From Joe Rice Sent Mon, Sep 20th 1999, 01:13
From Joe Rice Sent Mon, Sep 20th 1999, 01:13
=46rom http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~kh401597/510.html +Neuromancer: At last report, Cunningham and William Gibson were=20 still working on the script to this film, which he will also direct,=20 based on the Gibson novel Neuromancer. From the article in RES,=20 Cunningham says, "The problem with that book is that it's been picked=20 clean over the last ten years ... but I still think there's a=20 brilliant film in there. . . I certainly don't want it to be my first=20 film. It would kill me." Gibson speaks of Cunningham: "The guy's a=20 genius. He's the man for the job - Neuromancer was his 'Wind of the=20 Williows'." "I hate all that virtual reality stuff. It's just so unbelievably=20 boring. It's not gonna be a film about that, I just don't think that=20 stuff is even relevant..." So will it be more character-based?=20 "Totally, yeah - it's like a really bizarre, trippy thriller. To=20 turn it into a film, the first thing you would have to do is bin all=20 that VR bollocks. To me that would be like making a film about a=20 phone or a car, which in ten years time will be as much in the=20 background. "I'm working on two films right now, two scripts. One of=20 them is my own script which I'll probably do first, a straight drama.=20 When I was a kid I loved Kes as much as I loved Tron, and the script=20 I'm working on is in that Kes area, it's the closest thing I can=20 compare it to. And then after that, if I go on to make Neuromancer...=20 to me that's part of the fun of it, watching the faces of people when=20 you surprise them." (Flux, #14) Neuromancer is slated for a 2000 release date by Seven Arts Pictures.=20 =46or more information, visit Coming Attractions. There is also an=20 official Neuromancer movie web-site with information about=20 Cunningham, Gibson, and others involved with the film. At 3:10 PM -0500 9/19/99, .daevid. wrote: >um, unless there have been some late-breaking developments, >AFAIK no studio has bought the script and Cunningham has not >committed to the project. > >and I don't believe Gibson factors into the process anywhere, >which may be for the better. with the amount of time that has >passed since the book was written, and with all the stealing >from and aping of Neuromancer (the Matrix, etc.) that has >transpired, I think a fresh approach and interpretation would be >the best solution. just let Cunningham run with it. > >of course, I'm not financing the deal, but you sure as hell can >bet whoever does is gonna have quite a bit to say about the >adaptation. > >dae.vid. > > > > > From: brucelev <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > > Subject: (idm) Video: ae 2nd bad vilbel > > > > his video for bjork's 'all is full of love' may be the best video i have > > ever seen. can't wait to see what he does with Neuromancer. Anyone know = if > > Gibson himself is involved with the screenplay? > > > =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 = =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 =B7 > > "...too many clowns, not enough jokers..." - FTB Inc.