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Show #5-04 – November 6, 2005
 Capote
This week we take a look at books turned into movies and we start you off with the movie Capote. Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) the movie chronicles 6 years of Capote's life and is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Clarke. And if you don't believe the Oscar buzz, you'll will after you see it.
Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'
A phenomenal success story in children's literature is Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events". The books have sold over 46 million copies and last year the series was turned into a movie starring Jim Carrey. And this year the "last book before the last book", The Penultimate Peril has been published.
Douglas Coupland – Souvenir of Canada
Author and Multimedia artist Douglas Copeland will forever be linked to his phrase Generation X. These days Copeland seems more intent on defining what it's like to be Canadian. His book Souvenir of Canada and his art installations known as Canada House have been turned into a documentary appropriately commissioned by The National Film Board of Canada.
Thumbsucker
Thumbsucker is an example of a movie being inspired by a book, but then charting its own course. The film is directed by Mike Mills known for his work on music videos (Air,Beastie Boys) and features a great ensembles case that includes Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves and Tilda Swinton.
Shooting Water
Shooting Water is a book by Devyani Mehta and chronicles the story of the shooting of the movie Water by her mother Deepa Mehta. The book follows the five-year struggle to produce the film that ultimately led to a reconciliation of mother and daughter.
Jarhead
A movie that had a high profile of late is Jarhead. It based on the candid memoir Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford, a former sniper in the Gulf War of 1991. Small tidbit – its publication date coincided with the beginning of the Iraq war in March of 2003.
Lie With Me
Moving from war to sex, Lie with me is based on the erotic novel by Tamara Faith Berger and adapted by Clement Virgo for the screen. While most films take their cues from the male perspective, this story is seen and experienced through the eyes of salacious female point of view . And it's sexy to an extreme.
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