Back this episode to talk about Jane Austen adaptations. There are many, but we only have time to watch and discuss a handful. At first Bob and Mark seem to be on the same page, but by the end...well, you'll hear. As ever, SPOILERS, but really, these stories are 200 years old. If you don't know them already, that's on you.
00:00 Introduction
2:28 Austen adaptations
7:25 Pride and Prejudice (1995 and 2005)
14:30 Bob compares it to Ozu, because of course he does, and we discuss the stories as a group
20:58 Persuasion(1995)
25:11 Social conventions
40:29 Sense and Sensibility (1995)
47:30 Bob and Mark disagree vehemently on the relative quality of the films, then Sense and Sensibility specifically
51:47 Mark finds watching a group of similar movies back to back diminishes his enjoyment
52:36 The perils of watching a lot of movies
56:30 Wrapping up
58:31 Baseball!
Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
You Might Like
