Stuck in the Past

I ran across an interesting book – But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films by Kristen Lopez. The book is a collaboration with the television channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

The book is what it sounds like. You know the movie, but do you know the book? I love the idea, especially that it is a television channel focused on classic movies saying, “Let’s look at the books.”

I’ve always liked watching movies, but my movie watching has changed. There was a time when I had opinions on the Academy Awards. I have no idea now and really don’t pay much attention. I don’t know much about current movies. Pretty much true for music too. Fortunately, not at all true for books.

Being stuck in the past is why I like TCM and AMC (formerly American Movie Classics). I’ve said before that the book is always better. Gone With the Wind is my exception, but often the book and the movie are both good.

I think But Have You is looking at some of those books/movies. I haven’t read it, but I’ll probably try to get to it sometime. If your thinking is anything like mine, you might want to check it out too.