p>Topics include Murakami’s western influences and style of writing, Murakami translating Raymond Carver NOT Raymond Chandler, Yoo Ah-in’s status as a “tabloid bad boi” in South Korea, Steven Yeun’s ability to star in both English and Korean films, the nature of compulsion, screen quotas in South Korea, our favorite shots, long takes, and compositions in the film, and plenty of asides about I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.</p>
January 16, 2023
Brokeback Mountain
<p>“Jack Twist? More like Jack NASTY.”</p><p>Our backs were fine after this film, but our hearts? Shattered. This major motion picture directed by Ang Lee was adapted from the short story “Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx as part of her collection, Close Range: Wyoming Stories.</p><p>Topics include when we first came to this film, the S-Town podcast, Proulx’s Vermont roots, Larry McMurtry’s All of My Friends Are Going to be Strangers, Tanner being emotionally destroyed by The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead on a plane, rampant homophobia in Wyoming, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Health Ledger’s otherworldliness, Jack Gyllenhaal being slightly miscast but still bringing the goods, and Matt’s experience as an inept manual laborer on a golf course.</p>
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- What is Film Wormz?
<p>Matt and Tanner have a deep appreciation for both books and movies, especially when a book becomes a movie. Tune in as they discuss some of their favorite adaptations as well as a few stinkers. Each episode includes an extended conversation about the author, the filmmaker, their respective bodies of work, and plenty of questionable tangents about the hosts' personal lives.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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