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FIDELITY OF WEI SHENG AWARD REVIEW

FIDELITY OF WEI SHENG AWARD REVIEW

LAUGHING HARD…at ScreenCraft review of my animated movie script, based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa Buddhist novel. While the reviewer acknowledges that “…the script is high on poeticism, …spirit changing bodies…” (vv: read reincarnation), she also advises “…For example, a green heron startles Wei with its cry on page 4, but what if the heron flew into Wei and inadvertently attacked him?” Yeah, right,…

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BAUDOLINO TRILOGY: MOVIE OR COMIC BOOK

BAUDOLINO TRILOGY: MOVIE OR COMIC BOOK

MOVIE ADAPTATION of Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climate book, Johnny Depp in the leading role? OMG! Actually it was only “Announced” in 2008, but never made. IMO, an adaptation closely following Tom Robbins’ story could be controversial, if not a box office problem. Why do I care? Because my “based on” script…oh well, we shall see… My treatment has a different subplot for 2067 and its ending…

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DRAMA: SOMALIA, PROXIES AND THE WORLD IN 2067 Baudolino's second mission in Somalia needs drama. Just a lame adaptation of Switter's second CIA mission in Syria of 1990's, from the book, will not work in the 2060's action of the movie.

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BAUDOLINO IN SOMALIA OF 2067 Somalia stands out as the best location for Baudolino's second CIA mission, after the first one in Peru.

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THIRD PART. BAUDOLINO REINCARNATES IN 2067 AS A CIA SPY. First sequence with his aunt and the parrot in the Rejuvenation Room done. In the second, on a CIA mission to Peru, his airplane lands on Lima airport...

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THIRD PART. BAUDOLINO REINCARNATES IN 2067 AS A CIA SPY. First sequence with his aunt and the parrot in the Rejuvenation Room done. In the second, on a mission CIA to Peru, his airplane lands on Lima airport...

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Sequential Art for Ryunosuke Akutagawa short buddhist story Inviting a Japanese or Chinese drawing style artist to render my adaptation of "The Faith of Wei Sheng" short story.  99 more words

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Sequential Art for Ryunosuke Akutagawa short Buddhist story n Inviting a Japanese or Chinese drawing style artist to render my adaptation of "The Faith of Wei Sheng" short story.  99 more words

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Sequential Art for Ryunosuke Akutagawa short story Wei Sheng- Sequential Art Job Description Inviting a Japanese or Chinese drawing style artist to render my adaptation of "The Faith of Wei Sheng" short story. 

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The spy, parrot, nun and Pyramid Head THE THIRD PART OF THE TRILOGY. Reincarnated in 2065,Baudolino encounters The Pyramid Head who preaches the Universal Consciousness religion. After meeting with him, Baudolino falls in love with a nun, but has to change the way he walks in life or die.

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BAUDOLINO: ONE MORE TO GO Happy to had finished the second part of Baudolino’s adaptation trilogy, work started on 11/22/15. Other than Umberto Eco’s inspiration, I could not have been able to do it without Google maps and searches on history, religion, philosophy and art.

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THE GRIFFON GETS BAUDOLINO TO CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1204 Baudolino dozes off while looking at the griffons, one of which…flies off the tent’s cover and, after circling the courtyard, lowers itself by Baudolino who gets on its back.

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1202 July. The flying fish loses its scales On the deck of the Greek trading ship, a group of tradesmen sit crouched and argue. Neither the Muslim nor the Venetian merchant seem to be impressed by Ardzrouni’s and The Poet’s meteorite stones.

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Pndapetzim fight and script foreshadowing In the book, the description of the fight between the Huns and the defenders of Pndapetzim is fun.

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Poison energizes the cockatrice Baudolino keeps going to the lake, waiting for Hypatia; but she doesn’t come. His worries are growing on whether Hypatia participates in the honey celebrations with the fecundators or not.

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Universal Religion or Theory of Everything? Umberto Eco writes on 29 pages, most of them discussions about religion and philosophy, the love story of Baudolino and Hypatia.

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Magogs Attack the Heavenly Realm

Magogs Attack the Heavenly Realm

Towards the end of Umberto Eco’s book Baudolino, the Huns attack the border of Prester John’s Kingdom. History sources locate the Huns in Central Asia; thus, the Kingdom must have been South of it, probably Ethiopia. One Wikipedia source describes the Huns as having “sort of a shapeless lump, not a head, with pin-holes rather than eyes.” That’s kind of apocalyptic, isn’t it?

In my movie…