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Sep. 15th, 2005 11:59 pmMany of you know that London's Royal National Theatre produced a stageplay of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
I just discovered that the RNT production has an elaborate webpage, including video interviews, basic links to some of Pullman's background reading, and video clips from an actual performance of the play. The clips are aesthetically pleasing, even if the dialogue of the play appears to clank like Iorek Byrnison's armor when it hasn't been greased in years. I recommend watching the scene in which Lyra and Will meet the Boatman who ferries people into the land of the dead. (Yes, there are spoilers.)
Also, I finally parsed the symbolism in the final scenes of The Amber Spyglass, and I am furious. ( Major spoilers, not to mention heresy for several religions, behind the cut )
I should note here that I do not endorse Pullman's theology (antitheology?) at all. I'm not arguing that one set of Pullman's principles is correct; I'm just suggesting that Pullman's theology is irritatingly inconsistent.
By the way, there are people who might be interested in the dozens of 100x100 pixel images of Lyra and Will I now have on my computer. I'm just sayin'.
I just discovered that the RNT production has an elaborate webpage, including video interviews, basic links to some of Pullman's background reading, and video clips from an actual performance of the play. The clips are aesthetically pleasing, even if the dialogue of the play appears to clank like Iorek Byrnison's armor when it hasn't been greased in years. I recommend watching the scene in which Lyra and Will meet the Boatman who ferries people into the land of the dead. (Yes, there are spoilers.)
Also, I finally parsed the symbolism in the final scenes of The Amber Spyglass, and I am furious. ( Major spoilers, not to mention heresy for several religions, behind the cut )
I should note here that I do not endorse Pullman's theology (antitheology?) at all. I'm not arguing that one set of Pullman's principles is correct; I'm just suggesting that Pullman's theology is irritatingly inconsistent.
By the way, there are people who might be interested in the dozens of 100x100 pixel images of Lyra and Will I now have on my computer. I'm just sayin'.
