WFMU: Three Thumbs Up with Jim the Poet: Playlist from July 9, 2024

Listener comments!
	6:01pm Kat in the chat: Whoops
	👍 6:01pm Sean T-Rex: Jimmy 'Garfield' The Poet!
	👍 6:01pm Folsom: I saw Jim glow once.
	6:03pm malaga cooler: 🎥🎬
	6:04pm geospart: ↳ Song: "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" by "Steely Dan" They closed up one of the last old school movie theaters here ..
	6:04pm RustyinBaltimore: Hello fellow moviegoers!!
	👍 6:05pm Sean T-Rex: Quick! I need to binge watch all these movies!
	6:05pm geospart: I try to read the book first
	6:07pm dale: reading a book takes multiple hours. a movie only takes a couple. much more efficient to see the movie.
	6:08pm Tom from Stirling: You never know if they're gonna make a movie out of a book.
	6:09pm Ike: Haven’t read The Godfather but I’ve heard that’s better than the book, simply because the movie cuts out the ridiculous and salacious subplot about the couple with unusual sexual organs.
	6:09pm San Pedro Girl: Hi Jim and all!
	6:10pm P-90: Am I the only one who wonders if I’m qualified to listen because I’m one thumb short?
	👍 6:11pm Sean T-Rex: ↳ P-90 @6:10 I'm wondering cause I don't read too many books!
	6:11pm Listener Robert: If it hasn't been done already, someone SHOULD dial related numbers to see what happens if you call un-carefully. Andy and Ken especially should have recordings of that.
	👍 6:13pm Sean T-Rex: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:11 At least fiction.
	6:13pm P-90: Someone made a hell of a movie from that book before the Coens did.
	6:13pm Tom from Stirling: Yup, the True Grit remake was better than the original.
	6:14pm Listener Robert: ↳ P-90 @6:13 I missed it. What was the book and what was the movie called?
	6:16pm geospart: Where the Crawdads Sing, I read the book before seeing the film and I must say the film follows the book somewhat closely.
	👍 6:18pm Folsom: Was the caller talking about Salo? Isn't that a pretty sick movie?
	6:18pm Tom from Stirling: "No Country for Old Men" was made into a good movie. Coen Bros again.
	6:18pm DjLorraine: I saw it! Intense
	6:19pm P-90: Salem’s Lot is a good one
	6:19pm Mr. Corey LLC: A good outro tune for today's topic would be Jerry Lewis, "The Book Was So Much Better Than The Picture".
	👍 6:20pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ San Pedro Girl @6:09 Call in and talk about a movie. I want to hear your voice.
	6:20pm DjLorraine: ↳ DjLorraine @6:18 There Will Be Blood
	6:21pm dale: parker posey was dr. smith in that lost in space reboot.
	👍 6:21pm zachary: ↳ DjLorraine @6:20 It is. Magical movie, I find. The top period piece, as far as a film genre.
	6:22pm ledzeppelinsucks: Dennis Johnson played Guard for The Sonics. #24
	6:22pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Franco Twinkie @6:20 Ok
	👍 6:23pm Sean T-Rex: True, keep your strange consistent
	6:23pm chresti: I’m a mom, maybe I’ll get discovered at the tennis courts
	6:23pm Tom from Stirling: How was the movie? I don't know. I fell asleep.
	6:24pm common: saw perfect days. pretty good
	6:24pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ ledzeppelinsucks @6:22 And the Celtics.
	👍 6:25pm Sean T-Rex: Quebecois.
	6:26pm Erik/VT: “No Country for Old Men” = one of the best book to movie adaptations. Both distinct.
	6:26pm Ike: ↳ dale @6:21 Parker Posey stole that entire show hook, line, and sinker. She chewed every piece of scenery to shreds. There wasn’t anything else even remotely memorable about that show. I mean, sure, it was better than the 60s show, but that’s a low bar.
	6:26pm common: the tin drum. great book and film. i think
	6:27pm P-90: “Three Umlauts Up”?
	6:27pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Erik/VT @6:26 That's right!
	👍 6:29pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ San Pedro Girl @6:22 Was that you?
	6:30pm dan in wisconsin: Re-watched Manhunter (1986) the other night. That is such a perfectly paced movie. Watched I Saw The TV Glow over the weekend. It has a unique style, and got me teary-eyed at one part.
	6:31pm Tom from Stirling: Cormac McCarthy's given name is Charlie.
	6:31pm San Pedro Girl: No. Maybe it would be easier if you called me directly and we just talked. It is hard to communicate on comments boards.
	6:31pm Listener Robert: How about books that've been ripped off multiple times but never officially adapted. "Red Harvest" by Dashiel Hammet is the example given so often it's a joke. Not long ago I saw a movie trailer in which a character introduces himself as Red Harvest; good thing I didn't have anything in my mouth when I heard that line!
