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Thursday, November 8, 2007
The anti-“Golden Compass” campaign
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The movie version of Philip Pullman’s fantasy novel “The Golden Compass” comes out Dec. 7, and it’s already attracting controversy like a flannel shirt fresh out. of the dryer. There’s been a lot of activity recently on emails and listserves about the movie and the books. Here’s one piece that’s being forwarded around the Net a lot. I am running it exactly as it is circulating.
Hello Friends,
There will be a new Children’s movie out in December called “The Golden Compass” based on the book called “His Dark Materials” by Phillip Pullman, a proud artist who belongs to secular humanistic societies. He hates C.S. Lewis’s “Chronicle’s of Narnia” and has written a trilogy to show “the other side.” The movie has been dumbed down to fool kids and their parents in the hope that they will buy the book trilogy which Pullman says he wants children to read so they can decide against God and the kingdom of heaven. He was quoted in a 2003 interview as saying “My books are about killing God.” In the end of the trilogy the children kill God and everyone can do as they please. Nicole Kidman stars in the movie so it will probably be heavily marketed. This is just a friendly warning that you are sure not to hear on regular TV. Check out snopes for more information.
That last line refers to the Snopes Urban Legends website, which I have generally found to be pretty reliable in matters like this. Read here what Snopes has to say..
I’d like to get some reaction to this campaign. Have you heard of it? What do you think? Does it make you want to avoid the movie or the book? Are these people representing Pullman accurately?
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