TIFF presents - Books on Film Club

Books on Film Club February 7 – June 27, 2011 TIFF Bell Lightbox

Toronto – For lovers of cinema and literature alike, TIFF Bell Lightbox introduces Books on Film Club, presented in association with Random House of Canada.  CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel hosts post-screening conversations with filmmakers, authors and experts to examine these exceptional films that began as outstanding novels.

“We’re thrilled to be able to bring to our audiences guests with a vast range of knowledge, passion and experience in the art of adapting brilliant literature into outstanding films,” said Shane Smith, Director of Public Programmes, TIFF. “And who better to connect these works and guests with Toronto audiences than one of Canada’s most celebrated writer-broadcasters, CBC’s Eleanor Wachtel.”

“Books that are made into films have the opportunity to reach new audiences and showcase an author’s work in a new and original way,” says Brad Martin, President & CEO, Random House of Canada. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to partner with TIFF on the Books on Film Club series.”

Eleanor Wachtel is the host of CBC Radio’s “Writers & Company” and “Wachtel on the Arts” on IDEAS. She has interviewed a wide range of international authors and filmmakers and has published four books, including Original Minds.

Programme

Monday, February 7 at 7pm

Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief and Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation

With Linda Hutcheon, author of The Politics of Postmodernism and A Theory of Adaptation

Monday, February 28 at 7pm

Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park and Patricia Rozema’s Mansfield Park

With award-winning Canadian director, Patricia Rozema

Monday, April 4 at 7pm

Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita and Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita

With David Thompson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film

Monday, May 9 at 7:00 pm

Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient and Anthony Minghella’s The English Patient

With renowned Booker Prize-winning novelist, Michael Ondaatje

Monday, May 30 at 7 pm

James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity and Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity

With Jonathan Rosenbaum, U.S. film critic and author of Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia: Film Culture in Transition

Monday, June 27 at 7 pm

Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Blake Edwards’ Breakfast at Tiffany’s

With Judith Thurman, fashion and literary columnist for The New Yorker and author of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller

The Books on Film Club is available as a series and is $180, and available to students and seniors for $144 (price does not include applicable service charges.) Purchase online at http://tiff.net/abouttiff/buynow or by phone at 416-599-TIFF or 1-888-599-TIFF (8433).