robertsl@stolaf.UUCP (Laurence C. Roberts) (05/18/85)
I think a movie of _A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz_ would be great, but in a manner of
speaking, it's already been done. I'm speaking of the National Public Radio
Production. It aired a little over a year ago over Minnesota Public Radio.
It was well done and fairly vermaitim. I think these extended radio shows
are the ideal way to do dramatic adaptations of literary works. Where else
can you do twelve-hour productions?
The radio adaptations of the first two STAR WARS movies were really good
too... much more detail than thie books or movies, and with Mark Hamill, Anthony
Daniels, and the original Ben Burtt sound effects, all well mixed right in St.
Paul by Tom Vogli, I think. The replacement actors for the rest of the cast
were on the whole believable.
I often read books and think about what good movies they would make,
but... ah well. Someone ought REALLY to make movies out of Alan Dean Foster's
original SF. _Cachalot_, for instance reads just like a movie, with a teaser
at the beginning, followed by the arrival of the main characters, during which
one can practically see the credits rolling. My choice for a Foster movie
would be _Icerigger_.
Laurence Roberts
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