[j. d. worthington]

Hmmm. This has been happening a fair amount lately... make a post, and it goes off into the void.... However:

Frankly, I tend to avoid "names" with such things, as if they were starved dogs and I were covered with lamb's blood. So -- assuming they were given good writers, directors, and actors (and I put writers first for the simple reason that no matter how good the other two, if you've got a rotten script, the film will stink worse than a three-day-dead skunk) -- there are several books I'd like to see made into films. But naming "stars" for either directing or acting... I'm afraid I've no faith whatsoever there. The best films I've seen in a long time are made by people who aren't necessarily the best actors, and don't have much of a budget, but they care about what they're doing, and the stories they're telling, and it shows. I'll take no-names and low-budgets but care and craftsmanship over the alternative any day....