LEAVES
[NOVEL]
“A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4.”
FRIDAY PLAY (RADIO 4, LONDON—BBC)
[Friday—9:00-9:58 PM]
October 28, 2011 “Recordings Recovered from the House of Leaves”
[BBC RADIO 4: “…‘The Navidson Record now stands as part of this
country’s cultural experience and yet, in spite of the fact that hundreds of
thousands of people have seen it, the film continues to remain an
enigma. Some insist it must be true, others believe it is a trick on a par
with the Orson Welles radio romp The War of the Worlds. Many more
have never even heard of it.’ With these words Zampano preludes the
excerpts from an extraordinary film, cut together by Will Navidson from
cameras located within his house and those he took with him into the
labyrinth that had sprung up there over the course of a few days.
According to the Navidson record, it was when the family returned to the
house from a trip to Seattle that they first discovered the additional door
and the space behind it. Will Navidson, celebrated adventure
photographer, was intrigued, his partner Karen insisted that the door be
permanently locked. But one night after a row, Navidson opened the door
and went in. He found rooms beyond rooms, all windowless, all unlit,
and only narrowly escaped becoming lost forever in the labyrinth. Not
long afterwards the spiral staircase appeared, corkscrewing downwards
to a dark infinity. So Navidson equipped his brother Tom and others for
an expedition, as if they were embarking on a quest into some
architectural jungle. The cameras rolled and they descended, and here’s
the audio. House of Leaves is the remarkable cult novel by Mark Z.
Danielewsky, a labyrinth of its own kin with its multiple interwoven
narratives and textual tricks. This dramatic piece re-imagines the
terrifying heart of the story…”]
SCRIPT: Mike Walker (adapted from the novel House of Leaves by Mark Z.
Danielewsky).
PERSONNEL: John Taylor (producer-director).
CAST: Eleanor Blaney (Daisy), William Hope (Will Navidson), Jeff Mash (Jed
Leeder), Martin McDougall (Tom Navidson), Vinta Morgan (Reston), Jim Norton
(Zampano), Richard Ridings (Holloway), Debora Weston (Karen).
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