I recently took part in a writing initiative over at Literary Hype based on the Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon. I have yet to see Rashomon, but from what I've been told, it's the story of a murder whose details are being explained by several different individuals and all the stories are completely different. If you want a better analysis, check out Hyperion's review on Movie Hype. And, yes, this film is now on the top of my Netflix queue.
Hyperion, who headed up the project, found two pieces of related artwork ...
one a murder scene
the other a council of bishops conferring about the murder
... and assigned several of us a character to write as. He gave us a rough sketch of what was happening, a description of each person in the paintings, and a few other details to stew on, and we all went to work.
The end result of our efforts can be found on the Hyperion Institute along with links to each individual tale.
I actually wrote my part of the story a little over a week ago. It's weird to go back and reread it.
But, I do hope you enjoy it!
