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Kapur to direct Minghella short Kapur to direct Minghella short
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Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is to direct a short film British director Anthony Minghella had planned to make before his untimely death last week.Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is to direct a short film British director Anthony Minghella had planned to make before his untimely death last week.
Kapur, director of Elizabeth and its sequel The Golden Age, will helm a segment of the episodic film New York, I Love You that Minghella had written.Kapur, director of Elizabeth and its sequel The Golden Age, will helm a segment of the episodic film New York, I Love You that Minghella had written.
"I will direct the film with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul," Kapur has written on his website."I will direct the film with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul," Kapur has written on his website.
Minghella had planned to shoot his part of the film in Manhattan next month.Minghella had planned to shoot his part of the film in Manhattan next month.
According to Kapur, the English Patient director asked him personally to take over shortly before having surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck.According to Kapur, the English Patient director asked him personally to take over shortly before having surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck.
The 54-year-old suffered a haemorrhage at west London's Charing Cross Hospital shortly afterwards.The 54-year-old suffered a haemorrhage at west London's Charing Cross Hospital shortly afterwards.
'Value of life''Value of life'
"He told me his film was about the value of life, and how people sometimes just throw away their lives unable to look beyond into the real beauty of it," Kapur wrote."He told me his film was about the value of life, and how people sometimes just throw away their lives unable to look beyond into the real beauty of it," Kapur wrote.
"Anthony was completely alert and aware of his own mortality at this time. As long as I had known him he had valued life in a creative and compassionate way.""Anthony was completely alert and aware of his own mortality at this time. As long as I had known him he had valued life in a creative and compassionate way."
Other directors attached to the project include India's Mira Nair and Rush Hour filmmaker Brett Ratner.Other directors attached to the project include India's Mira Nair and Rush Hour filmmaker Brett Ratner.
Actress Scarlett Johansson is also making her directing debut in the film, which will comprise 12 stories on "the universal theme of encountering love".Actress Scarlett Johansson is also making her directing debut in the film, which will comprise 12 stories on "the universal theme of encountering love".
The project, which features Kevin Bacon and Natalie Portman, is conceived along the same lines as 2006 release Paris, Je T'Aime.The project, which features Kevin Bacon and Natalie Portman, is conceived along the same lines as 2006 release Paris, Je T'Aime.