<p>Francis Ford Coppola said that for Bram Stokers Dracula (1992) he set out to make a film where "the costumes were the sets and the sets acted as the lighting." I think this would probably be the best approach in a film adaptation of book of the New Sun. I think that would be quite appropriate considering wolf was inspired by a costume party to create Severian, the number of characters who wear masks, and would overall add to that "stage play" feeling the book has. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 30, 2015 3:32 AM, "Gerry Quinn" <<a href="mailto:gerry@bindweed.com">gerry@bindweed.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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?)<br>
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<div>On 29/04/2015 21:26, aaron wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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Prepare to defend yourself, sir!</span></div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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,
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No dia 29/04/2015, às 13:25, Andreas
Johansson <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:andreas.havok@gmail.com" target="_blank">andreas.havok@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.<br clear="all">
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