Episode 175: Don't Look Now: Live at Lily Dale

Weird Studies

Phil Ford and J. F. Martel

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.8 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Daphne du Maurier was a prolific English writer of novels, plays, and short stories resonant with what she termed "a sense of unreality." In this episode, JF and Phil discuss her great short story "Don't Look Now," which Nicholas Roeg famously adapted to the screen in 1973 in a film starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Recorded live at Shannon Taggart's Lily Dale Symposium on July 25th, 2024, the discussion takes a number of turns, exploring the ghost as an "image of itself," the phenomenon of "deathishness," the experience of derealization, the human capacity to break time, and grief as a rift in time. Visit the Weirdosphere and sign up for JF's upcoming course of lectures and discussions, "Whirl Without End: Fairy Tales and the Weird," starting on September 5th, 2024. Support us on Patreon. Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia. Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop Find us on Discord Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau! REFERENCES Daphne du Maurier, "Don't Look Now" Nicholas Roeg (dir.), Don't Look Now Weird Studies, Episode 66 on “Diviner’s Time” Chuck Klosterman, "Tomorrow Rarely Knows” Thomas Mann, Death in Venice Peter Medak (dir.), The Changeling Philip K. Dick, “Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spectrevision Radio
0:02.0	Welcome to Weird Studies, an arts and philosophy podcast with hosts Phil Ford and J.F. Martel.
0:20.0	For more episodes, or to support the podcast,
0:23.3	go to weirdstud. This is Phil.
0:53.1	On this week's episode, J.F. and I discuss Daphne DeMorrier's short story, Don't Look Now,
0:58.9	and, to a lesser extent, Nicholas Rogue's film adaptation of it.
1:03.7	This was a live show we recorded on July 25th in Lillydale, New York, as the kickoff event
1:09.3	of Shannon Taggart's annual symposium.
1:12.2	It was our second appearance at the symposium, which was as indescribably magical as the last
1:17.0	one, possibly even more so, if such a thing is possible.
1:21.7	I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
1:24.2	I've been to scores of research symposia, and Shannon's are the most exciting ones I
1:28.7	have ever attended. If you weren't there, well, you'll get another chance next year, but for now
1:34.1	you have the following conversation to give you an idea of what you missed, as well as a breakdown
1:39.1	of the event we recorded in our most recent Patreon Extra.
1:43.5	Speaking of Patreon, this will be our last show until September 25th.
1:49.3	But if you are despairing at the prospect of several weeks without hearing our velvet tones,
1:54.9	consider the fact that our Patreon vault is like Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin,
2:00.2	piled high with writings and bonus shows that have
2:02.7	steadily accumulated since early 2019.
2:06.5	Now, naturally, the thought of several weeks without J.F. and myself fills you with dread
2:11.4	and ennui. Without our enlivening presence, colors lose their brightness, meat and drink lose their savor, and all feels
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