‘Tenet’ With R. F. Kuang | Nolan Revisited
5/28/20262 hr 11 min
A Dream of Nolan Spring continues! As ‘The Odyssey’ approaches, Mal and Jo are joined by author R. F. Kuang to continue their journey through Christopher Nolan’s filmography with ‘Tenet.' They discuss their original experiences with the movie, debate where it stands among the rest of Nolan’s films, and more! Plus, they take a more in-depth look at what to expect from ‘The Odyssey.’ (00:00) Intro(04:39) Opening Snapshot(09:05) ‘Tenet’ revisited(01:07:43) Superlatives(01:47:28) ‘The Odyssey’ hype Explore the exclusive collection at Target.com Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory RubinGuest: R. F. KuangProducers: Carlos Chiriboga and Scott LeeStudio Production: Jacob CornettSocial: Jomi AdeniranAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJoanna Robinson· Host0:00
[drum music] Hello, welcome back to House of R. I'm Joanna Robinson. That's Mallory Rubin, and Friend of the Pod month continues.
Mallory Rubin· Host0:12
Woo.
Joanna Robinson· Host0:13
'Cause we have a very special guest for this Tenet episode. Mallory, who's here with us today?
Mallory Rubin· Host0:17
Oh my God. We, I think have been manifesting this since a hype meter- Last summer ... last summer.
Joanna Robinson· Host0:25
Yeah.
Mallory Rubin· Host0:26
When we talked about one of our most anticipated reads of that year, and not only did we get to read the book and love the book, then you got a note- I did ... from the author of that book saying, "You guys are wrong about Tenet."
Joanna Robinson· Host0:41
You guys are so wrong about Tenet. [laughs] You could not, not be more wrong about Tenet.
Mallory Rubin· Host0:45
Rebecca is here.
Joanna Robinson· Host0:47
Rebecca's here. Uh, author of Catabasis is the book we were referring to, but al- also Babel, Yellowface, like, uh, just an incredible author who we so admire, here to talk about Tenet. Welcome to the pod, Rebecca. How are you doing?
Rebecca F. Kuang· Guest1:00
Hey, guys. Thanks for having me. Um, I always love a chance to get in a fight with somebody.
Mallory Rubin· Host1:05
[laughs] [laughs] Yeah.
Rebecca F. Kuang· Guest1:06
So I'm happy for the opportunity to defend what I think is one of Nolan's best works.
Mallory Rubin· Host1:11
Amazing.
Joanna Robinson· Host1:12
Wow.
Mallory Rubin· Host1:12
Can't wait.
Joanna Robinson· Host1:12
Incredible, incredible.
Mallory Rubin· Host1:13
[laughs] This episode of House of R is presented to you by Target. Calling all trainers, the Pokemon and Target collection celebrating 30 years of Pokemon is almost here, and the lineup is kind of incredible.
Joanna Robinson· Host1:28
A few are sure to be fan faves.