D.L. Shiloh defends the idea that "in the end, it's the story that matters."
Book fans, like those into hot franchises like "Harry Potter" or "Twilight", or fans of Shakespeare ("Romeo and Juliet") or "The Great Gatsby" have been arguing the point that "the book is better than the movie." It's almost a cultural difference as much as do you belong to a red state or a blue state?
"I've been a book and movie fan from Day One," Shiloh said. "I think they can co-exist. There's no need to be an elitist about it. Both have strengths and minuses. But in the end, it's the story that matters."
He began working on "Pookoo", his satire on celebrity culture, before the Reality TV blitz struck mainstream culture. Available at Amazon.com, "Pookoo" has had interest from media types for a movie version and is ripe with imagery and setting to be made into a movie. But Shiloh hadn't thought about a movie as he wrote.
"You have to write to the truth and to the characters and keep in mind the story," Shiloh explained. "You just hope to write something people will like. If it becomes a movie, it's just another way to get the story - what you wanted to tell - out there. I think it would be bizarre that there would be a Katlin Hillmacher beer. That said," Shiloh said, cracking a smile, "it's now almost a given that it will happen. It would have to be bittersweet."
While "Pookoo" was a story that brewed for a long time without the lights of Hollywood in mind, Shiloh acknowledges the fact that this new book, "Waiting for the End" is made for an adaptation. The story about 9-11 and a terrorist-tinged landscape has flashbacks and strong.
"It's made for reading but one day a set of great filmmakers and actors will make a high caliber product out of this, I have no doubt," Homefield Multimedia's Mike Pace said. "We expect heavy interest from indie filmmakers looking to make a period piece that's set apart from anything else. It's heavy in drama, a great piece for great actors."
Homefield Multimedia is representing Shiloh's interests and may be contacted through http://www.homefieldmultimedia.com.
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