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malsperanzaThe good news is: Tom Stoppard is writing the screenplay for His Dark Materials.
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"With a skittish eye, perhaps, on the power of religious groups in the United States, New Line's executives say they will probably insist that the books' repudiation of religion be softened into more of a meditation on the corruption of power in general. Mark Ordesky, executive vice president and chief operating officer of New Line Productions, said in an interview that "the real issue is not religion; it's authority-- that's what's really the driving issue here."
Mr. Ordesky pointed out that the figure who most represents God in the books is known as "the Authority" and said that the core of the story is about "people who are striving to be free and have free will, who are in conflict with forces of authority and totalitarianism."
What the studio likes about the trilogy, Mr. Ordesky said, is the same thing it liked about "The Lord of the Rings": the story. "Big-budget, big-spectacle, visual-effects movies are in themselves of no interest to audiences," Mr. Ordesky said. "What resonates is when you take all that and have a compelling human story beneath it."
New Line--we hatess it, we hatess it forever.
(Quoted passage is from NY Times Arts & Leisure section p. 5, Jan. 25, 2004)
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"With a skittish eye, perhaps, on the power of religious groups in the United States, New Line's executives say they will probably insist that the books' repudiation of religion be softened into more of a meditation on the corruption of power in general. Mark Ordesky, executive vice president and chief operating officer of New Line Productions, said in an interview that "the real issue is not religion; it's authority-- that's what's really the driving issue here."
Mr. Ordesky pointed out that the figure who most represents God in the books is known as "the Authority" and said that the core of the story is about "people who are striving to be free and have free will, who are in conflict with forces of authority and totalitarianism."
What the studio likes about the trilogy, Mr. Ordesky said, is the same thing it liked about "The Lord of the Rings": the story. "Big-budget, big-spectacle, visual-effects movies are in themselves of no interest to audiences," Mr. Ordesky said. "What resonates is when you take all that and have a compelling human story beneath it."
New Line--we hatess it, we hatess it forever.
(Quoted passage is from NY Times Arts & Leisure section p. 5, Jan. 25, 2004)
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Date: 2004-01-26 10:40 pm (UTC)So, have we been sleeping together for a while or was this our first time?
*smirks*
A lady never tells. But please note that at the moment you are participating in a multiauthor faerie orgy, plus cats.
Would love to meet for lunch again. Perhaps when it is less hideous out?
Definitely! Am dying to ask you some questions about, oh, plotting & other stuff. Words, archetypes. The usual. But snow due again tomorrow, according to friends in PA who are up to their noses. Also, why is it so freezing? What is this, fucking Labrador?
Am out of town for a big chunk of Feb, but OTOH Feb is weird-flavored hot chocolate month at City Bakery. We will figure something out.
Am not sure WTF is wrong with LJ--I seem to have sent that message to you about 6 times.