(urth) Urth movie

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Mon Apr 13 02:52:42 PDT 2009


What films have you made?



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> Am always so impressed with the level of thinking on this site- a real
> tribute to the depth of Wolfe's imaginary universe!
>
> As an indie filmmaker, am daydreaming again today about how to make an
> appropriate film version of the book of the new sun.
>
> it would definitely have to be four 2 hour films, or perhaps 8 1-hour
> episodes.
>
> Peter Jackson did 3 Tolkien books for $150 mil , but I bet I could do
> 8 hours of Wolfe for 25 mil.
>
> Any takers? ;)
>
>
> The tone is one of the most important things:   curious what some of
> you would say is the dominant tone of Book of the New Sun
>
> Elegaic?
>
> Melancholy mixed with wonder?
>
>
> Something like that.
>
> Abaia is definitely one of the more expensive scenes, as people have
> noticed. ;)
>
> Part of me feels like you could do a 2 hour movie about the first 30
> pages of Shadow . . .
>
> You think Wolfe has turned many film offers down in his time? :)
>
> best wishes,
> Robin Dunn
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