"...the triumph of a loving and generous heart over an empty one"

Posted by Bel. The time is 8:01pm here in Wellington, NZ.

So goes the description by Peter Jackson's partner, Fran Walsh, of Lovely Bones.

PJ argues the point that although the book has a pretty bleak subject matter, the main character Susie Salmon "transcends the horror of her murder" (literally as well, I guess) and that the tone of the book is not one of gloom and despair. It is this hope-filled attitude they've taken into the film apparently - however when asked about how faithful they've been to the plot, he concedes: "There are changes, definitely."


You can read the whole interview here, or you can be like me and try and avoid any further contact with any details of the film betweeen now and December 11th.