Rendezvous With Rama
I’ve never really taken a look at Vimeo before my last post, but I’m glad I took a little peek there. There’re some interesting little videos there, but the one that really drew me in as soon as I saw a mention of it was a short entitled Rendezvous With Rama, which I found to be based on the awesome novel of the same name by Arthur C Clarke.
Rendezvous With Rama is one of my favourite science fiction novels of all time, and seeing this video reminded me that there was a feature length version starring Morgan Freeman in the works.
Unfortunately, it appears that this is no longer the case, although the production company says that it’s “in development”.
Recent information suggests that this movie will no longer be made. As noted by David Fincher “It looks like it’s not going to happen. There’s no script and as you know, Morgan Freeman’s not in the best of health right now. We’ve been trying to do it but it’s probably not going to happen.” Likewise, the entire IMDb page has been removed. — Wikipedia
However, even if a Hollywood version isn’t quite on the cards, enjoy this beautifully worked short that, even in a mere three minutes, somehow manages to captures the atmosphere, the mystery and the majesty of Rama.
Rendezvous with Rama from Aaron Ross on Vimeo.
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