The first ever live-action adaptation of Frost and Fire is set for production. This science fiction tale will be produced by the studio responsible for John Wick. For the full story, click the link below.
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Brain Pickings: Ralph Steadman’s Rare and Rapturous Illustrations for Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
In his magnificent 2013 monograph, Proud Too Be Weirrd (public library), Steadman admits to having grown jaded with illustrating other people’s prose — “not much more than shameless self-indulgence” — but writes of having gladly completed the Bradbury project due to its “vitally important theme — the burning of all books.” He reflects on the significance of Bradbury’s masterwork:
As someone once said, I think it was me: There is nothing so dangerous as an idea. Particularly one whose time has come…
And who can forget the ever-timely ideas emanating from Bradbury’s glorious lines? “Stuff your eyes with wonder… live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” Here was a rare integrated man — even in his fiction, he channeled the wholehearted truths by which he lived his life.
* To see the rest of the article by Maria Popova (as well as the rest of the illustrations) click here:
http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/05/15/ralph-steadman-fahrenheit-451/