"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

What if you were born old and grew younger? This is the question in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In this story, Benjamin Button is born to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Button in 1860 an old man of around seventy with wispy white hair and a long smoke-colored beard able to ask Mr. Roger Button if he was his father on the day of his birth. By the time he's eighteen, Benjamin Button looks to be around fifty, and this continues throughout his life that those around him, his family, his wife, would look older as he regressed in age. This story is full of magic and composed so brilliantly that it has been published in multiple collections of short stories by Fitzgerald and even as its own stand-alone book (the perfect size to take with you on a car or plane ride and keep you entertained until you reach your destination). This fall, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" can be seen in theatres. An adaptation written by Eric Roth (writer of "Munich" and "The Good Shepherd") and directed by David Fincher (director of "Se7en", "Fight Club", and "Zodiac"), it stars Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button along side an amazing cast including Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton. Take note, this looks to be an Oscar contender, the trailer alone gave me chills. If you want something short, or different, or something with characters you can actually care about, I highly recommend picking up a copy of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", you won't regret it!


*And make sure to read this before you see the film, no excuses, the stand-alone book is barely 52 pages long.