Hello, I'm David Kern. I'm Heidi White. And I'm Tim McIntosh. And you are listening to or

watching Close Reeds, a podcast for The Incurable Reader. We are here to discuss the two movie

adaptations of Daphne de Morier's novel, one of which was adapted and directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock and came out in 1940.

And then the more recent one came out last year in 2020 and was directed and adapted for

Netflix by Ben Wheatley. So there's a lot of stuff to talk about here. And the first question I have for our

live studio audience is how many of you have watched both? David, do the listeners who are not

on this current Zoom, do they know that we're in a room full of close reads aficionados? Is that a known thing to listeners?

It might not be. Well, now, now they know. Now it is. Listeners, we're in a room with, what do you think?

50, oh gosh. Yeah, 50, you think? No, it's 33. 33. 33. Okay. So when David says, you know, asks the question, it's more than just hiding

and I this time.

Right.

33 of our closest friends.

Okay. So, okay, people are, they're typing in the Zoom chat box here. Most have seen

both. And a couple Most have seen both.

A couple people have seen one of the other.

Hey, Mary Jo Tate, do you watch both?

You're muted, so I can't hear you, but I can see that you're talking.

Well, I did my homework. I just didn't unmute myself.

I watched the Hitchcock years ago and loved it.

I watched the Netflix last night because I always show up with my homework done.

I liked it better than I expected, but I have some quibbles with it. Okay, fair enough. Okay,

how many people show of hands liked, well, Ashley did a whole, did the Hitchcock today, Elizabeth

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