ITF Read & Watch: Snowpiercer (1982 graphic novel & 2013 film)

Academy-award winning director Bong Joon-Ho made a genre-bending adaptation of Jacques Lob & Jean-Marc Rochette’s Le Transperceneige, AKA “Snowpiercer: The Escape,” and the result is really something to behold. In episode 144, join Luke & James as they climb aboard and discuss both the nihilistic source and the high-octane adaptation. Movie discussion begins: 33:26 Topics Include: the translation of an important French comic, the merits of a black & white art style, Mama the synthetic meat monster, the hopeless absurdity of existence on display, Bong Joon-Ho’s impressive filmography, a taste of Korean film, the pros and cons of Chris Evans as Curtis Everett, how plot holes are beside the point, the cutting of the fish lie, Luke’s “Kronole theory,” more than just a critique of capitalism, and a final vote on which was better: the book or the movie.

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Intro/outro music: Ross Bugden