	6:32pm geospart: ↳ dan in wisconsin @6:30 Manhunter is one of my favorite films.
	👍 6:32pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ San Pedro Girl @6:31 Okay. Friend me, and we'll get right to it.
	6:33pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Franco Twinkie @6:32 Will do.
	6:33pm P-90: I like a good Chalet Movie
	6:33pm Tom from Stirling: Alien: Romulus opens in August.
	6:33pm Ike: Shameless!!!
	6:34pm dale: ↳ Ike @6:26 yeah...agree. i watched it basically for the visuals and effects after a while.
	6:34pm Ike: Isn’t that a religious flick?
	6:35pm dan in wisconsin: ↳ geospart @6:32 Yep. One of the freakiest parts (and there are many) of Manhunter is when Dr. Lecter jerry-rigs the telephone with an aluminum chewing gum wrapper to reach an outside line on the prison phone and obtain Will Graham's home address. Freaks me out I guess to know that there's cellphones inside supermax prisons probably today.
	6:36pm P-90: Lots of issues with the Minions
	👍 6:36pm Sean T-Rex: I mean, they are called Minions. IDK if they are allowed to unionize
	6:36pm DjLorraine: The train station?
	6:37pm Listener Robert: Get it? He dialed uncarefully.
	👍 6:37pm zachary: ↳ Listener Robert @6:37 Great call. You think he's on the boards?
	👍 6:39pm zachary: Forklift movies.
	6:39pm DjLorraine: Jazz detective?
	6:40pm geospart: ↳ dan in wisconsin @6:35 It's a very screwed up film and way better than Silence of the Lambs.
	6:43pm Tom from Stirling: Humphrey Bogart was good in "The Caine Mutiny"
	6:43pm P-90: Pier Paolo Passolini , an eccentric director of note
	6:46pm P-90: We call that “an anthology movie”
	6:47pm Erik/VT: Yes to Japanese Director Kore-eda : really wanna see that latter movie “Monster”. Highly recommend his “Broker” (2022) & “Shoplifters” (2018). Among others. - criterion collection type material.
	6:47pm geospart: Apartment Zero from 1988 is a very good film. Stars Colin Firth. has some of the best cinamtography I have seen in any film.
	6:48pm dan in wisconsin: If you want a very intense, difficult to watch at times movie, check out Incendies (2010) directed by Denis Villeneuve.
	6:48pm Persimmon: Is this guy who calls into Pseu's show? He's hilarious.
	6:49pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Erik/VT @6:47 Shoplifters - yeah, good one.
	6:50pm mrdonutsu: The author had clearly had never even been to Seattle, which was also hilarious.
	6:50pm mrdonutsu: For 50 Shades. Hadn't even looked it up on Wikipedia.
	6:51pm Tom from Stirling: Give em a trophy - they tried.
	6:51pm DjLorraine: Fred and Alan would love this show. I need to finish Wings of Desire.
	6:52pm Persimmon: ↳ DjLorraine @6:51 Yes! Fred and Alan! What's their deal? Did they have a show? I love when they call in.
	6:52pm Erik/VT: - that French director: Catherine Breillat has a serious developed Mavericky film history since the early 1970s? - very challenging films, yet quite the significant contribution to film history.
	6:52pm dale: sorcere is FANTASTIV. tangerine dream soundtrack. roy scheider is great.
	👍 6:53pm Franco Twinkie: Rear screen projection - it's an old trick to employ when the dialog is more important that what's outside the window of the car.
	6:53pm dale: was so excited to hear 'sorcerer' i couldn't spell.
	6:54pm P-90: The original French “Wages of Fear” is an absolute classic
	6:54pm Erik/VT: … wait … y’all ran outta time for MaXXXine !? - dang, I really wanted to hear your thoughts on that one.
	6:55pm Listener Robert: ↳ Franco Twinkie @6:53 Then would it be better adapted for radio?
	6:55pm Tom from Stirling: "Bad News Bears" great baseball movie with kids.
	6:56pm P-90: Thanks guys
	6:56pm dan in wisconsin: Thanks Jim.
	6:56pm chresti: Mosquito coast!
	6:56pm Tom from Stirling: Kelly Leak!
	6:57pm dale: when you watch the trailer for sorcerer it's posed as a follow up to the exorcist. which it ain't. it's more french connection meets fitzcarraldo.
	12:31am ultradamno: I haven't seen Maxxxine yet (I plan to go tonight), what I've been told is that you would be fine not seeing (the second, prequel movie) Pearl, but if you hadn't seen the first movie, X, you would be lost
	6:49pm Danne D: Hey Thumbamaniacs! Hey Jim!
	6:52pm Danne D: Maybe one the next 47 movies in the 50 shades series will be bettet

