Episode 222: Portrait of The Artist as An Old Man Coming to Visit Himself as A Young Man

Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee, David Shechner, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink Looper, Directed by Rian Johnson, starring Joseph “Gordonian Knot” Levitt and Bruce Willis. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip222.mp3] → Download Episode 222 (MP3) Want new episodes of the Overthinking It Podcast to download automatically? Subscribe in iTunes! (Or grab the podcast RSS feed directly.) Tell us what you think! Leave a comment, use the contact form, email us or call (203) 285-6401 to leave a voicemail. Further Reading Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Looper Wallace Stevens I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the looper. II I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three loopers. III The looper whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. IV A man and a woman Are one. A man and a woman and a looper Are one. V I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The looper whistling Or just after. VI Icicles filled the long window With barbaric glass. The shadow of the looper Crossed it, to and fro. The mood Traced in the shadow An indecipherable cause. VII O thin men of Haddam, Why do you imagine golden birds? Do you not see how the looper Walks around the feet Of the women about you? VIII I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the looper is involved In what I know. IX When the looper flew out of sight, It marked the edge Of one of many circles. X At the sight of loopers Flying in a green light, Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply. XI He rode over Connecticut In a glass coach. Once, a fear pierced him, In that he mistook The shadow of his equipage For loopers. XII The river is moving. The looper must be flying. XIII It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The looper sat In the cedar-limbs. Episode 222: Portrait of The Artist as An Old Man Coming to Visit Himself as A Young Man originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]