Film Version of New Sun?

Bob Miller · 19 Jun 2007, 13:20 · from 2007-June.txt.gz

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From: bob_bageera at hotmail.com (Bob Miller)
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:20:49 -0500
Subject: (urth) Film Version of New Sun?
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From: Christopher Hettinger <telpeurion at hotmail.com>
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Subject: (urth) Film Version of New Sun?
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:07:17 -0700

Hello everyone,

I have been reading through the Urth lists on occasion for some list for 
quite some time now. However, I did not notice until tonight that it was not 
all dead. That in mind, I decided to write posing a query for you all.

With the success of The Lord of the Rings, many fantasy and science fiction 
literary works are seeing new life on the big screen.
Gene Wolfe, although a critically acclaimed author by all means, is 
completely unknown by anyone outside the box. I myself would not know GW if 
I had not accidently found a complete hardcover edition of the Book of the 
New Sun (The one with a close up on Severian in a twilight local with frizzy 
hair and a six-pack of abs featured on the cover) in my brother's box of old 
books. I have read the New Sun series three times now, and I constantly feel 
like it could easily, if done right, be the next big thing. There are just 
so many scenes beautifully articulated in the book that could be displayed 
with greater ease in visual format. The Duel on the Sanguinary Fields, 
Vodalus' feast, Severian's adventure in the House Absolute, the 
confrontation with the alzabo, the fight at baldander's castle, and the 
whole battle in the north screams the word "epic". Perhaps a movie format 
would not do the series justice, but I can think of a Television mini-series 
easily accomplishing that. In that way, you could still have all the hidden 
items littered throughout, maintain the first-person narrative, and because 
of the former, have watchable through repeated viewings.

Bad idea? Probably I know, but hey, it would at least Mr. Wolfe some more 
success that is due to him.
My wife and I have had a similar idea for twenty plus years.  The difficulty 
is in the execution.

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