Rubik’s Cube
Friday, December 21st, 2007
When you read the Perks of Being a Wallflower in high school did you feel bad about yourself for not being as smart, screwed up, and hip as the characters? There is a list on Wikipedia with all the references in that book. I’m almost 24 and I still haven’t read/seen/heard everything on this list.
Books
In the novel Charlie’s teacher, Bill, assigns him various books to read. Charlie describes them all as his favorites.
* To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
* This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
* Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
* The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
* A Separate Peace by John Knowles
* The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
* On the Road by Jack Kerouac
* Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
* Walden by Henry David Thoreau
* Hamlet by William Shakespeare
* The Stranger by Albert Camus
* The Fountainhead by Ayn RandThe book also references The Mayor of Castro Street by Randy Shilts
Films
The novel references these films:
* Rocky Horror Picture Show
* The Graduate
* Harold and Maude
* My Life as a Dog
* Dead Poets Society
* The Unbelievable Truth
* A Perfect Paradise
* It’s a Wonderful Life
* Reds
* The ProducersSongs
The novel references these songs:
* “Asleep” by The Smiths
* “Vapour Trail” by Ride
* “Scarborough Fair” by Simon and Garfunkel
* “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum
* “Time of No Reply” by Nick Drake
* “Dear Prudence” by The Beatles
* “Gypsy” by Suzanne Vega
* “Nights in White Satin” by The Moody Blues
* “Daydream” by The Smashing Pumpkins
* “Dusk” by Genesis
* “MLK” by U2
* “Blackbird” by The Beatles
* “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac
* “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana
* “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. II” by Pink Floyd
* “Something” by The BeatlesCharlie also mentions M*A*S*H (TV series)
Apparently Stephen Chbosky is working on a screenplay. I wonder if Ellen Page is attached yet…
“Later this fall, the movie all your friends will be seeing, and urging you to see, will be “Juno,” Jason Reitman’s hyperactive picture about a 16-year-old girl (played by the peppery Ellen Page, who gives a performance that’s just one eyelash away from being exhausting to watch).”
-Stephanie Zacharek at Salon.com