The Mindscape of Alan Moore
The Mindscape of Alan Moore is a 2003 feature documentary which
chronicles the life and work of Alan Moore, author of several acclaimed
graphic novels, including From Hell, Watchmen and V for Vendetta.
The
Mindscape of Alan Moore is Shadowsnake's first completed feature
project, part One of the Shamanautical / 5 Elements series. It is the
directorial debut of DeZ Vylenz. It is the only feature film production
on which Alan Moore has collaborated, with permission to use his work.
Alan
Moore presents the story of his development as an artist, starting with
his childhood and working through to his comics career and impact on
that medium, and his emerging interest in magic.
The film features
the first film adaptations of scenes from Moore's acclaimed series V for
Vendetta and Watchmen, shot in early 2002. Another key scene features a
direct reference to the character of John Constantine from the comic
book Hellblazer.
"I find this dude cool, in a creepy way" Lol
The movie rights to the
Alan Moore graphic novels Watchmen and
V for Vendetta were acquired together in the late 1980s. Moore was asked to write a script, but declined.
Alan preemptively disowns all filmed adaptations of his work. When asked in
an interview with ReelzChannel.com about original 'Watchmen' writer
Alan Moore's dismissal of his movie,
Zack Snyder
was quoted as saying "Worst case scenario - Alan puts the movie on his
DVD player on a cold Sunday in London and watches and says, 'Yeah, that
doesn't suck too bad.'" When this was brought up with Moore himself in a
later interview in the British Tripwire comics fanzine, the writer
commented "That's the worst case scenario? I think he's underestimated
what the worst case scenario would be... that's never going to happen in
my DVD player in 'London' [Moore very famously lives in Northampton].
I'm never going to watch this fucking thing." Still, Snyder has said
that his ultimate hope is that someday Moore will actually see the film
and feel it to be a decent representation of the original graphic novel.
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