Christa Wolf, one of the best-known writers from the former East Germany whose works described war and politics from a woman's perspective, has died," reports the AP. "She was 82."
"Her first big success was the novel Divided Heaven, which deals with the divided Germany," noted Die Zeit in a biographical sketch that accompanied an interview that ran in 2005. "The book won her the prestigious East German Heinrich Mann Prize, and was made into a movie by East German filmmaker Konrad Wolf in 1964."
From that lengthy interview conducted by Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns and Stephan Lebert and translated by signandsight: "It's still my book with the highest run. One of the official reproaches in the Gdr, apart from criticism of its content, was to say that it was written in too 'modern' a fashion. I can't say it still corresponds to my idea of literature at its best. But after that I wrote...
"Her first big success was the novel Divided Heaven, which deals with the divided Germany," noted Die Zeit in a biographical sketch that accompanied an interview that ran in 2005. "The book won her the prestigious East German Heinrich Mann Prize, and was made into a movie by East German filmmaker Konrad Wolf in 1964."
From that lengthy interview conducted by Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns and Stephan Lebert and translated by signandsight: "It's still my book with the highest run. One of the official reproaches in the Gdr, apart from criticism of its content, was to say that it was written in too 'modern' a fashion. I can't say it still corresponds to my idea of literature at its best. But after that I wrote...
- 12/1/2011
- MUBI
NBC has scored a pilot commitment to Jason and the Argonauts, based on the classic quest for the Golden Fleece in Greek mythology. Argonauts will mark the first-ever green-screen drama developed for primetime television. Films such as Sin City have made use of green screen, but this will be the first time the technology makes the leap to a primetime TV series.
The network secured the projected after a "fierce bidding war" with a rival network, believed to be Fox. Interestingly enough, Fox is developing The Argonauts as a feature film with Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk) scripting. In fact, Tom Rothman mentioned the project as recently as today in his interview with IESB.net. Variety reports that DreamWorks also has a project titled The Argonauts. Their interpretation of the story would feature treasure hunters from today transported back to the time of Jason. This comes the same time that...
The network secured the projected after a "fierce bidding war" with a rival network, believed to be Fox. Interestingly enough, Fox is developing The Argonauts as a feature film with Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk) scripting. In fact, Tom Rothman mentioned the project as recently as today in his interview with IESB.net. Variety reports that DreamWorks also has a project titled The Argonauts. Their interpretation of the story would feature treasure hunters from today transported back to the time of Jason. This comes the same time that...
- 10/15/2008
- by Josh Wigler
- Comicmix.com
BERLIN -- The last completed work by assassinated Dutch director Theo van Gogh, Medea has won the top honor from German television film festival the Cologne Conference, organizers said Wednesday. Medea was voted best fiction series at the festival, beating out higher-profile shows such as My Name Is Earl, Prison Break and the BBC's Life on Mars. A six-part miniseries that aired last year to lavish praise and impressive ratings on Dutch channel Avro Television, Medea is a retelling of the Euripides tragedy, transposed onto modern Dutch politics.
- 5/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands -- The upcoming Dutch Film Festival, which this year celebrates its 25th edition, will pay tribute to murdered Dutch director Theo van Gogh, organizers announced Wednesday. A retrospective of van Gogh's work will include 13 feature films and three television series. Two of his most recent productions -- the feature 06/05, based on the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, and the drama series Medea -- will also be included in the festival's Golden Calf competition.
- 7/27/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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