Three Thumbs Up with Jim the Poet: Playlist from July 9, 2024

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July 9, 2024: "Despicable Me 4", "Maxxxine", "Thelma", "A Sacrifice", "Kill", "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot", "I Saw the TV Glow", "Last Summer", "Mother, Couch", "The Secret Art of Human Flight", "Evil Does Not Exist", "The Nature of Love"

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Did you watch a new movie just because you had read and liked the book?
Were you disappointed with the film? Because it didn’t do the book justice or other reason? Does knowing the book story and characters make watching the film more fun?

Does watching a film based on a book first leave you wanting to read the book?

Do you have book - film recommendations to share with other listeners?

What was your best - worst films based on a book?

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This week we'll be discussing some or all of the following:
"The Secret Art of Human Flight"
"Evil Does Not Exist"
"The Nature of Love"
"Mother, Couch"
"Last Summer"
"Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot"
"Kill"
"Despicable Me 4"
"I Saw the TV Glow"
"Thelma"
"A Sacrifice"
"The Exorcism"

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Artist	Track	Comments	Approx. start time
Steely Dan	Everyone's Gone to the Movies
Jim the Poet	"Thelma" ""Thelma"" by "Jim the Poet"	Directed by Josh Margolin Written by Josh Margolin Produced by Zoë Worth Chris Kaye Nicholas Weinstock Benjamin Simpson Karl Spoerri Viviana Vezzani Starring June Squibb Fred Hechinger Richard Roundtree Parker Posey Clark Gregg Malcolm McDowell	0:21:32 (Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	"Mother, Couch"	Directed by Niclas Larsson Written by Niclas Larsson Based on Mamma i soffa by Jerker Virdborg Produced by Ella Bishop Pau Suris Alex Black Sara Murphy Starring Ewan McGregor Rhys Ifans Taylor Russell Lara Flynn Boyle Lake Bell F. Murray Abraham Ellen Burstyn	0:21:40 (Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	"Last Summer"	French L'Été dernier Directed by Catherine Breillat Screenplay by Catherine Breillat Pascal Bonitzer (collaboration) Based on Queen of Hearts by May el-Toukhy Maren Louise Käehne Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd Starring Léa Drucker Olivier Rabourdin Samuel Kircher Clotilde Courau	0:24:30 (Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	"Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot"	Directed by Joshua Weigel Written by Joshua Weigel Rebekah Weigel Produced by Letitia Wright Joshua Weigel Rebekah Weigel Starring Elizabeth Mitchell Demetrius Grosse Nika King	0:36:30 (Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	"The Nature of Love"	French Simple comme Sylvain Directed by Monia Chokri Written by Monia Chokri Produced by Nancy Grant Sylvain Corbeil Starring Magalie Lépine-Blondeau Pierre-Yves Cardinal	0:36:40 (Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	"Despicable Me 4"	Directed by Chris Renaud Written by Mike White Ken Daurio Produced by Chris Meledandri Brett Hoffman Starring Steve Carell Kristen Wiig Pierre Coffin Joey King Miranda Cosgrove Sofía Vergara Steve Coogan Stephen Colbert Chris Renaud Madison Polan Dana Gaier Chloe Fineman Will Ferrell	0:37:14 (Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	"Maxxxine"	Directed by Ti West Written by Ti West Produced by Jacob Jaffke Ti West Kevin Turen Harrison Kreiss Mia Goth Starring Mia Goth Elizabeth Debicki Moses Sumney Michelle Monaghan Bobby Cannavale Halsey Lily Collins Giancarlo Esposito Kevin Bacon	0:37:21 (Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	"Kill" ""Kill"" by "Jim the Poet discusses"	Directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat Written by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat Produced by Karan Johar Guneet Monga Apoorva Mehta Achin Jain Starring Lakshya Raghav Juyal Ashish Vidyarthi Harsh Chhaya Tanya Maniktala	0:44:20 (Pop-up)
Rufus Wainwright	Movies Of Myself		0:56:01 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:01pm Kat in the chat: Whoops
	👍 6:01pm Sean T-Rex: Jimmy 'Garfield' The Poet!
	👍 6:01pm Folsom: I saw Jim glow once.
	6:03pm malaga cooler: 🎥🎬
	6:04pm geospart: ↳ Song: "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" by "Steely Dan" They closed up one of the last old school movie theaters here ..
