Of course Paul Riforati is not Michel Rabagliati — he has a different name, see?
But Rabagliati has now given us about 1200 pages of comics — not all of which have made it into the English language, true — about Riforati and his life. They may all be completely fictional: Paul may just be someone born at about the same time as Rabagliati, living in the same places, having the same jobs, with all of the emotional and story content entirely unconnected to Rabagliati’s life.
Sure. That’s plausible, isn’t it?
We don’t know Rabagliati personally. We almost never know a creator personally. So he could have made it all up.
But I don’t think so. What a creator does is not so much “create,” which implies making something out of whole cloth, but transforming. And the Paul stories are one of the finest examples of life transformed into...
But Rabagliati has now given us about 1200 pages of comics — not all of which have made it into the English language, true — about Riforati and his life. They may all be completely fictional: Paul may just be someone born at about the same time as Rabagliati, living in the same places, having the same jobs, with all of the emotional and story content entirely unconnected to Rabagliati’s life.
Sure. That’s plausible, isn’t it?
We don’t know Rabagliati personally. We almost never know a creator personally. So he could have made it all up.
But I don’t think so. What a creator does is not so much “create,” which implies making something out of whole cloth, but transforming. And the Paul stories are one of the finest examples of life transformed into...
- 9/5/2017
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
LONDON -- An eclectic mix of U.S. and international names headlined by lead Damian Lewis and including Daryl Hannah, Virginie Ledoyen and John Malkovich have signed up for Raoul Ruiz's period flick Love and Virtue, producers said Monday.
The cast also includes Peter O'Toole, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela, Vincent Perez, Michael Madsen, Melvil Poupaud, Anna Massey, Cristian de la Fuente, Max Ryan, Alexa Rey and Boo Boo Stewart.
Lewis plays the hero, Orlando, a knight in King Charlemagne's court who is in love with Ledoyen's Angelica, in the picture which is based on legends The Song of Roland and Orlando Innamorato.
From an original script penned by Mia Sperber and Stefano Pratesi, the movie is set to start shooting March next year on location in Belgium, Luxembourg and then London.
Sperber is producing for U.K.-based banner Fountain of Life Prods. alongside Alex Sullivan for The Leo Media and Entertainment Group.
Co-producers are Jimmy de Brabant and Bob Bellion of Delux Productions with Kwesi Dickson of Future Films.
The cast also includes Peter O'Toole, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela, Vincent Perez, Michael Madsen, Melvil Poupaud, Anna Massey, Cristian de la Fuente, Max Ryan, Alexa Rey and Boo Boo Stewart.
Lewis plays the hero, Orlando, a knight in King Charlemagne's court who is in love with Ledoyen's Angelica, in the picture which is based on legends The Song of Roland and Orlando Innamorato.
From an original script penned by Mia Sperber and Stefano Pratesi, the movie is set to start shooting March next year on location in Belgium, Luxembourg and then London.
Sperber is producing for U.K.-based banner Fountain of Life Prods. alongside Alex Sullivan for The Leo Media and Entertainment Group.
Co-producers are Jimmy de Brabant and Bob Bellion of Delux Productions with Kwesi Dickson of Future Films.
- 11/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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