Throughout my career as a writer, I’ve met people that trusted me without knowing me well and they have helped me, enabling me to follow my dreams. I’ve been visiting the pages of readers this last year and I’ve seen excellent works by actresses & actors, musicians, directors, etc.
That’s why I thought: why not make a movie together? I would retain the rights of the film based on my latest book The Witch of Portobello while developing this partnership. From then onwards, I’ve developed the following project :
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Paulo very nice idea!! Looking forward to seeing what comes of it.
Hugs,
Clover
great post.good comment thank you
Hi Paulo,
the film project is such an interesting idea. For me the main thing, apart from the goal of bringing the novel to the screen – is the means by which it is being made.
Each filmmaker is working independantly of every other.
This influences not only what is eventually edited together of course, but how each filmmaker must therefore approach their work, ie. how each might interpret and produce their segment in the context of the otherwise unpredictable result.
It means, as a filmmaker, one must devise, or otherwise rediscover ways of filmmaking that have not been done, or have otherwise been “lost” in the evolution of filmmaking.
The need for new/old ideas will work the other way as well.
Although a single editing team will be creating the final work they will be working with material over which they have otherwise had no direct control – and the material itself, having begun life in anticipation of this very thing – will have introduced novel ideas that can’t help but challenge/inspire the team in how they assemble the material.
Congratulations on initiating what I believe is a profoundly fascinating way of making a film.
I hope all involved in producing this work will appreciate what this experiment is potentially capable of achieving.
Carl
good thankyou blog very nice
Gorgeous idea,Paulo, eagerly waiting for ur beautiful creation on celluliod, but please just make it sure, its in english so that it can reach ur wider audience….
fingers crossed………..
all the best……
this is a wonderful idea, Paulo! i’ve always wondered why none of your books have yet been made into a film. i’d love to participate!! (altho, i have yet to read The Witch of Portobello – and i should very promptly now!) ^_^
Chapel Bridge, Switzerland :))))))…. Wow great bridge, so much history jammed in 200 metres…
Paulo, tal como já o disse aqui, acompanho as suas crónicas na Lux e agora aqui. Não tenho muito tempo para ler, mas vou a pouco e pouco lendo um livro ou outro e tenho em lista de espera “Na margem do rio pedra eu sentei e chorei”. Mas tenho uma dúvida? onde se inspira, ou melhor, onde vai buscar tantas histórias de religiões tão diferentes (mas também tão iguais!)? É fascinante!
Excellent, let the games begin! Looking forward to hearing from you..
Thank you Paulo
Paulo very nice idea!! Looking forward to seeing what comes of it.
Hugs,
Clover
Oi. Interessante o seu novo projeto. Quando ele for apresentado por aqui, vou assistir. Quem sabe na Mostra de Cinema de São Paulo deste ano ou do próximo? Boa sorte ao filme!