There are thirteen directors in history whose films have grossed over $1 billion domestically. James Cameron and Michael Bay were able to do it in seven movies. Peter Jackson took eight.
Andrew Adamson, meanwhile, did it in three.
So after two “Shreks” and two “Narnias,” who’s gonna begrudge him a little well earned vacation?
“I want to do as much as I can from somewhere on a nice beach,” he laughing, telling MTV that his involvement in the third Narnia, “Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” will be largely scaled back. “I am a director, I know what it’s like to have someone watching over your shoulder. I don’t want to be that person to Michael Apted, and I’m really intrigued to see what he brings to the movie.”
Perhaps the change is for the best anyway, conceded Adamson, considering the markedly different tone of the third novel.
“There’s an inherent change,” Adamson admitted.
Yeah, no kidding. “Treader” may read like a cross between “The Odyssey” and “The Knights of the Round Table,” but let’s not kid ourselves – this book is about Jesus. And I say that knowing that they’re ALL about Jesus in some way. If I remember correctly, Aslan even admits he’s Christ at some point - Lewis’ repeated denunciations of allegory be damned.
So, given that, what is Adamson most concerned about keeping in the film? Simple consistency, he insisted.
“I want to make sure that the third film is true to what was set up in [the first and second] films,” he said. “And I think [Michael] is willing to embrace that. He’s a good storyteller.”
I love the Inklings. That’s not really relevant, I just wanted to share. Sound off on “Dawn Treader” below.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:37 am
They’re not allegory - they’re supposal, so your statemtn of “Lewis’ denunciations of allegory be damned” is wrong - they’re supposal like Lewis said, there is a clear and marked difference.
Yes Aslan did say that he’s in our world too and here he has another name - in fact it’s in Voyage of the Dawn Treader he says it. It is important though to see these books for what they are - and they clearly aren’t allegory, Aslan doesn’t represent Jesus (allegory is where something represents something else), where as Aslan, in a sense *is* Jesus in the world of Narnia - if you want to see it that way.
May 10th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Allegory-schmallegory.
*sighs* I’m reminded of the discussions of simile v. oxymoron… and I think about as many people cared.
Aslan is a representation of Christ in the world of Narnia. He is not the man himself. While I know a lot of people will argue the whys and wherefores of that comment, I’d also point out that whilst He (Aslan/Jesus) could theoretically exist in our world in mythical non-human way, the *body* of Christ, resurrected or not, is long gone. Whereas Aslan manages to be tangible and nigh-immortal after his raising at the Table. So, even if something could appear and say “I’m Jesus”, by the definition of “allagory” given above, it would be just that, because it couldn’t BE Jesus in the flesh. Just a represtenation. *smirk* How’s that for a brain twister? Therefore, if He can’t even manifest in our world, and the best He can do is a talking lion in theird, you can’t blame a writer for a perfectly versitile word like “allagory”, used often with talking about Biblical references.
Now, of course, one wonders, can Aslan create a rock that even HE couldn’t lift… hrm..
~Jenni