08-31-2011, 02:15 AM
There is much about Lynch's Dune that I do like, besides the cast, but because of the time constraints usually placed upon a feature film, his version felt like a Reader's Digest condensation. I also thought his addition of the "weirding modules" was a misfire. It is completely as odds with what "The Weirding Way" is in the book. Perhaps, if Lynch had enjoyed the same financial backing, and tolerance for risk taking, that Jackson did for Lord Of The Rings, then Lynch might have produced a truly remarkable trilogy. Again, there is a lot of good work in that film, but having read the books, I was disappointed.
To your larger point about story complexity working best for a TV series -- quite right and that might prove problematic for Hadrian or Boudicca. Perhaps a limited series of 6 -10 episodes, or three 2-hour episodes (to follow the standard 3 Act format). I do not envision an open ended ongoing series like True Blood or Mad Men, but something more akin to I, Claudius or the Dune series.
Gibson ... certainly not my fist choice as director. Apocalypto was a remake of Cornel Wilde's The Naked Prey, while the Patriot was, well ... what was that? Now, the Coen Brothers -- that could be interesting. I'd love to see them do a Space Opera.
When I think of an film director who is able to marry his sense of cinematic art with historical accuracy, I most often think of Akira Kurosawa. He passed on an offer to direct the mini-series Shogun because he did not feel it was accurate enough, and left Tora Tora Tora because he did not have final cut. Watching his films, particularly Ran, Kegemusha and of course, Seven Samurai, one is watching cinema at its very best.
But I digress...
In the end it is all about the "Benjamins" and the question remains: Will anyone put up the money for a film or series set in the ancient word? I hope so. :?
:wink:
Narukami
To your larger point about story complexity working best for a TV series -- quite right and that might prove problematic for Hadrian or Boudicca. Perhaps a limited series of 6 -10 episodes, or three 2-hour episodes (to follow the standard 3 Act format). I do not envision an open ended ongoing series like True Blood or Mad Men, but something more akin to I, Claudius or the Dune series.
Gibson ... certainly not my fist choice as director. Apocalypto was a remake of Cornel Wilde's The Naked Prey, while the Patriot was, well ... what was that? Now, the Coen Brothers -- that could be interesting. I'd love to see them do a Space Opera.
When I think of an film director who is able to marry his sense of cinematic art with historical accuracy, I most often think of Akira Kurosawa. He passed on an offer to direct the mini-series Shogun because he did not feel it was accurate enough, and left Tora Tora Tora because he did not have final cut. Watching his films, particularly Ran, Kegemusha and of course, Seven Samurai, one is watching cinema at its very best.
But I digress...
In the end it is all about the "Benjamins" and the question remains: Will anyone put up the money for a film or series set in the ancient word? I hope so. :?
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
