Wrapping up their 5 year journey through Reel Future, the Pavement Pounders hit The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury, and discuss the 1969 film adaptation of…something other than what’s in the book.
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Once, again, the Pavement Pounders are joined by Dr. Phil Nichols to discuss some Ray Bradbury. This time, it’s The Halloween Tree, the book, the television film, and the Colonial Radio Theater production.
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This time, the Pavement Pounders are once again joined by Phil Nichols (*Dr.* Phil Nichols, if you please!) to discuss the new HBO Films adaptation of Fahrenheit 451.
No one will be seated for Seth’s explanation (definitely canon) of what “The Nine” is. Hold onto your butts!
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Phil’s site:
http://bradburymedia.co.uk/
TMTYR episode on the book and the Truffaut film:
http://pavementpodcast.com/podcast/episode-43-montag-shot-first-fahrenheit-451-feat-phil-nichols/
Hugos There episode on the book:
https://hugospodcast.com/podcast/hugos-there-podcast-12-fahrenheit-451-feat-roger-anderson/
Interview with Michael Shannon:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-shannon-on-the-cautionary-tale-of-fahrenheit-451-we-gotta-stop-paying-attention-to-trump
io9 Article on the film:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/hbos-fahrenheit-451-translates-a-scifi-classic-for-the-1826201734
Tor.com review:
https://www.tor.com/2018/05/21/fahrenheit-451-movie-review-hbo-adaptation-ray-bradbury/
History of Bradbury and Fahrenheit 451:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEei_JGzRMQ
For Episode #43, the Pavement Pounders are lucky enough to be joined once again by friend of the show Phil Nichols, senior advisor to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies. Fahrenheit 451 is the topic this time, both the Francois Truffaut adaptation and, of course, the classic dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury.
Pounder Rankings!:
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Phil’s site:
http://bradburymedia.co.uk/
The New Ray Bradbury Review:
http://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/2015/the-new-ray-bradbury-review-5/
Get the F451 stage script here:
https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/article_search.php?search_radio=CREDITS&akeywords=bradbury&x=0&y=0
John Green on the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjCk8J6L_SI
Fahrenheit 451, Top Ten Notes (WatchMojo):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5t9WrW_ioU
The New Republic review of F451
https://newrepublic.com/article/85714/tnr-film-classics-fahrenheit-451-december-24-1966
New Yorker review of the film:
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-week-fahrenheit-451
Thug Notes on Fahrenheit 451:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-IcPx9uD0U
Negative review of the book:
http://www.wetasphalt.com/content/why-i-hate-fahrenheit-451
Remake?
http://www.thewrap.com/fahrenheit-451-movie-in-the-works-at-hbo-from-99-homes-director/
(Ironic Title Translation: Don’t Change Anything. You’ll get it once you’ve read the story.)
In honor of what would have been Ray Bradbury’s 95th birthday, the Pavement Pounders discuss his well-known short story A Sound of Thunder with Phil Nichols, Senior Advisor to the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University. Also under consideration is the episode of Ray Bradbury Theater adapted from the story, and the troubled 2005 feature film adaptation.
Huge thanks to Phil for joining us from the U.K. and bringing something that’s normally sorely missing from our discussions: actual knowledge!
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The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies:
https://www.iupui.edu/~bradbury/bradbury/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-for-Ray-Bradbury-Studies/766546360037269?fref=ts
Phil’s Bradbury Media site:
http://bradburymedia.co.uk/
Follow Phil on Twitter!:
https://twitter.com/bradburymedia
Links to Bradbury Stories and The Stories of Ray Bradbury (Amazon Affiliate links for Bradbury Media):
http://tinyurl.com/ocelntm
http://tinyurl.com/p3q9y6b
Hilarious, detailed takedown of all the movie’s faults:
http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/A_Sound_of_Thunder_2005.aspx
Another negative review:
http://www.timetravelreviews.com/movies/sound_of_thunder.html
More piling on:
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/awfully-good-a-sound-of-thunder-big-top-pee-wee-video-154
Somebody liked the movie!:
http://horrornews.net/54472/film-review-a-sound-of-thunder-2005/
