115: Revisiting The English Patient 25 years later

We revisit The English Patient on its 25th anniversary and consider its complicated legacy. The episode features two first-timers and two superfans. This episode features Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, Associate Editor Brett Pardy, and special guest Andrew Kendall On this episode: The English Patient and its reviled Oscar legacy (7:10) The state of modern literary adaptations (15:50) Why we like the film (21:40) Almásy and Katherine/Ralph Fiennes and Kristen Scott Thomas (24:53) Hana and Kip/Juliette Binoche and Naveen Andrews (53:51) The English Patient as a war movie (1:04:22) Stand out scenes (1:14:20) Adaptation (1:23:29) Caravaggio/Willem Dafoe and alternate castings (1:27:12) Minghella's other work (1:47:05) Conclusion (1:57:37) Joachim Trier announcement (1:57:52) Podcast format change (2:00:59) Show notes Sign up for updates on the first book to ever be published on the films of Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier Related episodes Ep. 108: The Deep Blue Sea(s) Redux Ep. 107: Are men OK? Masculinity, mental health, & addiction in Another Round and Oslo, August 31st Redux Ep. 100: Films for the future Ep. 76: Abderrahmane Sissako's Bamako and Timbuktu (Member's Only) Ep. 29: Films about finite romance (Member's Only) Ep. 28: 1917 and Jarhead — Sam Mendes' war films Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.