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While Martin Scorsese prepares his adaptation<\/a> of Shusaku Endo\u2019s Silence<\/a><\/i> AKA Chinmoku<\/i>, a couple other items regarding films about Jesuit missionaries and Christian martyrs<\/a> in 17th-century Asia popped up in my news feed this morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, Doug Cummings<\/a> at FilmJourney.org says he has just finished writing the liner notes for an upcoming DVD release of the previous<\/i> adaptation of Endo\u2019s novel, which was written by Endo himself and directed by Masahiro Shinoda in 1971<\/a>. The DVD will be released as part of the Masters of Cinema<\/a> series.<\/p>\n

Second, Variety<\/a><\/i> reports that some Spanish filmmakers are now working on a movie about Jesuits in 17th-century China:<\/p>\n

Zebra Producciones has inked with broadcaster Antena 3 to produce the China-set \u201cEl manuscrito Ricci\u201d (The Ricci Manuscript), a movie budgeted at north of $13.4 million and set to shoot in China.<\/p>\n

Pic\u2019s screenplay is being written by director-scribe Joan Potau, Curro Royo (\u201cThe Suicides\u2019 Club\u201d) and Carlos Martin (\u201cSwindled\u201d).<\/p>\n

A fictional historical adventure pic set in the 17th century, \u201cRicci\u201d turns on two Jesuits dispatched to search for the Jesuit diplomat and translator Mateo Ricci, who forged relations between the Jesuits and China.<\/p>\n

Ricci\u2019s manuscript, they discover, can warp the delicate balance of power between protestants and catholics in Europe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sounds interesting, though there is nothing at the Wikipedia entry<\/a> on Ricci to indicate why anything in his possession might have affected the \u201cbalance of power\u201d between the European churches.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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