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Big Ken Baumann News: ‘Unguentine’ the film
The most amibitious and awesome news update I’ve had the pleasure to divulge in a while, from none other than our own Ken Baumann. I’ll let his own words do the talkin’:
So I’m finally in the clear in a legal sense to divulge the promised information: I’ve optioned the film rights to Log of the S.S. The Mrs Unguentine by Stanley Crawford, and will be writing the screenplay.
A little back story: On recommendation of Blake Butler and others, I bought the book. As soon as it arrived in the mail I sat with it. I read it in two (unfortunately two — it would have been one if not for having to drive somewhere) sittings, and from really what was the fifth page in it began to percolate and pool within me. I was viscerally struck. Less than halfway inside I began to think ‘This would make a beautiful film.’ A few moments after I finished reading I felt I had to bring the story to a wide audience and a new medium. Patrick Welborn, my friend and agent, read the book and agreed. And now I, with the help of many many others, will do just that.
Ungeuntine on film? A story on a boat in a blur world where time is flesh and language is flesh and each page is fever sleep meshed with weird acid and a gloaming sense of death?
A huge undertaking, and an exciting one. In Ken’s hands, I feel ready to be eaten alive. Here’s to good luck in power and light, brother.
If you haven’t yet consumed this masterpiece, it is available in new edition from Dalkey Archive. Do yourself a favor.
Tags: Ken Baumann, stanley crawford, unguentine
holy shit! this is amazing. fuck yeah.
holy shit! this is amazing. fuck yeah.
The real question remains unanswered though.
Why is Ken Baumann only number 47 in TEEN magazines top 50 hollywood hunks?
What gives?
The real question remains unanswered though.
Why is Ken Baumann only number 47 in TEEN magazines top 50 hollywood hunks?
What gives?
Best of luck Ken! I love your ambition. I’m inspired.
This is very good news. Any recommendations on casting?
This is very good news. Any recommendations on casting?
i am curious ken what software you use to write screenplays?
i am curious ken what software you use to write screenplays?
is it too late to get Spencer Tracy?
is it too late to get Spencer Tracy?
May I cameo as a barnacle?
May I cameo as a barnacle?
Awesome!!!
Awesome!!!
Congrats, Ken.
I just ordered the book.
Congrats, Ken.
I just ordered the book.
hey that’s awesome!
good luck with the project, ken
hey that’s awesome!
good luck with the project, ken
good shit, ken. you da man.
good shit, ken. you da man.
Jensen: Yes! Thank you.
TTB: Robbed, I tell ya.
PR: Thank you very much. If nothing else, to inspire and cause more people to read the book, it will have been enough.
John: Thank you, and good question. I’d like to hear from anyone with an opinion.
Jereme: Final Draft 7 (I think.)
Matthew: Only if you can be a barnacle with a hat.
Catherine, Mo, Mike & Barry: Thank you!
i am proud of you ken baumann.
Jensen: Yes! Thank you.
TTB: Robbed, I tell ya.
PR: Thank you very much. If nothing else, to inspire and cause more people to read the book, it will have been enough.
John: Thank you, and good question. I’d like to hear from anyone with an opinion.
Jereme: Final Draft 7 (I think.)
Matthew: Only if you can be a barnacle with a hat.
Catherine, Mo, Mike & Barry: Thank you!
i am proud of you ken baumann.
yeah FD seems to be the astronaut these days.
is movie magic even still around?
yeah FD seems to be the astronaut these days.
is movie magic even still around?
this feels better than most things have felt
this feels better than most things have felt
I think Movie Magic relies on its singular celeb. endorsement, that of a certain Francis F. Coppola. FD is standard.
I think Movie Magic relies on its singular celeb. endorsement, that of a certain Francis F. Coppola. FD is standard.
Yes.
Yes.
Sam & Jimmy: Thank you.
BLAKE! Thank you for the shouting!
Sam & Jimmy: Thank you.
BLAKE! Thank you for the shouting!
ah that is right. i forgot FFC endorses it.
ah that is right. i forgot FFC endorses it.
this is probably useless to say, but terry gilliam has directed a handful of strange novels: adventures of baron munchausen, fear and loathing, tideland, and has attempted don quixote several times, and maybe others. i haven’t read ungentine yet, looking forward to it, but gilliam is unparalleled at capturing the vision of a book. an author’s auteur. you should slip him some acid and force him to sign on.
this is probably useless to say, but terry gilliam has directed a handful of strange novels: adventures of baron munchausen, fear and loathing, tideland, and has attempted don quixote several times, and maybe others. i haven’t read ungentine yet, looking forward to it, but gilliam is unparalleled at capturing the vision of a book. an author’s auteur. you should slip him some acid and force him to sign on.
That would be dreamy.
That would be dreamy.
Neil Stanley Crawford (May 26, 1931–August 25, 1992) was a politician and jazz musician from Alberta, Canada.
Neil Stanley Crawford (May 26, 1931–August 25, 1992) was a politician and jazz musician from Alberta, Canada.
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