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Close Reads Podcast

Bonus Episode: Death on the Nile Movie Discussion

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4823 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Join David and Heidi as they dig in to Kenneth Branagh's movie adaptation of Death on the Nile. Is the movie in on the joke? Why is there no sand? What's up with Gal Gadot? Why do mustaches need back stories? These and many other questions get contemplated.

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Bibliophiles, a production of the Center for Lit podcast network,

0:05.8

where the Andrews family brings the great ideas of Western literature to bear on the life, art, and culture of our modern world.

0:13.4

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0:18.1

or find curriculum materials, online classes, and book clubs at

0:22.0

center for lit.com.

0:27.8

Hello, I'm David Kern.

0:29.3

I'm Heidi White.

0:30.4

And you're listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are

0:34.7

discussing the Death on the Nile movie edition.

0:39.3

We already did the book, so time to do the movie.

0:42.2

Hey, before we get into this, we're going to talk for roughly 30 minutes about Tim,

0:46.9

kid, not join us for this.

0:48.2

I don't think he's had a chance to see the movie yet.

0:51.6

But you and I are going to do about 30 minutes on the movie and just

0:54.6

kind of dig in all the things that we think about that movie, the things we like, the things we

0:59.1

didn't like, the changes, the casting, other stuff. Before we do that, though, have you seen

1:05.7

the one from like the 70s, the other movie.

1:11.5

I haven't.

1:12.4

I've heard it's great, but I've never seen it.

1:13.9

What about you?

1:14.7

Same.

1:15.3

I was listening to a podcast and they were actually talking about that movie.

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