There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.