Evil Monks in Jean-Jacques Annaud's THE NAME OF THE ROSE

About this episode

The episode discusses Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film THE NAME OF THE ROSE, exploring its themes and characters.

The DEVILS & DICKS triple feature wraps up with Jean-Jacques Annaud’s medieval monk murder mystery. The friars are repressed, but their hairdos are blessed, and God help us, James Bond is giving Sherlock Holmes as we sin our way through a secret library labyrinth to meet a joy-hating holy man in THE NAME OF THE ROSE.

People in this episode

Hosts: Zach Wincik, Danny Salemme, Casey Brewer

Topics covered

• medieval
• murder mystery
• monks
• film review
• comedy

Keywords

• medieval monk
• murder mystery
• film review
• Jean-Jacques Annaud
• THE NAME OF THE ROSE

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Books & works: THE NAME OF THE ROSE

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