Episode 292: The Age of Innocence on Screen
The Literary Life Podcast
Angelina Stanford
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode of The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina and Thomas are joined by Atlee Northmore to discuss film adaptations of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. After sharing their commonplace quotes, Atlee begins outlining the history of screen adaptations of Edith Wharton's novels, some of which were made during her own lifetime. Angelina and Thomas talk about their high standards for movie adaptations of books and how Scorsese's film surpassed their expectations. Together they discuss Scorsese's inspiration for this film, the painstaking detail of each scene in the film, how the editing enhanced the audience's understanding of the characters' emotions, and so much more! Also, Atlee's list of Scorsese's influences for making The Age of Innocence can be found here.
Tune in again next week to learn more about what we mean when we talk about "the literary tradition"!
For full show notes, including links to everything mentioned today, please visit our website at https://theliterary.life/292.
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| 0:00.0 | This is not just another book chat podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well. |
| 0:32.6 | Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature. |
| 0:40.2 | Learn what books mean while delighting in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week, we will rescue |
| 0:47.1 | story from the ivory tower and bring it to your couch, your kitchen, and your commute. The literary life is for everyone because in the |
| 0:55.9 | words of Stratford Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into |
| 1:02.2 | reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world. |
| 1:09.7 | This is the Literary Life Podcast. |
| 1:31.5 | Hello and welcome back to the Literary Life podcast. |
| 1:38.2 | I'm Angelina Stanford, and here with me today is not only the increasingly less mysterious Mr. Banks. |
| 1:39.2 | Hello, Mr. Banks. |
| 1:40.1 | Ma'am. |
| 1:43.8 | But the boy wonder of film himself. |
| 1:46.2 | Atley Northor, Attlee, welcome back. |
| 1:47.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:49.2 | I'm happy to be here. |
| 1:51.4 | Is it insulting for me to call you the boy wonder? |
| 1:52.7 | You're not a child. |
| 1:53.3 | You're a man. |
| 1:54.8 | I'm a man. |
| 1:55.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:58.4 | No, that's not insulting. |
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