These were posted by Ray Schneider on his "Spare Oom" list: http://www.duncanentertainment.com/movie_myth.php A follow-up to the earlier TV documentary THE...
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Stolzi
stolzi1us
Jun 25, 2005 8:48 pm
A link I found today: http://www.solcon.nl/arendsmilde/cslewis/reflections/e-orwellths.htm Diamond Proudbrook...
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Stolzi
stolzi1us
Jun 25, 2005 8:48 pm
... From: "Hugh Davis" <HughHDavis@...> To: <mythsoc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 10:24 AM Subject: RE: [mythsoc] CS Lewis and the...
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Hugh Davis
falstaffhhd
Jun 25, 2005 9:11 pm
Thank you. That's good information and a good site. Hugh...
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Hugh Davis
falstaffhhd
Jun 25, 2005 9:22 pm
I have a query about a point in LWW. In re-reading the novel, I am curious why Edmund isn't told of the sacrifice Aslan makes in his place. I know the argument...
Thank you _very_ much, David and Diamond... Vincent [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Stolzi
stolzi1us
Jun 26, 2005 6:59 pm
You're welcome, Vincent! I still keep thinking that CSL would not have joined any Committee like that. Not with his views on hymns, and not during the War...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Jun 26, 2005 7:16 pm
It is possible that Tolkien was mistaken about what committee Lewis was actually a member of. However, there's no notes on this subject to the published...
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Stolzi
stolzi1us
Jun 26, 2005 8:02 pm
That's true, David, I just raised it as a topic of discussion - but of course it comes to personal gossip about CSL, which is something he heartily disliked...
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saraciborski
Jun 27, 2005 1:10 pm
Of minor interest perhaps: there is an article in the Business Section of today's New York Times about a lawsuit that Peter Jackson has filed against New Line...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Jun 27, 2005 3:42 pm
... Ah, Lawsuits of the Rich and Famous. How mythopoeic. I see that this is all about the interpretation of reckoning the profit on subsidiary rights, e.g....
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Stolzi
stolzi1us
Jun 27, 2005 8:45 pm
Over on Spare Oom, there's been some discussion of a Disney Narnia ride to join the other rides at Walt's theme parks. I actually think this offers some...
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jack@...
jack_greenma...
Jun 27, 2005 11:38 pm
... He's *not* being piggy *if* New Line Cinema cheated on its payments. That's known as breaking a contract. Certainly they wouldn't be the first distributor...
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saraciborski
Jun 28, 2005 1:14 am
... That's known as ... Of course not. That he's being piggy is not my view. I thought it an amusing remark from the mega-profit entertainment world. Sara...
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Mari Dole
dole.marianne@...
Jun 28, 2005 2:32 am
I like your ride and would definitely take it. Mari ... From: mythsoc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mythsoc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stolzi Sent: Monday, June...
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dianejoy@...
Jun 29, 2005 4:00 am
What a wonderful idea! It produced some lovely mental images; I think Disney could include a few other things from the VDT and other books: like Dufflepuds...
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Bonnie Callahan
bonolatm@...
Jun 29, 2005 7:25 am
To all of you who look forward to this; Glen's told me he still has some significant work left to do on it, and would appreciate it if you wait until a...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Jun 29, 2005 7:38 am
I know we're all dying to hear more about this, so here's an article claiming that the NY Times violated its own policies by quoting an unidentified New Line...
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Stolzi
stolzi1us
Jun 29, 2005 2:03 pm
... source." ... And how boring that would be! Diamond Proudbrook...
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Danielle Karpouzian
tolkienwasam...
Jun 29, 2005 2:57 pm
I am in grad school in Mankato, MN and am organizing a Tolkien conference for Spring Semester. While we are still in the early planning stages (getting a CFP...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Jun 29, 2005 5:25 pm
An interesting little article is being passed around: well-known fantasy author Robin Hobb decries the writing and distribution of unauthorized fan fiction set...
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lezlie1@...
cenizasderosas
Jun 29, 2005 6:21 pm
Hello-- It's a long shot, but Prof. Alexander Laszlo at the California Institute of Integral Studies has been working on a some research concerning Tolkien and...
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Croft, Janet B.
jbcroft73019
Jun 29, 2005 6:27 pm
Well, one thing that struck me right away was the Aule versus Feanor frame of mind -- the willingness to make and let go, versus the desire to make and keep,...
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Hugh Davis
falstaffhhd
Jun 29, 2005 7:09 pm
The same thing crossed my mind reading it. We've plenty of revisionist novels to look at: Grendel, The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Wide Sargasso Sea,...
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lezlie1@...
cenizasderosas
Jun 29, 2005 7:29 pm
That's right. Dead about 600 years or more. There is a huge difference between invading copyright and creating (mostly) gawd-awful stuff and writing a good...
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ftl_publications
ftl_publicat...
Jun 29, 2005 7:35 pm
... years? ... Currently, as I understand it, it's death plus 75 years. Joan Marie Verba...
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Croft, Janet B.
jbcroft73019
Jun 29, 2005 7:37 pm
Okay, but what if I wanted to retell A Scandal in Bohemia from the point of view of Irene Adler? Or retell Gone With the Wind from the point of view of a slave...
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domendur
Jun 29, 2005 9:01 pm
... Until Disney is at risk of losing its Mickey Mouse copyright again, then the law will be changed again to suit the corporate owners. My personal opinion...
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jamcconney@...
Jun 29, 2005 9:23 pm
I would suppose that the copyright law would come into effect about such things. The last time I read up on it, this was 50 years after the author's death in...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Jun 29, 2005 10:10 pm
Hobb seems to me to be making it clear that she's not primarily concerned with copyright restrictions, but with what she sees as the moral right of an artist...