Cinematic Book Lover Gifts

'Does this book come with director commentary.'

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"This is the perfect way to watch movies if you love mosquitoes and having a cold, wet butt."

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

First Novels.

"Meet the author"

Herman Mankiewicz

'I couldn't do my term paper because they've never made a movie about Rutherford B. Hayes.'

King Kong uses fly spray against the pesky planes on top of the Empire State Building

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

"It was years ago, for a nature documentary, and they said it was going to be very artistic."

Second hand furniture.

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

Gen-Next Library

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Don Quixote

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

"Bloody hell!"

"If you wish to manifest here, you'll have to change. We don't allow anything past 1950."

"...You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here... You talking to me?!" "Narcissus De Niro"

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Screen Time vs Book Time

"The Eggsorcist"