"Ask the Dust" (with Constance Squires)

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on Robert Towne's adaptation of John Fante's novel Ask the Dust with guest Constance Squires.

After an unexpected break, Framed and Bound returns with a new episode focusing on writer-director Robert Towne's 2006 adaptation of John Fante's novel Ask the Dust ! Joining host Tobias Carroll for this episode is Constance Squires , author of Low April Sun , available wherever books are sold. Discussed this episode: the ideal director to adapt John Fante; when you cast the right actor at the wrong age; The Brutalist ; The Committments ; Saul Bellow; the hard-living literary dude canon; David Peace; Modernist literature....and so much more.

People in this episode

Host: Tobias Carroll

Guest: Constance Squires

Topics covered

• film adaptation
• literature
• modernism
• casting
• literary analysis

Keywords

• Robert Towne
• John Fante
• Ask the Dust
• film adaptation
• literary canon
• modernist literature
• Constance Squires

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ask the Dust, Low April Sun, The Brutalist, The Committments

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