Book + Film Club November: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast
Once upon a time…
Jean Cocteau
In-Person
Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema
Nov 18
Sidewalk’s Book + Film Club unites movie and book lovers for a monthly film screening. Each session is $35 and the includes book, film screening, and discussion. Select the $15 option for access to the film screening and post film discussion. Dates, descriptions, and registration deadlines below.
Registration Deadline to have books mailed: Monday, November 2nd. Books will be mailed within 72 hours of this date.
Registration Deadline to have books picked up: Monday, November 9th. Books can be picked up from our Box Office during our regular operating hours Thursday & Friday from 2pm til Close and on Saturday & Sunday from 10:30am until close. You will receive an email when your book is ready to be picked up.
Book: Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World Edited by Maria Tatar
Nearly every culture tells the story of Beauty and the Beast in one fashion or another. From Cupid and Psyche to India’s Snake Bride to South Africa’s “Story of Five Heads,” the partnering of beasts and beauties, of humans and animals in all their variety—cats, dogs, frogs, goats, lizards, bears, tortoises, monkeys, cranes, warthogs—has beguiled us for thousands of years, mapping the cultural contradictions that riddle every romantic relationship.
In this fascinating volume, preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures, highlighting the continuities and the range of themes in a fairy tale that has been used both to keep young women in their place and to encourage them to rebel, and that has entertained adults and children alike. With fresh commentary, she shows us what animals and monsters, both male and female, tell us about ourselves, and about the transformative power of empathy.
Film: La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) (1946) Dir. Jean Cocteau
A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.