Sometimes a book is just so much fun it must be shared. The library has just received a copy of Cinescopes: What Your Favorite Movies Reveal About You authored by the team of Risa Williams and Ezra Werb, writers with an interesting background mix of degrees in psychology and film studies as well as screenwriting experience. According to the authors, “discovering something new about your personality is as easy as making a list of your ten favorite movies.” They’ve identified 16 different personality types that describe what they refer to as the core makeup of every movie fan.
Librarians are forever curious about everything;and I an worse than average. Westport Public Library’s wide selection of movies offers endless delights for every type of film affecionado. So, this writer began to wonder, what does the profile of our dedicated core of film buffs look like? First, I checked out all the possibilities and theorized about the type. Then through the wonders of our database, I abstracted a list of the top 10 circulating movies in our collection, consulted the list of attributes assigned to these movies, tallied the results, and consulted the key. Since we all know, that statistics never lie… well here’s the result and I guessed right. (Honestly, I have the little piece of paper I wrote my prediction on to prove it.) Our movie loving library customers turn out to be Magical Creators! MC’s have a natural zest for life, see the word as full of possibilities and make the world a magical place. No wonder I love working here.
Don’t forget to check out the other new books in our collection just right for movie lovers. One particularly interesting volume is My First Move: Take Two: Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film edited by Stephen Lowenstein. Another unusual title that just arrived is Hollywood Science: Movies, Science & the End of the World by Sidney Perkowitz.
By the way, the #1 circulating film in our collection is The Sound of Music.