	6:04pm RustyinBaltimore: Hello fellow moviegoers!!
	👍 6:05pm Sean T-Rex: Quick! I need to binge watch all these movies!
	6:05pm geospart: I try to read the book first
	6:07pm dale: reading a book takes multiple hours. a movie only takes a couple. much more efficient to see the movie.
	6:08pm Tom from Stirling: You never know if they're gonna make a movie out of a book.
	6:09pm Ike: Haven’t read The Godfather but I’ve heard that’s better than the book, simply because the movie cuts out the ridiculous and salacious subplot about the couple with unusual sexual organs.
	6:09pm San Pedro Girl: Hi Jim and all!
	6:10pm P-90: Am I the only one who wonders if I’m qualified to listen because I’m one thumb short?
	👍 6:11pm Sean T-Rex: ↳ P-90 @6:10 I'm wondering cause I don't read too many books!
	6:11pm Listener Robert: If it hasn't been done already, someone SHOULD dial related numbers to see what happens if you call un-carefully. Andy and Ken especially should have recordings of that.
	👍 6:13pm Sean T-Rex: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:11 At least fiction.
	6:13pm P-90: Someone made a hell of a movie from that book before the Coens did.
	6:13pm Tom from Stirling: Yup, the True Grit remake was better than the original.
	6:14pm Listener Robert: ↳ P-90 @6:13 I missed it. What was the book and what was the movie called?
	6:16pm geospart: Where the Crawdads Sing, I read the book before seeing the film and I must say the film follows the book somewhat closely.
	👍 6:18pm Folsom: Was the caller talking about Salo? Isn't that a pretty sick movie?
	6:18pm Tom from Stirling: "No Country for Old Men" was made into a good movie. Coen Bros again.
	6:18pm DjLorraine: I saw it! Intense
	6:19pm P-90: Salem’s Lot is a good one
	6:19pm Mr. Corey LLC: A good outro tune for today's topic would be Jerry Lewis, "The Book Was So Much Better Than The Picture".
	👍 6:20pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ San Pedro Girl @6:09 Call in and talk about a movie. I want to hear your voice.
	6:20pm DjLorraine: ↳ DjLorraine @6:18 There Will Be Blood
	6:21pm dale: parker posey was dr. smith in that lost in space reboot.
	👍 6:21pm zachary: ↳ DjLorraine @6:20 It is. Magical movie, I find. The top period piece, as far as a film genre.
	6:22pm ledzeppelinsucks: Dennis Johnson played Guard for The Sonics. #24
	6:22pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Franco Twinkie @6:20 Ok
	👍 6:23pm Sean T-Rex: True, keep your strange consistent
	6:23pm chresti: I’m a mom, maybe I’ll get discovered at the tennis courts
	6:23pm Tom from Stirling: How was the movie? I don't know. I fell asleep.
	6:24pm common: saw perfect days. pretty good
	6:24pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ ledzeppelinsucks @6:22 And the Celtics.
	👍 6:25pm Sean T-Rex: Quebecois.
	6:26pm Erik/VT: “No Country for Old Men” = one of the best book to movie adaptations. Both distinct.
	6:26pm Ike: ↳ dale @6:21 Parker Posey stole that entire show hook, line, and sinker. She chewed every piece of scenery to shreds. There wasn’t anything else even remotely memorable about that show. I mean, sure, it was better than the 60s show, but that’s a low bar.
	6:26pm common: the tin drum. great book and film. i think
	6:27pm P-90: “Three Umlauts Up”?
	6:27pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Erik/VT @6:26 That's right!
	👍 6:29pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ San Pedro Girl @6:22 Was that you?
	6:30pm dan in wisconsin: Re-watched Manhunter (1986) the other night. That is such a perfectly paced movie. Watched I Saw The TV Glow over the weekend. It has a unique style, and got me teary-eyed at one part.
	6:31pm Tom from Stirling: Cormac McCarthy's given name is Charlie.
	6:31pm San Pedro Girl: No. Maybe it would be easier if you called me directly and we just talked. It is hard to communicate on comments boards.
	6:31pm Listener Robert: How about books that've been ripped off multiple times but never officially adapted. "Red Harvest" by Dashiel Hammet is the example given so often it's a joke. Not long ago I saw a movie trailer in which a character introduces himself as Red Harvest; good thing I didn't have anything in my mouth when I heard that line!
	6:32pm geospart: ↳ dan in wisconsin @6:30 Manhunter is one of my favorite films.
