Conversation between a Christian and a Hollywood producer:
Christian: “How come you never have any sympathetic Christian characters in your movies?”
Producer: “What do you mean? We have lots of sympathetic Christian characters in our films.”
Christian: “Name one.”
Producer: “Well, there was Sister Angelica in _______________.”
Christian: “Sister Angelica became an atheist in that film.”
Producer: “That’s what I’m saying! Sympathetic! What could be more sympathetic than that?”
In your book-length treatment you can work in how “Sister Angelica” talks in a strange language in which phrases of theological and spiritual jargon are thrown in a way that shows no true understanding of their context. After all, her writers have no true understanding of their context.
I’ve actually wanted to write a book about the making of a movie for a long time. The problem is that I don’t know enough about the industry.