Three Thousand Years of Longing

A movie directed by George Miller. Written by Augusta Dore and George Miller, starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton.

How does one adapt a ‘fairy-tale’ to a movie in the era of The Lord of the Rings, and the bombastic Game of Thrones, and make it appealing to those who have watched neither and have, furthermore, developed a certain aversion to the fantasy genre? A story about story-tellers, one being a narratologist (one who studies narrative and narrative structure), the other being the Djinn played by Idris Elba who shares his fantastical story with her. The announcement of the movie release had us anticipating something new and enthralling, not only given that the cast and the director are so well-known for their valued cinematic quality, but also given that the premise is so full of possibility. Alithea Binnie is a Doctor in narratology who leads a comfortable life, and is quite content with it. Three Thousand Years of Longing is a movie directed by George Miller; written by Augusta Dore and George Miller; starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. The story is based on the short story The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye written by A.