This episode, we’re discussing “The Hunchback,” which premiered on TNT in 1997!
Filmed in Eastern Europe after the end of the Cold War, this movie, starring Mandy Patinkin and then-rising star Salma Hayek, borrows dialogue and plot points from RKO’s 1939 adaptation to grapple with themes of censorship and freedom of expression.
Why is this movie set in 1505? What are the implications of reducing Phoebus’s role? What the heck happened to the south belltower?
Join us as we reckon with these questions and more!
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SOURCES:
- “Victor Hugo: A Biography” by Graham Robb (1997)
- “My Name is Barbra” by Barbra Streisand (2023)
- “Elements” by Euclid (300 BC)
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Intro
(01:20) Minute of History: How Did This Get Made?
(16:14) Plot Synopsis
(24:06) Why 1505?
(32:15) Quasimodo’s Role
(44:27) Gringoire’s Role
(46:33) Esmeralda’s Role
(52:00) Frollo’s Anti-Printing Press Argument
(56:51) Frollo’s Religiosity
(60:45) Clopin’s Role
(65:48) Quasimodo and Esmeralda’s Friendship
(67:31) Overall Thoughts + Inn, Dust, Throw
(81:59) Next Episode Preview + Outro
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