Zitat des Tages von John Fusco:
Marco Polo has been kind of buried under this cloud of rather banal historical dust, when the true story is so much more exciting.
I grew up in the unlikely place of Connecticut. The Eastern Woodlands. It was semi-rural where I grew up. I was fascinated by the Piqua and the Mohegan Indians of that area.
It always circled back around to Marco Polo and Kublai Khan. That always fascinated me because so few people make the connection between the two.
Twelve years ago, when I was on the Pine Ridge Reservation for 'Thunderheart,' I was dong research into Native American horses that had come into extinction. I was tracing certain Lakota bloodlines, and it became an obsession.
'Horse thunder' is what I call the sound of galloping hooves.
The journey of Marco Polo is the hero's journey, one that all cultures across the globe can relate to.
I have spent time in Mongolia, in China.
In 2007, I did a horseback trip across part of central Mongolia with my 13-year-old son - we encountered Marco Polo at all these historical places where Mongolian nomads would reference his accounts and his relationship with Kublai Khan.
It all goes back to 'Wow, I never knew this about Marco Polo.' This is an incredible story and an incredible character, and such a rich world of Mongolian and Chinese culture.
With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war.
I grew up with a fascination with Marco Polo. I had this unlikely interest in the East as a young man, and you can't really read about Chinese history and philosophy without encountering him at every turn.
I feel that Marco Polo has really been misrepresented - has never really gotten his due.
I have seen too many screenwriters of promise become formula addicts and slaves to stop watch structure. Spend that time watching movies, reading screenplays, reading plays, and most importantly - write from your gut.
