Just so you know, Frisco, there are plenty of Germans who would gladly kill and skin you for assuming that all Germans (or any, outside of holidays in the South) wear lederhosen. And then they'd use your skin for a very handsome pair of...
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Good - I don't have to try for a literal translation. I'll do the pictures first.
The first page says: "In the kingdom of the lion" Then there's a bit on the bottom wondering if this effort by the director of Shreck will be better than the fantasy-trilogy of Peter Jackon.
The captions on the second page from left to right say: Betrayer Edmund in the ice palace of the white witch Jadis. Susan following in the tracks of Legolas The lion Aslan will be be played in the original by Liam Neeson (Germans dub English films). Fossilized victim of the white witch Shooting in New Zealand's south island in the gorgeous mountain-world near Christchurch.
Third page: Producer (I think) Andrew Adamson and "Edmund" Skandar Keynes on the magic forest set. Peter in the fight against the witch.
Fourth page: Flight/escape through the magic land of Narnia. Lucy and the faun Mr. Tumnus (that one didn't require much ) (They've) Fallen into the fake ice sea in the studio When one is in Narnia, one should preferably not ask this charming group of gentlemen about the path.
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Narnia is a magical land sunk in a deep and everlasting winter. But there’s a prophecy that two daughters of Eve and two sons of Adam will bring freedom and spring back to Narnia.
And here they are. *Describes scene of the four going into the beavers’ den. Edmund goes in last, after looking around the forest as if he thinks they’re being watched.*
“Cut!” calls Andrew Adamson. Goes on to describe how he looks (like a college student or a hacker), and his other two films. A bit about the cost of the film and Disney’s involvement. And they point out that it’s another fantasy film, like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.
Bit about Lewis’s history – nothing new.
New Zealand, end of September 2004, half an hour from Auckland. It is number 63 out of 110 planned shooting days. The hall is very big – it’s was a ring for horse riding, but is now contains the ice palace of Jadis. The forest around the beaver hole is as big as a soccer field. The forest is made of real pines, and Adamson is using a tennis ball on a stick to show the children where the beavers’ eyes will be (since they’re going to be put in later digitally).
“It’s wonderful to work with children,” gushes Adamson. “They have tons of energy, and their imaginations are open and unfixed, so they can easily find themselves in our fantasy world.” In order to make the work easier for the young stars, the filming is taking place mainly in chronological order (of the story).
Overview of the plot
Overview of the Christian themes in the plot. Inevitable comparison to “Passion of the Christ”
Adamson says he’s filming true to the words of C.S. Lewis. “If you’re looking for an exciting adventure story, you’ll get it. If you’re interested in the spiritual undertones, you can find them. Everyone can see the film as he’d like.”
Special effects bit. Nothing new – names a bunch of the creatures that will be seen in the film – nothing named that’s not in the book.
There’ll be a total of sixty various peoples/creatures assembled in the end when Peter leads the True Ones of the lion in the final battle. This is not going to be a scene like those in Middle Earth. “This film is not bloody,” states Adamson clearly. “You could say that I’m showing the violence out in a romantic perspective. That doesn’t mean that I romanticized the violence. But I don’t think it’s important to show how a spear shoots through a body or a head is cut off. That’s not my style.”
Anyways, the hacking and cutting would hardly fit to the theme of the movie. Adomson: “Narnia is a film about forgiveness. The three children forgive their brother after he betrays them. The lion pardons after he takes upon himself a heavy sacrifice. … In our world at this time there are many horrible things to be seen, because men have forgotten how to forgive.”
Adamson isn’t saying yes or no about the possibility of continuing the series.
Anyways, there’s still the chronicles of Shrek, that must go further. “Shrek 3 is in the works. This time I’m not the director but a producer.”
There’s no lack of things to parody. What would the green swamp dweller say, if he meet a speaking Jesus-lion out of the bright sky?
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