TORONTO — Hollywood Suite will present “an alphabetical love letter to books on film” in a new one-hour documentary Cinema A to Z: Books, which will premiere exclusively on Hollywood Suite on Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. ET.
The original program, which is the first in a series of hour-long episodes that will explore common themes through a selection of curated movies, is available now on Hollywood Suite On Demand.
“The act of translating literary works to film dates back to the inception of the moving image; from fairy tales, to Shakespeare, to dime store novels and H.G. Wells, the printed page offered filmmakers their first source of narrative inspiration,” reads a press release. “A century later, Hollywood studios and indie producers still look to bestselling books for awards season darlings and box office hits.”
“Understanding how the industry looks to literature and popular fiction to help shape the medium of film provides a better understanding of the stories, both written and filmed, that define us,” said Cam Maitland, Hollywood Suite personality and co-host of the A Year in Film podcast, in the release.
“Cinema A to Z: Books highlights a diverse selection of authors and works, ranging from classics adapted dozens of times over the past century, to radical works of immeasurable historical value, to Japanese manga,” Maitland added.
Some of the book-to-movie adaptations discussed in Cinema A to Z: Books include Pride and Prejudice (1940, 2005), In Cold Blood (1967), The Remains of the Day (1993), The English Patient (1996), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012).
Hollywood Suite’s Cinema A to Z series will continue this fall “with a horror-themed episode featuring the greatest monsters in movie history that will tie into Hollywood Suite’s Shocktober programming lineup,” the release says.
Cinema A to Z: Monsters will be available to watch on Hollywood Suite On Demand starting Oct. 1.
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