Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Slate's Spoiler Specials
Slate Podcasts
3.6 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Dana Stevens is joined by June Thomas and Dan Kois to discuss Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Marianne is hired to paint Héloïse’s wedding portrait. But Héloïse can’t know she’s being painted. As the two grow closer, will Marianne come clean? Will their feelings affect the painting that’s supposed to be sent to Héloïse’s potential husband? What happens when the job is finished?
You can read Dana Stevens’ review here.
You can read Matthew Dessem’s piece about the film’s music here.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.6 | I want to tell you my secret now. |
| 0:06.4 | I see dead people. |
| 0:09.4 | Silent green is people. |
| 0:13.3 | No, I am the father. |
| 0:16.6 | Oh, gosh, bud. |
| 0:23.0 | What's in the box? What's in the box? |
| 0:26.2 | You maniac! |
| 0:28.1 | You blew it up! |
| 0:31.2 | Damn, you all the hell! |
| 0:35.8 | Hello, and welcome to another slate, spoiler special podcast. |
| 0:58.0 | This week we are talking about Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the new film from Selene Siama, which opens fittingly on Valentine's Day, as it is a love story. And with me in the Slate studio to talk about Portrait of a Lady on Fire are June Thomas, the senior managing producer of Slate Podcasts. Hello, June. Hey, Dana. And Dan Cois, also joining me here in the studio, which is nice, as you're usually in D.C. |
| 1:02.2 | You are now a Slate culture writer, podcaster. |
| 1:05.6 | Journalist. |
| 1:07.0 | Bonjour. |
| 1:07.8 | Bonjour. |
| 1:09.4 | Hello. |
| 1:10.5 | Let's see me. |
| 1:11.5 | Just thought I'd get that in there. |
| 1:12.2 | While we're doing |
| 1:12.7 | the French bit, |
| 1:26.5 | it's all about a certain regard, no? This whole movie. I'm right? I'm all right. Although it did not win this Sertan Regar award at Kahn, right? It did win the queer palm, which I didn't know existed until this year. |
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