Behind the Scenes of Narnia
Thursday, December 16th, 2004(link via Looking Closer through Prosthesis)
Posts Tagged ‘cslewis’
C.S. Lewis on Popular Media
Monday, November 29th, 2004The book or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust in them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things–the beauty, the memory of our own past–are good images of what we really desire; but if they are mistaken for the thing itself they turn into dumb idols, breaking the hearts of their worshipers.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewis.
Shadowlands
Friday, November 19th, 2004Shadowlands comes highly recommended in this post at Rhesa’s blog. I saw it a few months ago on DVD. The 1993 movie stars Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis, the Oxford don and writer, and Debra Winger as Joy Gresham, an American fan of his whom he weds in a marriage of convenience. He realizes his deep love for her when she becomes terminally ill. The film got a 100% Tomato Meter Rating. Do check it out.
On a related note, I regret missing the PBS special The Question of God which aired last September. It compares C.S. Lewis’s deep religious convictions to Sigmund Freud’s scientific skepticism. I wonder where I can rent the DVD?
Disney doing Narnia
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004In the heels of acquiring the Muppets, Disney has sealed a deal to cofinance and distribute the first installment of the movie adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ classic children’s fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia.
Work has already begun on the film by Peter Jackson’s WETA Workshop in New Zealand. The project is led by Kiwi director Andrew Adamson, who won an Oscar for directing Shrek.