The Stepford Wives
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- čas přidán 6. 12. 2021
- The audio for my very first podcast comparing the Ira Levin novel with both adaptations! The first movie stars Katharine Ross and the second version stars Nicole Kidman. How does each movie compare with the original book? Listen and find out!
You should check out some of my other podcast episodes, because I think I improved a lot since recording this very first one! I have also starting recording them as an actual youtube video!
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Nicely done. One change I thought was an improvement was how the therapist behaves in the first movie. I liked that she was concerned and was VERY NEARLY an ally- something Joanna is missing. Saying that, I feel the neutral response of the book version therapist is probably more realistic! I hated the remake of the film. I wish someone would remake it now and make it really sinister.
The ending of the novel seemed more horrifying, and I was not sure why. I "just" realized why... by what the movie shows, the emphasis is given to the character's replacement, but in the book, by cutting away to the men outside, the emphasis is given to the character's death. The audience for the movie would be focusing on--"a robot". The readers of the book would be focusing on--the men are complicit with the main character's death.
What you cited with a continuity error in the 2004 version... there is a shot where one of the wives destroys a remote, demonstrating that she is still a robot. An explanation is that their brains were transplanted into robot bodies (Claire Wellington being "the world's foremost brain surgeon and genetic engineer") and the microchip enabled them to be controlled. This is why you see light shoot through the bodies when the chips were disabled (something you would see with a robot).
Nice job on your first production. You begin with one of my all time favorite cult flicks. Love the 75 version. Love the book. Abhor the 04 movie. I also agree with a prior comment on Joanna at the therapist's office. Her care and concern for Joanna gave me such hope that she may be able to escape. My Mom and I watched this movie on tv when it first aired. We could not have enjoyed it more. Till this day we will say from time to time..."I'll just die if I don't get this recipe...". Good luck and keep up the good work. 🤗
Thank you so much! I loved reading about your experiencewith this book and movie 😁
You do see the black couple who just moved to town kind of arguing in the grocery store. He’s the only man there shopping with his wife.
Never watched the remake or actually read the book, but seen the ‘75 film. The original film is so good especially the eerie suspense leading to Joanna’s fate at the climax. I would read the book even though I know the ‘75 movie adapted the story faithfully
Yes very eerie! Unlike the new movie
It reminds me of how William Goldman could adapt his own works so faithfully yet some changes he made were good to trim fat. There’s an author you should cover more on the channel 😄
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I love the first movie and love Katherine Ross. She acted in two other great movies: The Graduate and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. I hated the remake of this movie. You should do a vlog on horrible remakes. I guess there are some horrible first movies and great second ones too.
I've thought of doing something about remakes vs originals! That would be fun. And I love Butch Cassidy! It's been a while since I saw the graduate but I remember liking it
Hello, I've just discovered your channel randomly. I absolutely love Stepford Wives 1975 and enjoyed the book too, although I rem er that less well. I watched a clip of the pathetic remake and couldn't watch any more. I feel that the timing of the original, during the second wave of feminism, made it so much more tragic; women losing their voices and identities and being replaced with a more placid, agreeable version of themselves. To me, that was the saddest part. To then turn it into a comedy in 2004 seems very flippant and shows a lack of understanding of the original text. Thank you for this video. Have you made a video about The Help?
very good point about how timely the book and movie were! Yeah the newer version was disappointing compared with the original text.
and I haven't covered The Help. I've seen the movie but don't know if it's one I will be covering any time soon tbh
Don’t they still have game shows?
it's been a while since I recorded this, did I say something about game shows not being around? lol
I actually love the remake more than the original. I found it more entertaining and would love another reimagining where nearly everyone are robots like Terminator. The robots are used as soldiers of war instead of humans. Then war breaks all over and only a handful of people are left. The robots then sequester the remaining populace into a newly created Eden called Stepford. Instead of the robots turning against mankind like in the Terminator movies they actually become our protectors. And equal opportunity this time around. Not just hot girls but also hot guys.
Cool idea. Overall I liked what the new one did, but I didn't like the ending
@@WhytheBookWins How would you have ended the movie?
You should write the book for the Stepford Terminator.
@@brianmark3088 I kinda did. It's just a short story on Wattpad called Welcome to Stepford.
The book is better. The movies confused me because they were all over the place
Stepford was based on my hometown (Wilton, CT) where Levin lived for a while. The 1975 movie was filmed in the surrounding area. I wrote what I believe to be the definitive study of the series published in Monster Memories #26 (from Scary Monsters magazine). The 2004 remake was a total failure because a gay writer rewrote it as an unfunny, anti-masculine campy satire (the husbands are pathetic Bill Gates-type nerds who are intimidated by their brainy "fabulous" wives). Glenn Close plays a parody of Martha Stewart -- the overdone set designs are like a Stewart fever-dream. The story is mainly about wealthy L.A. (not CT) consumerism and excess, which is why it had no audience (outside of a tiny gay enclave) and flopped hard in theaters.
Ira Levin visualized the incel mentality decades before it happened.
Sooo true
The 1975 movie was better