I think your sensibilities now are more genuinely Catholic than they were before. Yes, you were a fundamentalist, and yes, thankfully you are free from that now!
Well really great works of arts convey moral truths without being preachy. I like those type of novels and also historical novels ("Gone with the Wind" and "Desiree", "Tale of Two Cities"). I want heavy themes, so I tend to choose authors who write heavy themed-work. Take Tolstoy. Or the Bronte sisters ("Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights"). Who can put down "Jane Eyre"? Read Charles Dickens' novels.
It's really hard to write literature that good--that can be seen for just being a great story, but also conveying moral truths if one is open to them. So aim for that. First, read the greats. Russian lit is a good place to start (Dostoyeski, Tolstoy, Chekov, Pasternak).
You could pass my idea for a miniseries based on the Kristin Lavrensdatter trilogy to your amateur friend. It needs a screenplay. Then to be pitched to the filmakers that are producing "films with Christian ethics" (e.g., "Sound of Freedom," "Cabrini," "Nefarious". )
Why not write a novel based on a saint's life? LIke who? Hm, how about "My Spirit Rejoices" by Elizabeth Liseur? What an incredible, totally improbable story.
And it's a TRUE story! So, write a novel, screen play, or a miniseries, based on the life of Elisabeth Liseur and her husband and pitch it to the film makers above. Or pass this suggestion on to your screen-play-writing friend.
Here's a slice of Liv Ullman's production of the first of the three novels in the trilogy. She stopped there (book one, "The Bridal Wreath"). Isn't it fabulous? This set of novellas is obliquely autobiographical to Sigrid Undset's life, which is what makes it so interesting (how she grafts her life, centuries later, unto this set of novels):
I would like Martin Scorsese to make either or both of these movies/miniseries. He would be perfect! He has shown up at a church I occassionally attend (Old St. Paddy's in NYC on Prince and Mott), but I could never get near him to suggest the Sigrid Undset work to him because he gets mobbed at such gatherings and I'm a not involved with cinematography except as a fan of "the good stuff".
I think your sensibilities now are more genuinely Catholic than they were before. Yes, you were a fundamentalist, and yes, thankfully you are free from that now!
Well really great works of arts convey moral truths without being preachy. I like those type of novels and also historical novels ("Gone with the Wind" and "Desiree", "Tale of Two Cities"). I want heavy themes, so I tend to choose authors who write heavy themed-work. Take Tolstoy. Or the Bronte sisters ("Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights"). Who can put down "Jane Eyre"? Read Charles Dickens' novels.
It's really hard to write literature that good--that can be seen for just being a great story, but also conveying moral truths if one is open to them. So aim for that. First, read the greats. Russian lit is a good place to start (Dostoyeski, Tolstoy, Chekov, Pasternak).
You could pass my idea for a miniseries based on the Kristin Lavrensdatter trilogy to your amateur friend. It needs a screenplay. Then to be pitched to the filmakers that are producing "films with Christian ethics" (e.g., "Sound of Freedom," "Cabrini," "Nefarious". )
Why not write a novel based on a saint's life? LIke who? Hm, how about "My Spirit Rejoices" by Elizabeth Liseur? What an incredible, totally improbable story.
https://www.amazon.com/My-Spirit-Rejoices-Christian-Unbelief/dp/0918477409
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1772491.My_Spirit_Rejoices
And it's a TRUE story! So, write a novel, screen play, or a miniseries, based on the life of Elisabeth Liseur and her husband and pitch it to the film makers above. Or pass this suggestion on to your screen-play-writing friend.
Here's a slice of Liv Ullman's production of the first of the three novels in the trilogy. She stopped there (book one, "The Bridal Wreath"). Isn't it fabulous? This set of novellas is obliquely autobiographical to Sigrid Undset's life, which is what makes it so interesting (how she grafts her life, centuries later, unto this set of novels):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg8Lhy6hn7U
I would like Martin Scorsese to make either or both of these movies/miniseries. He would be perfect! He has shown up at a church I occassionally attend (Old St. Paddy's in NYC on Prince and Mott), but I could never get near him to suggest the Sigrid Undset work to him because he gets mobbed at such gatherings and I'm a not involved with cinematography except as a fan of "the good stuff".