![]() ![]() ![]() “I also thoroughly enjoyed the movie and thought it was respectful to the book and want people to have fun and participate in this conversation between a scholar and the audience who has watched this riveting film.” Don is such a vivid writer and it’s easy as a reader to be immersed into the story because of that,” Nicely said. It tells the story of the various weights each character carries from the secrets of their past and how their lives converge in unexpected ways. “The Devil All the Time” is a midwestern gothic saga that explores the lives of characters living near and in the town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, between World War II and the Vietnam War. So, I love talking through films with people, and since ‘The Devil All the Time’ has so many connections to Ohio University Chillicothe, I think this discussion will play with that.” ![]() “We don’t know how to process what we’ve just witnessed or experienced until we try to verbalize our thoughts or share our feelings. “We need to talk about stories-it’s programmed into us and in our DNA,” Vinci said. ![]() The discussion, led by Chillicothe Dean Dywayne Nicely and Associate Professor of English Tony Vinci, will give deeper insight into the film and the inspiration behind this literary masterpiece. Ohio University Chillicothe will host a Zoom post-viewing discussion of one of the current top Netflix films, “The Devil All the Time,” based off of OHIO Chillicothe alumnus Donald Ray Pollock’s popular book of the same name on Wednesday, Sept. ![]()
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