	👍 6:32pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ San Pedro Girl @6:31 Okay. Friend me, and we'll get right to it.
	6:33pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Franco Twinkie @6:32 Will do.
	6:33pm P-90: I like a good Chalet Movie
	6:33pm Tom from Stirling: Alien: Romulus opens in August.
	6:33pm Ike: Shameless!!!
	6:34pm dale: ↳ Ike @6:26 yeah...agree. i watched it basically for the visuals and effects after a while.
	6:34pm Ike: Isn’t that a religious flick?
	6:35pm dan in wisconsin: ↳ geospart @6:32 Yep. One of the freakiest parts (and there are many) of Manhunter is when Dr. Lecter jerry-rigs the telephone with an aluminum chewing gum wrapper to reach an outside line on the prison phone and obtain Will Graham's home address. Freaks me out I guess to know that there's cellphones inside supermax prisons probably today.
	6:36pm P-90: Lots of issues with the Minions
	👍 6:36pm Sean T-Rex: I mean, they are called Minions. IDK if they are allowed to unionize
	6:36pm DjLorraine: The train station?
	6:37pm Listener Robert: Get it? He dialed uncarefully.
	👍 6:37pm zachary: ↳ Listener Robert @6:37 Great call. You think he's on the boards?
	👍 6:39pm zachary: Forklift movies.
	6:39pm DjLorraine: Jazz detective?
	6:40pm geospart: ↳ dan in wisconsin @6:35 It's a very screwed up film and way better than Silence of the Lambs.
	6:43pm Tom from Stirling: Humphrey Bogart was good in "The Caine Mutiny"
	6:43pm P-90: Pier Paolo Passolini , an eccentric director of note
	6:46pm P-90: We call that “an anthology movie”
	6:47pm Erik/VT: Yes to Japanese Director Kore-eda : really wanna see that latter movie “Monster”. Highly recommend his “Broker” (2022) & “Shoplifters” (2018). Among others. - criterion collection type material.
	6:47pm geospart: Apartment Zero from 1988 is a very good film. Stars Colin Firth. has some of the best cinamtography I have seen in any film.
	6:48pm dan in wisconsin: If you want a very intense, difficult to watch at times movie, check out Incendies (2010) directed by Denis Villeneuve.
	6:48pm Persimmon: Is this guy who calls into Pseu's show? He's hilarious.
	6:49pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Erik/VT @6:47 Shoplifters - yeah, good one.
	6:50pm mrdonutsu: The author had clearly had never even been to Seattle, which was also hilarious.
	6:50pm mrdonutsu: For 50 Shades. Hadn't even looked it up on Wikipedia.
	6:51pm Tom from Stirling: Give em a trophy - they tried.
	6:51pm DjLorraine: Fred and Alan would love this show. I need to finish Wings of Desire.
	6:52pm Persimmon: ↳ DjLorraine @6:51 Yes! Fred and Alan! What's their deal? Did they have a show? I love when they call in.
	6:52pm Erik/VT: - that French director: Catherine Breillat has a serious developed Mavericky film history since the early 1970s? - very challenging films, yet quite the significant contribution to film history.
	6:52pm dale: sorcere is FANTASTIV. tangerine dream soundtrack. roy scheider is great.
	👍 6:53pm Franco Twinkie: Rear screen projection - it's an old trick to employ when the dialog is more important that what's outside the window of the car.
	6:53pm dale: was so excited to hear 'sorcerer' i couldn't spell.
	6:54pm P-90: The original French “Wages of Fear” is an absolute classic
	6:54pm Erik/VT: … wait … y’all ran outta time for MaXXXine !? - dang, I really wanted to hear your thoughts on that one.
	6:55pm Listener Robert: ↳ Franco Twinkie @6:53 Then would it be better adapted for radio?
	6:55pm Tom from Stirling: "Bad News Bears" great baseball movie with kids.
	6:56pm P-90: Thanks guys
	6:56pm dan in wisconsin: Thanks Jim.
	6:56pm chresti: Mosquito coast!
	6:56pm Tom from Stirling: Kelly Leak!
	6:57pm dale: when you watch the trailer for sorcerer it's posed as a follow up to the exorcist. which it ain't. it's more french connection meets fitzcarraldo.
	12:31am ultradamno: I haven't seen Maxxxine yet (I plan to go tonight), what I've been told is that you would be fine not seeing (the second, prequel movie) Pearl, but if you hadn't seen the first movie, X, you would be lost
	6:49pm Danne D: Hey Thumbamaniacs! Hey Jim!
	6:52pm Danne D: Maybe one the next 47 movies in the 50 shades series will be bettet

Three Thumbs Up with Jim the Poet: Playlist from July 9, 2024

Listener comments!

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