Klavan and Shapiro: Top 5 Movies and Books

Andrew Klavan sits down with Ben Shapiro to break down the best in film and literature of all time.

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[billybatts]

The Lord of the Rings adaptation was a staggering achievement. And something we will never experience ever again.

[mariamartinusz]

The Klavan-Shapiro book and film club rocks.

[benjaminjeffery]

Lord of the rings is such an authentic, mythical and immersive experience that stands head and shoulders above everything else, it really couldn’t be made in the current social and or technology climate. It happened that the correct interval with just the right amount of grounded cgi; on location shooting; miniatures; make-up; costumes; faithful casting; romanticism landscape cinematography; uniquely, culturally and mythical musical score worthy of its own epic poem; and dialogue to quote until the end of days.

[scottcarroll]

Holy crap. Klavan picked as his favorite movie and book my favorite movie and book: “Casablanca” and “Crime and Punishment.” The man has great taste.

[mitchellnelms]

As far as westerns go, "Unforgiven" is the best I've seen. Honestly, it was a very real look at how death affects the mind and how emotionless we become when we've crossed that boundary. I'm ex-military, for reference.

[tedus]

I have to shout out a huge thanks to Klavan. I “educated” myself by reading (audible) many of the books that he has recommended over the years. Has meant so much to me to get a glimpse of that world.

[td]

This was great!

I would gladly watch Ben and Andrew talk movies and books for hours. Or once a week, whatever.

Come on, Daily Wire. Make it happen. 😁

[thejohnsonshomeschooljohns]

Dear Editors, I love your work of the time but that clip at the end is from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and not a Jane Austen film 💔

[TheVCRTimeMachine]

The Godfather is one of the all-time greats, but to say it's the last great film is silly. That's some get off my lawn stuff, right there.

[BishopWalters]

Tombstone will always be my favorite western, it's not the deepest or the most groundbreaking but it's just so much fun.

[ethanrichard]

I love the Lotr trilogy! The books are great too.

[fredettaboutit]

Ben Shapiro has mentioned two of his other favorite movies as ‘The Lives of Others’ and ‘Amadeus’ . And Christopher Nolans Dark Night Movie/ Interstellar

[StepherRose]

Just have to mention that the clip that plays after they mention Jane Austen is from Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women….

[Zathren]

Can we get Kavlan's top 5 video games? I'm genuinely curious considering I had no idea he's a gamer.

[treesap]

First, because every time Klavan suggests something... He's right.

[jackylee_jack]

I love it when Klavan talks about movies, literature and art.

[colincopland]

There’s the great contradiction of Hollywood’s silent films era— short films that said a lot about people and life without audibly saying anything.
Some of my favorite movies look to silent films for inspiration: Singin’ in the Rain, Wall-E, and Up.

[pp]

For me it's Ben-Hur (59) (movie, not book. Book's a little clumsy). I just love those resonant lines like, "The stone that fell from this roof so long ago is still falling."

[pattube]

From the video:

Andrew Klavan

Movies
1. Casablanca
2. The Godfather
3. Stagecoach
4. Vertigo
5. High Noon

Books (fiction only)
1. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. King Lear (Hamlet and MacBeth are close) by William Shakespeare
3. The Ambassadors by Henry James
4. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
6. He mentions others like Jane Austen (e.g. Emma), and he said he could go on forever, but he stops himself here.

Ben Shapiro

Movies
1. On the Waterfront
2. Singin' in the Rain
3. Lord of the Rings trilogy

Ben doesn't give his list of top 5 favorite fiction

[benweatherstaff]

One of my favorites is Andrew Klavan's book When Christmas Comes. I just read it right before Christmas and I already am reading it again.