From page to screen: Where books meet movies

Swati Nair and Srividya Sivakumar dream about buttered popcorn and cold coffee as they talk about books and movies and the indelible connection between the two. Which is better? Books? Or movies? No matter which camp you pledge allegiance to, you’re sure to enjoy this episode.

Some of the movies will come as no surprise. The Godfather. Atonement. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Others might have you looking for the nearest library – The Tea Dragon series and Birds Art Life, for example.

It’s all on the Mynd Readers, a podcast that explores mental health through literature, reading, and culture. This podcast is devoted to the magic of stories and how they transform us.

Details of the episode

• How books and movies are connected.
• What images take shape in a reader’s mind about characters.
• What constitutes a comfort read.
• Recommendations from listeners.

Resources

To read

• The Tea Dragon book series by Kay O’Neill
• Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation by Kyo Maclear
• The Middleman by Sankar
• Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
• Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
• The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

To read and to watch

• V or Vendetta by Alan Moore, and illustrated by David Lloyd
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
• The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
• The Godfather by Mario Puzo
• Waltz with Bashir by Ari Folman
• Wild by Cheryl Strayed
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
• Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki
• The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

QOTD

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