New insight for Narnia fans
The Narnia film is back–this time in a special-edition DVD that brings with it the special features and behind-the-scenes tidbits that film fans have come to expect from such releases. Do the extra features and commentaries shed any light on the process of adapting the Christian classic to the big screen?
Hollywood Jesus writer Greg Wright takes a thorough look at the DVD and offers some good commentary of his own on what the extra features offer for Narnia fans:
Here we finally get a chance, in particular, to gain some specific insight into how much of a role Adamson really played in charting the vision for this film—his thinking behind casting, scripting and visualizations. Leading up to the film’s release, we were almost led to believe that Douglas Gresham, or even the dead C. S. Lewis, presided over the production, and that Adamson was just a means to an end. Now we can see that this really was Adamson’s show, and in what ways.
It sounds like the bonus material is a bit hit-and-miss, but that there’s plenty to keep most Narnia fans occupied. Stop by Greg’s Narnia blog and read his full review.
