NP - James Franco to Film William Faulkner

[rich]

i dont really trust an artist who's idea of profundity is kirk and spock kissing

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Heikki Raudaskoski
<hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:
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> The As I Lay Dying project has catastrophe written all over it too.
> This splendid patchwork of fifteen overlapping points-of-view, each
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> Heikki
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> On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
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>> The Blood Meridian project has been in the works for years.  This is
>> the third incarnation, and probably the least promising.  Unless actor
>> Franco is a hidden screenwriting genius, it's unlikely he's going to be
>> up for the task.  This is a book that really doesn't translate into
>> anything but an impressionistic art film, and these are Hollywood types
>> who've got their mitts on it.
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>> Laura
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>> >Sent: Jan 6, 2011 10:06 AM
>> >To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> >Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> >Subject: Re: NP - James Franco to Film William Faulkner
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>> >i posted to the cormac page when I heard about it.
>> >im deeply skeptical
>> >i had hoped a non-american would direct a movie of blood meridian such
>> >as the Danish director Nicholas Refn. Valhalla Rising has got the
>> >right vibe and is a very skilled filmmaker.
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>> >rich
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>> >On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:58 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/03/james-franco-william-faulkner-acormac-mccarthy/
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>> >> James Franco has never been one shy away from a challenge, whether
>> >> it’s guest-starring on General Hospital or co-hosting the Oscars, but
>> >> adapting both William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy for the screen
>> >> appears to be two especially giant-sized steps towards potential
>> >> disaster. Or, alternatively, towards becoming the next Orson Welles.
>> >> It’ll be awhile until we know, but in the meantime Franco is moving
>> >> full steam ahead and he confirms to EW that he hopes to direct film
>> >> versions of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and McCarthy’s Blood Meridian.
>> >> If everything goes according to plan, the Faulkner would be first,
>> >> filming this summer, and then the Blood Meridian in 2012.
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