The Reader

The Reader added to See the Movie Read the Book Directory under Dramas and Documentaries.

Based on the novel of the same title by Bernhard Schlink, The Reader tells the story of teenager Michael Berg in post-WWII Germany as he engages in a passionate but secretive affair with an older woman named Hanna. Eight years after Hanna's unexplained disappearance, Michael is stunned to discover her again as she stands on trial for Nazi war crimes.

This is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation and how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. Kate Winslet won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for her performance as Hanna. Actor David Cross played the role of Michael Berg.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower added to See the Movie Read the Book Directory under Dramas and Documentaries.

This is a rare instance where the director of a movie based on a novel is also the original author. Stephen Chbosky's book was published in 1999. The film is now in limited release and not yet available on DVD.

The film follows a shy high school freshman named Charlie (Logan Lerman) as he meets a pair of outgoing seniors named Sam (Emma Watson) and Patrick (Ezra Miller), with whom he becomes good friends.

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Starved for Inclusion: Hunger Games

"I can’t say for certain this adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games was or wasn’t spot on, I can say how it felt when watching it play out on the big screen. And to me, it could have and should have been better, given there was always going to be a possibility of audience members that never read the book.

"Given the overall unbalanced story and lack of introduction to the apocalyptic world that consumed “The Hunger Games,” I can’t imagine any hard core fan of Collins ‘loving’ this adaptation. Sure, it will get more positive reviews that negative, but that doesn’t mean it’s good."

'The Hunger Games' feeds, but ultimately starves

by Marcus Eger

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Books Into Movies: Satantango

Mesmerizing with its descriptive prose, miserably mired in melancholy, and profoundly apocalyptic, the first novel of László Krasznahorkai - now available in English for the first time, thanks to a dedicated translation by George Szirtes - inspired Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr's seven-hour, black-and-white epic by the same title.

Structured like a tango, the chapters of the novel are numbered one to six, and then six to one. A complex story line that defies summarising follows a group of people living in an unnamed and seriously decaying village in what strongly resembles late Soviet-era Hungary as they alternately wait for and pursue some ominous, inexplicable reckoning.

Is  theirs a dance with the devil, Satantango, or a dance to keep the devil at bay?

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Thor

Thor  added to the  See the Movie Read the Book Directory  under Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror.

Thor, the movie, is an adaptation of the classic Marvel comic by Walter Simonson.

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More Time for the Game Maker: Hunger Games

"The book is told in first-person and the movie is a third-person narrative, readers didn't get to meet some of the characters featured more prominently in the movie.

"For instance, the game maker - who plays a very limited role in the book - gets a lot of screen time. Wes Bentley plays Seneca Crane as an overconfident genius who takes pleasure in setting up the games themselves.

"His game, however, falls apart in both the book and the movie, leading to a conclusion that has two tributes emerging from the battlefield, not one. Very little is made of this in the (first) book, but in the film, the game maker faces a great punishment for his failures.

The Hunger Games: 10 Differences Between the Movie & the Book

by John Hanlon 

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen added to See the Movie Read the Book Directory under Comedy.

Based on the novel of the same title by Paul Torday, this movie opens March 9.

In the book, a middle-aged man from London takes on the ill-fated task of introducing the sport of salmon fishing into the Yemen River at the request of a mysterious sheikh. The satirical novel pokes fun at many aspects of British society.

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday

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