Three Thousand Years Of Longing And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In the new George Miller-directed film Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton plays an academic who buys a glass bottle and soon discovers it contains an ancient djinn, played by Idris Elba. He says he will grant her three wishes, but as a scholar of stories about wish-granting, she's going to need some time to think this through. Meanwhile, he tells her the story of his immortal life, and the many times he's found himself literally imprisoned by love.

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0:00.0	In the new George Miller film, 3,000 years of longing, Tilda Swinton plays an academic
0:09.5	who buys a glass bottle that she soon discovers contains an ancient gin played by Idris Elba.
0:15.6	He promises to grant her three wishes, but not so fast.
0:18.6	She's a scholar of stories about wishes and wish-granting, so she's going to need some
0:22.6	time to thank this through.
0:24.4	In the meantime, the gin tells her the story of his immortal life, and the many times he's
0:28.3	found himself literally imprisoned by love.
0:31.4	I'm Glenn Weldon, and today we're talking about 3,000 years of longing on pop culture
0:35.1	happy hour from NPR.
0:36.7	Joining me today is NPR's Book of the Day podcast host and reporter for the Culture
0:40.7	Desk Andrew Limbong.
0:41.7	Hey Andrew, you know, it's up then.
0:43.6	Also with us is Film Critic and Culture journalist Badatri D. Chaudhri Hay Badatri.
0:47.2	Hi, Glenn.
0:48.2	So nice to be back.
0:49.2	It's great to have you, and rounding out our panel today is writer and film critic Walter
0:52.6	Chow.
0:53.6	Hey, Walter.
0:54.6	Hi, everybody.
0:55.6	I'm glad to be here.
0:56.6	Glad to have you all.
0:57.6	We're talking about 3,000 years of longing.
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