Wednesday, August 12, 2015

“We were just kids” go to TV – The Observer

were just kids , acclaimed autobiography of the singer Patti Smith in reviewing their experiences with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the cultural ferment of the 70s, it will jump to television in the form of series US network Showtime.

This was announced by the station in a meeting with the Television Critics Association US, where, according to The Hollywood Reporter on its website, also advanced to the Smith own work in the adaptation I closely with the creator of the series Penny Dreadful , John Logan.

“A series can explore deeper into the characters, allowing us to develop stories beyond the book and perform an unorthodox presentation “says the famous interpreter of Because the night quoted by the chain.

were just kids , originally published in USA entitled Just kids in 2010, has received numerous literary awards, including the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The action starts in the summer of 1967, when Smith and Mapplethorpe met “some children as young as 20 years being”.

“They were poor and had no money to live, so occasional had to steal time and look for life on and off, “she explained in an interview with EFE. In the same talk, the artist reported that the idea for this work was Mapplethorpe, who convinced on paper translate those experiences with art and the city of New York as a backdrop, the characters parading the intellectual height of Andy Warhol or Allen Ginsberg.
Source: EFE

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