The Bookshelf Live - When Books Become Great Films
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What books have been adapted into exceptional films?
Hello, everybody. Welcome to the bookshelf. We are live in Dublin, Ireland. Great to have you with us. This is our third. We could be completing the trilogy. We may not ever do this again. But, you know, we're kicking it along the road and we're just very heartened by the response, which has been enormous. A lot of you, I passed by, when I parked my Noddy, it's a little red Ford Fiesta. True story. And you know, when you go into the app and it says park, and what is your car? And it's got park Noddy. So anyway, when I parked Noddy up the road, I walked past and I saw at least three different people in their cars having their lunch on their own. And I thought, that'd be quite an interesting beginning for a book, wouldn't it?
Why are they in the car on their own having their lunch? Are they being hassled at work? Are they just really busy? Are they lonely?
Don't put the camera on himself there for a minute. Eating his lunch? On purpose or? By accident. By accident. All right, Tom, do you want to swap? No.
No.
That's so funny. Tom, you'd think that was Tom in the studio. Actually, that was a shot of Tom in his car on his own having his lunch because he gets such bad treatment. Anyway, we are here and we are a great cameo performer. Not since Alfred Hitchcock has anyone cameoed so beautifully. Since we last spoke... Well, I was in London for 24 hours. We will talk about that just because it's London. What else? I want to tell you about the book I finished last weekend, which I loved. I bumped into Neil Jordan, the film director, and we got talking about books. So I want to tell you about that because he was so interesting. I was in London to talk to A.A. Dand, author of The Chemist, which we had a book club, an office book club over there.
uh in london and that was that was really i was that was really interesting a fascinating guy talk about that um got home last night and watched the end of slow horses five i know it's been around for 100 years but i didn't get to see the last episode what a finish what a show i'll talk about meeting gary allman as well because that was quite nice not a name dropping today but why not um watch good fellows good fellows if that's the english version I say, funny how? In what way do you find me amusing? Is it because I'm a circus act? No, but it's actually referring to Goodfellas.
How does 'The Director' by Daniel Kehlmann explore historical fiction?
Goodfellas. I would really love to watch that. Goodfellas. May watch Casino as a direct result of watching Goodfellas. Casino is the great underestimated gangster film of its time, I say. I got into Hatchard's, Hatchard's Bookshop in London, so I want to talk a bit about that. Also, I'm going to talk at length about The Beckhams. No, I'm joking. Now, even though that's what everyone wants to talk about, did you see, was your algorithm not just stuff of people pretending to, people's reaction to watching Brooklyn? Is that his name? Beckham. What's the kid's name? Brooklyn. No, because we're going to talk about Brooklyn, the book, but that's another story. We have a lot of, we've got a huge reaction. I put up a...
an Insta post about books that have transitioned into movies perfectly. Now we're not trashing movies because we know that so many, most movies you've ever seen were books originally, right? From It's a Wonderful Life to Remains of the Day and so on. So what we'll do is we'll have a look at some of your suggestions that you loved. I put up three that I plucked from my shelf this morning. And Trump has gone completely mad, in case you didn't know. And so I've got quite an interesting suggestion for you to read. Remember last week I talked about 1984? Well, I'm going somewhere else this week. So we have lots of places to go. If you want to get involved, send a message and say hello. We got a big response to last week's, which was short books.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. What else did I suggest? All Quiet on the Western Front. What a great book and film. And Stazzyland, which is also excellent by Anna Fonder. Paul Byram, who, by the way, if you don't know Paul Byram, Go to Spotify and listen to his music.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What books have been adapted into exceptional films?
0:03–2:13
2
How does 'The Director' by Daniel Kehlmann explore historical fiction?
2:13–3:48
3
What are the differences between the book and film adaptations of 'Atonement'?
3:48–4:29
4
How does 'Trainspotting' reflect Scottish culture in its adaptation?
4:29–6:05
5
What makes 'The Remains of the Day' a standout adaptation?
6:05–7:24
6
Which adaptations have surpassed their original texts?
7:24–9:11
7
What are the challenges in adapting literary works to film?
9:11–10:59
8
How can listeners engage with future episodes of The Bookshelf Live?
10:59–51:59