Death by Adaptation Podcast - Episode 12: Inherent Vice
Death by Adaptation PodcastWelcome to Death By Adaptation, a bi-weekly book club where we choose one classic book and compare and contrast it against its cinematic adaptations.
In this episode, we analyse a trippy neo-noir mystery: Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, and Paul Thomas Anderson's 2014 adaptation. We talk about the purposefully convoluted narrative, the transition between the ‘60s and the ‘70s, the genre-bending approach to the story, and the meaning of the character of Shasta Fay.
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Produced and edited by Nicolò Grasso
Hosts: Nicolò Grasso, Ewan Gleadow
Featuring: Jack Keating