Film choice of Frank Martinus Arion

Writer Frank Martinus Arion from Curaçao illustrates his search for the ideal filming of a book with film fragments. Dutch spoken.

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Date and time Saturday 21 January 2006 22:55 tot 23:45 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 4

"Read the book before it's destroyed by Hollywood!" Authors and the filming of books are at odds with one another. The Curaçaon author Frank Martinus Arion awaits with a certain amount of scepticism for the filming of his masterpiece Dubbelspel (Double play) . "Film assumes the necessity of amusement and is not concerned about consistency in portraying reality." This evening he philosophizes about the ideal filming of a book. He illustrates his arguments with film fragments of successsful and less successful attempts. Dutch spoken.

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Frank Martinus Arion

(Curaçao, 1936) studied Dutch Language and Literature at Leyden University. He lectured at Amsterdam University and from 1975 to 1981 taught at a teacher training college in Surinam. After that he returned to Curaçao to be appointed head of the Instituto Lingkwistiko Antiano. He founded a Papiamento secondary school based on humanistic principles: the Kolegio Erasmo. He writes stories, essays, poetry and novels. His successful debut novel Dubbelspel (Double Play, 1973) is presently being adapted for the screen. Following Dubbelspel the novels Nobele wilden (Noble savages, 1979) and De laatste vrijheid (The last freedom 1995) appeared, which won him the Cola Debrot Prize in 2001. In November 2001 the collection of stories De eeuwige hond (The eternal dog) appeared. His latest novel De deserteurs (The deserters) was published in 2006.
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