The meeting place for this installment of Bookless Book Club.
On Sept. 26, the English Department hosted the first installment of its series called “Bookless Book Club.” The series is focused on getting people thinking about stories in a way that’s beyond the page, whether that be a movie, podcast or episode of a television show.
For their debut installment, the English Department chose to watch the movie “V for Vendetta.”
“A couple of reasons. One is that it’s set in London and we’re pitching our trip to London in May this year and it’s got some good London scenery, but beyond that, it’s a really interesting kind of adaptation of a graphic novel,” Professor Brad Johnson said.
The plot of “V for Vendetta” is that in a dystopian future, there exists a masked individual who was tormented with a virus that ended up giving him supernatural characteristics to his physical abilities. The plot follows the titular character, V’s rebellion, as he kills political prisoners and incites a revolution.
“What we’re trying to do with this club is show that there are storytelling and narrative all around us, not just in books and short stories, and so we want people to be able to see those narrative patterns … in different formats, like film and streamed shows and even podcasts, and to kind of recognize story wherever they can see it,” Johnson said.
This is the first installment of Bookless Book Club this semester, and the whole club started last semester with its first installment that focused on the “Black Mirror” episode “Nosedive.” Currently, there is no word on when the next Bookless Book Club installment will be.
