In the time between De Niro and DiCaprio, who were Scorsese’s leading men? Answer: Nicolas Cage and the Dalai Lama. Listen to strangers become friends through a shared love of books and movies as Jacob White joins Devin Diazoni to discuss 1999’s Bringing Out the Dead.

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Guest: Jacob White (IG: madcrazymoviereviews)

Episode Correction: There are nine circles of Hell.

"What if the next thriller you read was all about you." That's the tagline for the debut novel by Renée Knight.

And a tagline for this episode might be: "What if books were better - way better - than their taglines? And that tagline ain't half bad."

Tune in to hear a conversation about the novel that inspired one of the most celebrated filmmakers of a generation to go ahead and create a limited television show. Only, that's for later. For now, for this episode, Devin Diazoni and Paola Zavala are nothing but bookworms.

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Guest: Paola Zavala (Instagram|Letterboxd)

Renée Knight's thrilling Disclaimer has been adapted into an Apple TV+ miniseries by four-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón! Consequently, Devin Diazoni and Paola Zavala will be bringing you a miniseries of their own! With four pods about Disclaimer! Not counting this one. This is just an announcement.

• The 1st pod will drop on October 7, 2024 and cover the novel, so pick yourself up a copy and give it a read beforehand.
• The 2nd pod will drop on October 21, 2024 and cover episodes 1-3, so keep up with the miniseries adaptation.
• The 3rd pod will (probably*) drop on November 11, 2024 and cover episodes 4-6.
• The final pod will (most likely**) drop on December 2, 2024 and cover the finale. For that, we'll also be address mailbag write-ins, so send us your comments and questions at filmliteratepodcast@gmail.com!

*Birth of Devin's daughter permitting.
**See directly above.

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Guest: Paola Zavala (Instagram|Letterboxd)