Stardust: Neil Gaiman

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Una: A cat-eared faerie girl of great beauty who works as a slave for Madame Semele until released by an improbable occurrence that fulfills the conditions of her debt. Una suffers constant abuse at the hands of Madame Semele, being beaten and called a "slattern". When not toiling for the witch-woman, she is kept in the form of a multicoloured bird chained by a silver thread to a Gypsy wagon. She is later revealed to be the Lady Una, only daughter of the Lord of Stormhold, and Tristran's birth mother. a b c Mark Olsen (5 August 2007). " 'Stardust' gave him the space to grow. A fanciful tale with a big-name cast offered a test for Charlie Cox". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Time For "Stardust" ". CBSnews.com. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021 . Retrieved 12 October 2021. a b Brooke Tarnoff. "Neil Gaiman, Stardust Interview". UGO: Underground Online. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007 . Retrieved 29 April 2007. Highland films screened at Cannes". BBC.co.uk. 12 May 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009 . Retrieved 3 September 2007.

This is the one case, the ONLY case (so far. Edit: not anymore, Bridget Jones gets the honor too), where I prefer the movie to the book. I know it's a sacrilege and you can all burn me at the stake, but it is nonetheless the truth. It's also one of the few times I watched the movie before reading the book, simply because I had no idea the book existed. And I loved the movie. I mean, really, really loved it. The production started filming in mid-April 2006, with principal photography taking place at Pinewood Studios in London. Location filming started in Wester Ross, in the Scottish Highlands [28] followed immediately by filming on the Isle of Skye. The scene where Prince Septimus consults the soothsayer was shot in Iceland. [29] The film makers had wanted to use more locations in Iceland but were unable to get the horses they needed. [30] [10] Glenn Kenny (8 September 2007). "Premiere - Stardust". Premiere. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Tales are stories about humans and creatures in magic worlds, but no little girl think Cinderella or Snow White one day is going to die. But she will, and this is why kids have the right to know that. It's not ending but the journey, right? Stardust was originally conceived by Gaiman and Vess as a "story book with pictures", created by both, to be published by American company DC Comics. During an interview to be included in the audio book, Neil Gaiman explained how one day while driving he had seen a wall on the side of the road and had conceived the idea of Faerie being behind the wall. This sparked an idea in Gaiman's head about an American novelist who moved to England where he would find out about this wall; at this time, the book was to be called Wall. Soon afterwards, Gaiman was nominated for a literary award, which he won, and at a celebratory party for the award he saw a shooting star and immediately came up with the idea of Stardust. Gaiman dragged Vess out of a party that he was at and outlined the plot to him and Vess agreed to do the illustrations. Initially, Stardust was released in 1997 as a prestige format four-issue comic mini-series. Stardust came out once a month in a square-bound, high-gloss booklet with high grade paper, high quality color and no advertisements.

Gaiman had potential ideas for more books following on from Stardust, one called "Hellflier" set about 5 years later, and another called "Wall" set about 150 years later. [6] I can't say I'm surprised by the ending, I'm just glad it didn't end as expected - or maybe it ended as expected but not as it looked to end at first. The point is, I'm glad it ended as all tales should end: with a sad happily ever after. Stardust (2007), directed by Matthew Vaughn | Film review". Time Out London. 16 October 2007. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019 . Retrieved 25 July 2019. But instead, I was born forty years too late, and your Faerie, Neil, -do you mind if I call you Neil? Your Faerie, like all of your creations, is a perfectly plausible reality, praised by literary critics, the literate's dollar, and even the behemoth Movie Adaptation. Your prose is simple, if you'll pardon my saying so, not elevated, with exotic adjectives, but simple and modern, easily accessible, solid, quality prose. This reflects nothing upon you, of course -your authorship is the perfect marriage of your own writing talent and our modern culture. Shakespeare's work seems ridiculously complicated to us now, but he wrote for the masses, just like you. Our masses do not value rhetorics, metre, or internal rhyme, or I'm sure you'd write with such tools. Vineyard, Jennifer (18 June 2007). "Neil Gaiman's 'Stardust' Finally Comes To Big Screen, Thanks To 'Layer Cake' Director". MTV News. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022 . Retrieved 20 February 2021.

One fateful night, as young Tristran and Victoria gazed at the stars, they witnessed a blazing star fall from the heavens. In a boastful wager, Victoria promised her hand in marriage if Tristran would cross the wall and retrieve the fallen star for her, believing the feat impossible. Determined to prove his love, Tristran confided in his father that he intended to cross through the breach in the ancient wall to find the star beyond in Faerie. It was only then that Dunstan realized his son was destined to return to his rightful home. NEWCOMER CHARLIE LEADS BRITISH TURNOUT AT LA PREMIERE OF 'STARDUST' - HELLO!". Hello!. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021 . Retrieved 12 October 2021. Dimmu Borgir's song "Eradication Instincts Defined" is featured in both the UK and US trailers. [46]Overall, I found this fairytale exceptional, and despite a few minor niggles, I enjoyed it immensely. Neil Gaiman’s wild imagination with his inventive stories never ceases to amaze me. I am excited to move on with more of his books.