Sky Arts - Classic Literature and Cinema

[M. Robert Gibson]

There is currently a series on Sky Arts that "explores the most gripping dystopia, war and myths & legends stories as they are transformed into motion picture.

Classic Literature & Cinema

This series explores the most gripping romance, adventure and crime stories as they are transformed into motion picture.

www.sky.com

I know how much we love book lists on this site so here is the list of books covered in the first episode - Dystopia

1. Utopia - Thomas More
2. The Time Machine - HG Wells
3. When the Sleeper Wakes - HG Wells
4. The Shape of Things to Come - HG Wells
5. The Last Man - Mary Shelley
6. Paris in the 20th Century - Jules Verne
7. 1984 - George Orwell
8. We - Yevgeny Zamyatin
9. The Trial - Franz Kafka
10. It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis
11. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
12. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
13. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
14. Make Room! Make Room! - Harry Harrison (Filmed as Soylent Green)
15. Logan's Run - William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson
16. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dick (Filmed as Blade Runner)
17. Through a Scanner Darkly - Philip K Dick
18. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said - Philip K Dick
19. The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
20. V for Vendetta - Alan Moore
21. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
22. Children of Men - PD James
23. The Running Man - Stephen King
24. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
25. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
26. The Road - Cormac McCarthy

So there we are.

And, as ever, I'd like to show off by telling you how many I've read, but I can't - only 8
As for the films, however - 13 - so not much better
I really must up my intake of dystopia

 

[Foxbat]

I saw it was on but didn’t bother watching. Looking at the list, I’m now thinking Dammit!

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

I saw it was on but didn’t bother watching. Looking at the list, I’m now thinking Dammit!

You didn't really miss that much. It was the usual thing with these sorts of programmes. Each book is briefly mentioned, maybe a quote from it is used, maybe a brief summary, maybe a bit of background, then on to the next.

I tend to use these lists as sort of ideas to add to my "to read" list.

 

[Rodders]

I'm rather embarrassed to say that i have only read 7 books on that list and seen 10 movies. I still have The Road and Children of Men on the list that i want to see.