Michael Turner’s The Pornographer’s Poem, one of the first LBC nominees, is being turned into a movie. Maybe. The project’s been on hold for sometime. And the director attached is Jeremiah (Benny & Joon, Christmas Vacation) Chechik. Which suggests an approach that takes no chances. (via Reverse Cowgirl)
Category / Literary Adaptations
What They Film About When They Film About Carver
The Age serves up a list of films slicing up Raymond Carver’s stories. (via Slushpile)
Literary Adaptation Bread
KTLA: “Galled by decades of this kind of equation, New York publishing houses have launched ventures intended to get a bigger piece of the Hollywood action. And who could blame them? Publishers almost never control the film rights to the books they put on the market.”
Even more interesting is Random House putting up half the money for literary adaptations in a deal with Focus Films. One possible side effect: Does this mean more faithful literary adaptations or greater control? Or does it mean business as usual?
The Moral of the Story: Lose the Guillotine, Lose the Audience
Guardian: ” They sat in their seats and hooted and whistled and shouted and slow-clapped. It felt as though the audience was providing the ending that Sofia Coppola was too decorous to show, bringing down the guillotine on a rather silly, spoilt little film. Marie Antoinette is a poodle-brained period fancy. Part curtsy, part style spread, it tells the tale of a beautiful queen and the lovely parties she attends. If ever a movie deserved to be thrown to the mob, it is this one.” (via Romancing the Tome)
“The Book of Revelation” Film Adaptation
Maud Newton points to this site, which contains a trailer and information on the film adaptation of The Book of Revelation. Thankfully, the movie is being made in Australia, as opposed to Hollywood money, which will preclude the likely NC-17 rating it will be saddled with once it hits the States.