Who would direct the film version of your story?
by Todd Foley
Via Simply Excited
Yes, the book is almost always better than the movie. Yet I’ll likely go see it if it’s based off a book I love.
I’m a huge fan of minimalism and aimed to achieve this in Eastbound Sailing, my upcoming novel. For that reason, I would have to choose artist-turned-director Steve McQueen.
I recently watched Hunger, his 2008 directorial debut. It’s a brutally beautiful story, but what I found most impacting was McQueen’s minimalist style and long, uncut takes. A great example of the latter was a 20-minute segment with only two takes, about 10 minutes each. No back-and-forth editing. This raw, unfiltered scene made me feel as though I was sitting right there on the set. It was an incredibly human experience.
What about you? Who would direct the film version of your book or still-to-be-written story?
Todd, I didn’t know of this movie but I’m definitely going to see it! I too love minimalism, although writing it well is a whole other story 😉
I think you’d like it, Samir. What struck me most about this movie is what there is such little dialog. It really is a “show, don’t tell” type of experience.
Is there a particular movie you watched where you thought, “Wow, THAT is how I would like my book/story to be presented”?
I suppose director Edward Zwick, I’m thinking the ‘Last Samurai’, don’t know why but I always thought of my story as that of a warrior-philosopher. Although reading it written down like this makes me think I’m blowing wind up my own ***. Oh well… an imaginative mind is a rich mind.
Hey, that’s what creatives do. 🙂
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