I can't quite imagine how Riddley Walker could be filmed and still retain even a hint of the linguistic mastery it contains.
That would absolutely be the challenge of it. What lines could be picked out as dialogue, which bits would you have as narration, what would the accents be like... ooh, I can hear it in my head now! (I must get round to getting a RW icon.
It's my unconfirmed opinion that Joss gave Wash the name "Hoban" as a tribute, by the way.
I was wondering about that just today! (I've been reading kradical's novelization.)
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Date: 2006-01-27 12:56 am (UTC)That would absolutely be the challenge of it. What lines could be picked out as dialogue, which bits would you have as narration, what would the accents be like... ooh, I can hear it in my head now! (I must get round to getting a RW icon.
It's my unconfirmed opinion that Joss gave Wash the name "Hoban" as a tribute, by the way.
I was wondering about that just today! (I've been reading