http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/09/23/wanted-director-to-take-on-moby-dick/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:24:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/09/23/wanted-director-to-take-on-moby-dick/comment-page-1/#comment-649394 EliseP Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:27:41 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=10448#comment-649394 Orson Welles died in 1985 so he wasn't directing anything in 1999! Maybe you're thinking of the Patrick Stewart televised version. Orson Welles died in 1985 so he wasn’t directing anything in 1999! Maybe you’re thinking of the Patrick Stewart televised version.

]]> http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/09/23/wanted-director-to-take-on-moby-dick/comment-page-1/#comment-468291 AdamM Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:37:29 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=10448#comment-468291 With all the emphasis on the effects, the film's success is really going to come down to who they cast as Ahab and how faithful they are to the novel. Use CGI to make the giant white whale as fearsome and menacing as you want, but without a believable actor playing the obsessive, megalomaniacal Ahab there's really no point. At the very least, the film might convince people to pick up one of my favorite books. With all the emphasis on the effects, the film’s success is really going to come down to who they cast as Ahab and how faithful they are to the novel. Use CGI to make the giant white whale as fearsome and menacing as you want, but without a believable actor playing the obsessive, megalomaniacal Ahab there’s really no point. At the very least, the film might convince people to pick up one of my favorite books.

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