A movie of Screwtape?

[sun-star]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958443.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1

I can't imagine how this could be adapted for film :confused:

[hectorberlioz]

Actually, it can be done well...as long as they don't try to prolong the film to over an hour and ten minutes;)

[sun-star]

But it doesn't really have a plot. As I recall, it goes: ordinary man is tempted by devil, gives in a bit, resists a bit, dies and goes to heaven. The end :eek:
The rest would just be Screwtape talking.

[inked]

sun-star, you really must brush up on The Screwtape Letters. It is rife with cinematic possibilities! Why CGI options alone would drive Spielburg mad.

[inked]

Today, 29 November, 2009, is CS Lewis' 111th birthday! Happy Birthday, Jack!

And, appropriately enough, though not plannedly so, I have received a copy of Focus on the Family Radio Theatre's dramatization of THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS.

It is marvelously done! Andy Serkis ("Gollum") is Screwtape and does a remarkable job of creating that character. The production values are superb.
If you are interested, you can preview bits at www.screwtape.com and see what I mean.

This production certainly sets the mind's eye to seeing the movie, sun-star!:D

[Varnafindë]

Andy Serkis is doing a brilliant job. I guess that he acts just as much when there is only sound recording as in these bits where there's a camera as well - just because I think he would need to act fully in order to read his lines with the emotion they need.

I think I might have enjoyed watching him read the entire text ... I suppose I should get a copy of the dramatization in order to at least hear him.

And introducing other characters to make it more of a conversation - at least in parts - seems like a good idea. That "news lady" certainly works very well.