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Clockers

Richard Price

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Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The novel was mentioned as one of Price's earlier works adapted for film and later in a discussion about cultural appropriation while writing it.

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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.

— Episode: Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richar...

Episode: Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

The novel was mentioned as one of Price's earlier works adapted for film and later in a discussion about cultural appropriation while writing it.

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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.

But even with Clockers, which I wrote in 1990, 89, 91, I was really aware of the whole notion of cultural piracy.

Episode: How Screenwriting Saved Novelist Richard Price

Clockers was cited as one of Price's earlier novels that had been adapted for film and later discussed in relation to his writing process and the circumstances that inspired his work.

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Several of his earlier novels were adapted into films, including Clockers, Freedom Land, and The Wanderers.

Even with Clockers, which I wrote in 1990, 89, 91, I was really aware of the whole notion of cultural piracy.

And then something, you know, the circumstances of clockers came about.

Episode: What Trump's Foreign Policy Could Look Like

The interview highlighted that Clockers, one of Richard Price's novels, had been adapted into a film.

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including Clockers were adapted into films

The Rewatchables

The hosts referenced the book while discussing the film's themes and script, noting that reading it provided useful context for their analysis. Their mention was brief and served mainly as a point of comparison rather than a strong endorsement.

Episode: ‘American Gangster’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan,...

The hosts mentioned reading the novel Clockers while discussing the film's themes and script.

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If you read the novel Clockers, that ...

Episode: ‘Sinners’ With Bill Simmons, Van Lathan, and Wesle...

They recalled that Clockers was a great role for Delroy Lindo and asked if listeners remembered the book.

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Clockers. Clockers. Clockers. Great role from him. You remember Clockers, right? Yeah.

Episode: ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan...

The hosts highlighted it as another one of Richard Price's favorite novels.

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I mean, he's written two of my favorite books, Lush Life and Clockers.

Episode: ‘25th Hour’ With Bill Simmons and Wesley Morris

They compared 25th Hour to Clockers, describing it as the Bside to the novel and noting Clockers as one of Spike Lee's deepest fiction films.

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I think it is on, it is the B side to Clockers. I think, I mean, Clockers for me, Clockers for me might be my 25th Hour.

And I think that Clockers is one of his two or three deepest fiction films.

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