You never know what we'll churn up in cleaning a stall
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.)
~*~
One of the glories of a literary work comes in creating the entire scene and its characters in your own head. Still, a common referent nowadays is in our familiarity with movies and television actors and actresses. Many of them even become “celebrities” whose every sneeze is flashed across social media.
In an imaginary movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you have portray Cassia’s father, Baba?
I’d be tempted to have him be rather faceless, actually, maybe ethereal or even a large puppet. But you probably would go for something far more realistic.
~*~
In the family, Cassia may have had food like this.
If we were casting a movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you have play her uncle Graham? Who has the warmth and the gentle classiness for this role?
~*~
Cassia’s roots included inspiration like this.
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.
~*~
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!
~*~
Cassia’s roots included inspiration like this.
In the (still a dream) movie version of my new novel, What’s Left, who would you like to see play Cassia’s grandfather Stavros?
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.
~*~
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)?
~*~
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?
Jnana's Red Barn 