Episode 407: Perfume - The Story of an Murderer (2006)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

Tom Tykwer's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) is based on the 1985 book by Patrick Süskind. The film tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), a man born without scent and an acute sense of smell. He goes on a quest to capture the most beautiful scent in the world...

David Kittredge and Josh Stewart join Mike to discuss the film and the recent Netflix series somewhat inspired by Süskind's novel. Writer Andrew Birkin discusses the writing of the film.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.4	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:20.6	In 18th century, Jean-Baptisteernouye was born in 18th century France, Jean-Baptiste Grenuille was born with a talent that made him unique among mankind.
0:29.5	Stones, warm stones. Water. Frog.
0:36.1	His phenomenal sense of smell
0:37.8	was a gift that had been given to him
0:40.1	and him alone.
0:46.8	Master, can I come to work for you?
0:49.4	My nose knows all the smells in the world.
0:52.3	No man can call himself a perfumer,
0:55.8	unless he has proved his worth.
0:58.6	The soul of beings is their scent.
1:01.9	The intoxicating power of the girl smell
1:05.2	made it clear to him that he must learn how to preserve scent
1:09.1	so that never again would he lose such a blind beauty.
1:38.3	And... What's in there? I'm creating the perfume.
1:42.5	Each perfume contains three chords,
1:45.5	12 notes in all.
1:46.9	There's a murderer at our pair!
1:49.0	One can only create a truly original perfume
1:52.4	by adding one essence that will bring out.
1:57.1	Whatever is insane scheme
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