Was Mother Night Too Weird for Hollywood? | Stream It or Shelf It | Episode 6

Does Mother Night the movie hold up? We watched Vonnegut’s 1996 adaptation so you don’t have to (but maybe you should).In this episode, the Shelf Destruct boys break down the weirdness of Nick Nolte as a Nazi propagandist, the surprisingly great cast (hello, Alan Arkin), and why translating Vonnegut to film can be TOUGH.What did the movie get right? What did it miss? Was Mother Night too serious, or not absurd enough? We dive into all that, plus guilt, grayscale, and yes, the got-dang insanity of dental eugenics as seen and heard in both the book and the film.An interview with Vonnegut: https://youtu.be/AFWKcv6ZtggYouTube → https://tinyurl.com/youtube-shelf-destructApple Podcasts → https://tinyurl.com/apple-shelf-destructFollow us → IG: @shelfdestructpod | TT: @shelfdestructpodAbout Shelf DestructA podcast where three guys ruin literature by talking about it too much. Each week, we read a classic, drink something questionable, and pretend we know what we’re talking about.#kurtvonnegut #mothernight #bookvsmoviekurt vonnegut, mother night movie, mother night review, mother night vonnegut, book vs movie, vonnegut adaptation, nick nolte mother night, is the book better, literary podcast, dark humor analysis, movie adaptation critique, philosophical fiction, absurdist literature, shelf destruct podcast, underrated movies 90s