In the still-in-my-dreaming movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as her great-grandmother Maria?
She’d have to be a firecracker, for starters.
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In Cassia’s family’s past, there may have been scenes food like this.
If we were making a movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as her vibrant aunt Nita?
Remember, she’ll have to have short red hair. (Well, I guess we can cut it or dye it, if that helps you decide.)
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Oh, if my new novel, What’s Left, were being made into a movie, who would you cast as her uncle Dimitri?
Remember, he has to possess Adonis good looks — and wit to match.
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Nearly every novelist of the last half-century, at least, must have had moments of dreaming of a screen adaptation. (And, yes, nearly every one that was adapted was never as good as the book. Oh, well.)
As a critical aside, we’ve seen too many novels that were thinly disguised screenplays. Yet while my new novel was created as a purely literary effort, I’m impressed by great cinema.
If we had a movie version of What’s Left, who would you have play Cassia’s aunt Pia?
She’d have to project so many dimensions!
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Cassia’s roots included inspiration like this.
Imagining a movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you like to see portray Cassia’s great-grandfather Ilias?
He’ll have to be gentle, wise, even shrewd, as well as an excellent carpenter.
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In the family, Cassia may have had food like this.
In the (still imaginary) movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as Cassia’s great-grandfather and his brother — our Aristotle and Pericles (Ari and Perry)?
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In my novel, the family restaurant could have been like this.
In the (imaginary) movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you cast as Cassia’s great-grandmother Dida and her sister Athina?
