Ah, The White Whale! Has always been celebrated for it’s blubberyness…
Drunk Orson Welles references aside, this week we aim our crtical harpoons at 1956’s Moby Dick, a story of obsession and death with an almost omnipresence in literature and culture. This time we discuss such things as: Hollywood sailor speak, scar scrutiny, Herman Melville’s penchant for strange names, gay sailor undertones, dream casting Daniel Day Lewis and, of course, a drunk looking Orson Welles priest.
Spoiler Filled Film Conversation, Hooray! 