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Episode 97: That Thing You Do! (With Lauren Bolger, author of Kill Radio)
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Today on Soundtracker, I'm talking about what is possibly the greatest song written for a fictional band in a film, as I'm joined by Kill Radio author Lauren Bolger (@renBolger) to talk about Tom Hanks' charming directorial feature debut, THAT THING YOU DO! In this episode, we talk about why the song is so important to the movie, the effortless charm of the film and why the low-stakes nature of the plot is so beneficial to that, why we want Steve Zahn in every movie again, and the other great songs on the soundtrack.
Buy a copy of Kill Radio here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/kill-radio-lauren-bolger/19884069
Check out Lauren's short story based on THAT THING YOU DO! here: https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2023/4/17/fiction-tinas-song-lauren-bolger
Support the show on Patreon! It's the one thing that's gonna help keep the show going: www.patreon.com/soundtracker
124 episodes
Manage episode 376398389 series 2973706
Today on Soundtracker, I'm talking about what is possibly the greatest song written for a fictional band in a film, as I'm joined by Kill Radio author Lauren Bolger (@renBolger) to talk about Tom Hanks' charming directorial feature debut, THAT THING YOU DO! In this episode, we talk about why the song is so important to the movie, the effortless charm of the film and why the low-stakes nature of the plot is so beneficial to that, why we want Steve Zahn in every movie again, and the other great songs on the soundtrack.
Buy a copy of Kill Radio here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/kill-radio-lauren-bolger/19884069
Check out Lauren's short story based on THAT THING YOU DO! here: https://www.drunkmonkeys.us/2017-posts/2023/4/17/fiction-tinas-song-lauren-bolger
Support the show on Patreon! It's the one thing that's gonna help keep the show going: www.patreon.com/soundtracker
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