Comments on: Mysteries of Pittsburgh movie trepidations http://realfake.org/blog/2006/04/21/mysteries-of-pittsburgh-movie-trepidations/ the tao that can be blogged is not the eternal tao Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: franQ http://realfake.org/blog/2006/04/21/mysteries-of-pittsburgh-movie-trepidations/#comment-18322 franQ Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:56:11 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/04/21/mysteries-of-pittsburgh-movie-trepidations/#comment-18322 First of all, I consider myself THE #1 "Mysteries of Pittsburgh" fan, and somehow I only JUST learned about this film adaptation... which I've been waiting for since 1993 when I first read the book. And I am SO angry about it, I want to cry. Who does this director/writer think he is, CHANGING the story? I read in article that he got into filmmaking so he could one day make this movie (because of his love for the book) and then he combines Arthur and Cleveland into ONE character! What the f***!? (And why is Peter Saarsgard playing the role when he's clearly 10 years too old?) I checked out the official website and watched the behind the scenes footage. The director's wearing a Tigers cap and tossing a football around like some Total Jock. Doesn't look like a true Mysteries fan to me! (And his comment about "the gay sex comes later" slightly offended me. Not to mention the thought of Art Bechstein having sex with Cleveland...Dude, it would NEVER happen!) All I can say is, I got my MFA in Dramatic Writing at Carnegie Mellon (right behind the REAL "Cloud Factory," where it doesn't look like they're actually shooting) just so I could one day adapt this wonderful novel into a film...Which is EXACTLY what I will do, once this so-called version miserably fails. I could go on and on... First of all, I consider myself THE #1 “Mysteries of Pittsburgh” fan, and somehow I only JUST learned about this film adaptation… which I’ve been waiting for since 1993 when I first read the book. And I am SO angry about it, I want to cry.

Who does this director/writer think he is, CHANGING the story? I read in article that he got into filmmaking so he could one day make this movie (because of his love for the book) and then he combines Arthur and Cleveland into ONE character! What the f***!? (And why is Peter Saarsgard playing the role when he’s clearly 10 years too old?)

I checked out the official website and watched the behind the scenes footage. The director’s wearing a Tigers cap and tossing a football around like some Total Jock. Doesn’t look like a true Mysteries fan to me! (And his comment about “the gay sex comes later” slightly offended me. Not to mention the thought of Art Bechstein having sex with Cleveland…Dude, it would NEVER happen!)

All I can say is, I got my MFA in Dramatic Writing at Carnegie Mellon (right behind the REAL “Cloud Factory,” where it doesn’t look like they’re actually shooting) just so I could one day adapt this wonderful novel into a film…Which is EXACTLY what I will do, once this so-called version miserably fails.

I could go on and on…

]]> By: Mean Gene http://realfake.org/blog/2006/04/21/mysteries-of-pittsburgh-movie-trepidations/#comment-3131 Mean Gene Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:29:57 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/04/21/mysteries-of-pittsburgh-movie-trepidations/#comment-3131 I have the same fears about a cinematic M of P. What I don't get is that Sienna Miller is apparently cast as Jane, not Phlox. So, if you merge Arthur and Cleveland, how exactly does Jane fit into the puzzle? Or has Phlox been written out too and what you're left with is a triangle of Art/ArthurCleveland/PhloxJane? Which would completely gut the book. I mean, if you're going to film the movie in Louisiana, and get rid of Cleveland and Phlox, why not title it <i>Cajun Love Triangle Movie</i>. I'll probably just skip the film and re-read the book. I have the same fears about a cinematic M of P. What I don’t get is that Sienna Miller is apparently cast as Jane, not Phlox. So, if you merge Arthur and Cleveland, how exactly does Jane fit into the puzzle? Or has Phlox been written out too and what you’re left with is a triangle of Art/ArthurCleveland/PhloxJane?

Which would completely gut the book. I mean, if you’re going to film the movie in Louisiana, and get rid of Cleveland and Phlox, why not title it Cajun Love Triangle Movie.

I’ll probably just skip the film and re-read the book.

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