(urth) Adaptations?
Gerry Quinn
gerry at bindweed.com
Thu Apr 30 00:31:54 PDT 2015
A few years ago, there was talk about a graphic novel version of Book of
the New Sun - some excerpts were posted. (Unless they were just example
images from a proposed project?)
- Gerry Quinn
On 29/04/2015 21:26, aaron wrote:
> I certainly wouldn't wish to see any Wolfe adaptation directed by
> Jodorowski. Perhaps Darren Aronofsky? Kubrick would be my first
> choice, but that of course is impossible. But imagining a Wolfe movie
> directed by Kubrick? Awe inspiring.
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:51 AM, DAVID STOCKHOFF
> <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
> Nay, the Hobbit movie was an abomination! Prepare to defend
> yourself, sir!
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 11:12 AM, António Pedro Marques
> <entonio at gmail.com <mailto:entonio at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
> I have no idea, but I'm certainly *NOT* eager to see Wolfe
> transported into any other medium. I agree he provides much
> material for that, but I'd rather folks would get their
> material elsewhere or invent it themselves.
>
> If it ends up being done, then I think it would be best left
> to unknown folks rather than Moebius or Jodorowsky or whoever.
> For much the same reason I wouldn't want Sean Connery to play
> Gandalf. (Tolkien, for instance, I have no qualms about being
> adapted to film or even games. I don't like the LotR movies,
> but that's for other reasons, and I think The Hobbit was
> acceptable.)
>
>
> No dia 29/04/2015, às 13:25, Andreas Johansson
> <andreas.havok at gmail.com <mailto:andreas.havok at gmail.com>>
> escreveu:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> First of all, a great thanks to all of you out there debating
>> and analyzing the big and the small of all things Wolfean.
>> It's severely enlightening, both for understanding Wolfe in
>> many more layers, and literature in general. Now then, a
>> question that arose recently as I began the BOTNS for I think
>> a fourth time, while at the same time delving deep into Elder
>> Scrolls V: Skyrim - how wonderful wouldn't a "sand box" type
>> of videogame, set in Severian's Urth? - so my question was,
>> has there been any kind of adaptations of any of Gene Wolfe's
>> works? Graphic novels, theatre productions, short movies,
>> anything? Given his massive output (more than fifty short
>> stories, hehe), you'd think that somewhere, someone would've
>> picked up the challenge.
>>
>> Of course, much of what makes Wolfe special is an inherent
>> trait of the medium that would be lost in a visual adaptation
>> that loses the 1st person perspective... but his worlds are
>> so bloody vivid and beautiful that they would be a feast for
>> any graphic artist to dig into, even if 70% of the in-text
>> layers would be lost. Imagine a Moebius-style graphic novel
>> based on Urth of the New Sun... or as mentioned moving freely
>> through a 3d-rendered version of Nessus or Viron.
>>
>> Oh by the way, which entry-point to Lafferty would you
>> fellows suggest? Haven't read anything by him but thought it
>> might be time.
>>
>> yrs,
>> Andreas Johansson
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