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James Cameron
Dec. 20th, 2011 08:54 amSuccess is very destructive to intelligence, and even more to self-knowledge. It is true, as the article I quote says, that James Cameron is responsible - though not in the penal sense, alas - for two of the most successful movies in history, Titanic and Avatar; but it is also agreed - there is not even room for any real debate - that Cameron also deserves some sort of award for managing to pack in the public for two of the worst-written pieces of gibbering idiocy ever released upon a guilty world. It would be kind to call their writing foetid; it is probably better to describe it as a meaningless free association of dead and buried clichés; the "writer"'s mind reaching instinctively, at each turn, for something old and stupid.
Which is why the text of the following article (actually written almost two years ago, so perhaps he's thought better of it) struck me like the biggest joke since Donald Trump tried to pretend he was Presidential material:
JAMES CAMERON CONFIRMS HE’S WRITING ‘AVATAR’ NOVEL
By Christopher John Farley
Wall Street Journal
February 16, 2010
Original Link
James Cameron has the two biggest movie blockbusters of all time: “Titanic” and “Avatar.” So what’s left for him to conquer? The world of literature.
At a reception held in his honor on Tuesday night in New York City at the Four Seasons Restaurant, Cameron confirmed reports that he’s turning his Oscar-nominated movie “Avatar” into a novel.
“There are things you can do in books that you can’t do with films,” said Cameron.
“Avatar” tells the story of a disabled Marine who travels to a distant moon called Pandora, inhabits a surrogate body, and falls in with a nature-loving alien race fighting military and corporate forces seeking to exploit their land for profit.
He says the book version of “Avatar” will follow the film version “quite closely” in terms of the plot. But the novel will also include “interior monologues” and provide details about the characters and Pandora.
Cameron said he first considered writing the book when he was filming the movie. “I told myself, if it made money, I’d write a book,” the director said.
“Avatar” has grossed more than $666 million domestically.
At the reception, Cameron also said that he wants to use the spotlight that’s been put on him by “Avatar’s” success to bring attention to environmental causes. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the host of the event, said that even though “Avatar” is a work of fiction, it had helped shed light on issues relating to conservation.
posted @ Saturday, February 27, 2010 3:46 AM by David
Which is why the text of the following article (actually written almost two years ago, so perhaps he's thought better of it) struck me like the biggest joke since Donald Trump tried to pretend he was Presidential material:
JAMES CAMERON CONFIRMS HE’S WRITING ‘AVATAR’ NOVEL
By Christopher John Farley
Wall Street Journal
February 16, 2010
Original Link
James Cameron has the two biggest movie blockbusters of all time: “Titanic” and “Avatar.” So what’s left for him to conquer? The world of literature.
At a reception held in his honor on Tuesday night in New York City at the Four Seasons Restaurant, Cameron confirmed reports that he’s turning his Oscar-nominated movie “Avatar” into a novel.
“There are things you can do in books that you can’t do with films,” said Cameron.
“Avatar” tells the story of a disabled Marine who travels to a distant moon called Pandora, inhabits a surrogate body, and falls in with a nature-loving alien race fighting military and corporate forces seeking to exploit their land for profit.
He says the book version of “Avatar” will follow the film version “quite closely” in terms of the plot. But the novel will also include “interior monologues” and provide details about the characters and Pandora.
Cameron said he first considered writing the book when he was filming the movie. “I told myself, if it made money, I’d write a book,” the director said.
“Avatar” has grossed more than $666 million domestically.
At the reception, Cameron also said that he wants to use the spotlight that’s been put on him by “Avatar’s” success to bring attention to environmental causes. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the host of the event, said that even though “Avatar” is a work of fiction, it had helped shed light on issues relating to conservation.
posted @ Saturday, February 27, 2010 3:46 AM by David
