Wolfe movies from short stories

Rex Lycanthrosaurus · 12 Apr 2007, 16:20 · from 2007-April.txt.gz

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From: lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm (Rex Lycanthrosaurus)
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:20:42 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wolfe movies from short stories
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:57:34 -0600, "Michael Straight"
<mfstraight at gmail.com> said:

> Oh, and what's the name of the story about the three Disney robots at
> the end of the world?

Not by Wolfe, but Howard Waldrop: "Heirs of the Perisphere."

As for movies, I think the first third of FIFTH HEAD would make a good
film, especially if directed by someone stylish like Christopher Nolan.
It would start with the murder of Maitre by persons unknown, and then a
prefect from Saint Croix could undertake to solve the case by looking at
various of Cave Canem's denizens, each of whom might have a motive for
killing Maitre: his two sons, his crippled scientist-sister, his robot
progenitor, a disgruntled employee (prostitute) of or visitor (john) to
the House at 666 Saltimbanque or even a visiting anthropologist from
Earth. I'd also eliminate for ease of backstory the abo-Saint Anne
connection and make the shapechangers native to Saint Croix. Only at the
end would we learn of the cloning connection and its ramifications.

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