Poor Things, All of Us Strangers and Weird Film Adaptations of Weird Books

2024-01-18

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Dogtooth etc) returns with the hugely anticipated Poor Things, adapted from Alasdair Gray's brilliant riff on Frankenstein. Are we angry he didn't set it in Glasgow? Did its sexual politics shock us? Do we rate Willem Dafoe's Scottish accent? Listen to find out. Also on the show, we review Andrew Haigh's devastating All of Us Strangers, and given that Lanthimos and Haigh have made bold adaptations that differ significantly from the books, we pick our favourite...

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Dogtooth etc) returns with the hugely anticipated Poor Things, adapted from Alasdair Gray's brilliant riff on Frankenstein. Are we angry he didn't set it in Glasgow? Did its sexual politics shock us? Do we rate Willem Dafoe's Scottish accent? Listen to find out.

Also on the show, we review Andrew Haigh's devastating All of Us Strangers, and given that Lanthimos and Haigh have made bold adaptations that differ significantly from the books, we pick our favourite adaptations that bring something new to their source material.

TIMESTAMPS:
What Have We Been Watching (The Boy and the Heron, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Back to the Future etc) (3:18)
Poor Things review (12:20)
All of Us Strangers review (30:17)
Bold Adaptations that Bring Something New – Under the Skin, Eyes Wide Shut, Ghost World, A Cock and Bull Story (44:02)

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Music: Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool) License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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