Off topic / Book club suggestion?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

William Shakespeare's Coriolanus was recently released as feature film: produced and directed by British actor Ralph Fiennes, and stars Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain. The story as told by Shakespeare resonates with our current news cycles, as the Miami.com's review noted:

Set in a modern-day Rome in the middle of what looks like a familiar insurgency, the film opens with a mob of hungry Roman citizens advancing on a military-held enclave demanding grain. Martius’ soldiers beat them back effectively, and Martius appears briefly to sneer at them. He has no pity for their plight. They didn’t fight for their country; why do they deserve to eat? Were he alive today, he’d be yelling at them to get a job.

Roger Ebert's review is pretty good and a great introduction to the themes. If there is some interest by the community in either doing this as a book club suggestion, or maybe a "movie club" suggestion, leave a comment or some ideas for other books, etc. Thanks.

Comments

[dwer.livejournal.com]

that looks fuckin' AWESOME.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Will Watch. Just rented the Tempest, but am too sleepy to watch it tonite.

[sophia-sadek.livejournal.com]

That looks like a good one for rendering unto Caesar.

[rimpala.livejournal.com]

does it have to be either or?