Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by grhughes (A) on December 30, 2008 at 08:29:12

In Reply to: RE: Sounds more like opera (Mody Dick, not Deep Throat!). (nt) posted by rditmars on December 29, 2008 at 16:15:57

I was thinking Puritan Gothic. The early New England, New Bedford, but Americana and steeped in religious symbolism. Not so much dance numbers but work songs similar to the ditch digging scene in OUR DAILY BREAD by King Vidor. And Ahab's stump pacing, sounding out a dull cadance, only coming out in moon lite. And all male acapella choir in 6 track surround. The book is an all male happening except for the congregation at Father Maple's sermon and the farewell at the dock. But modern CGI could really impact the whale and ship at sea scenes. Casting would be very critical. GRH
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture." Frank Lloyd Wright