Editing Article:2000/02/29 Marilyn Manson Tweaks "Holy Wood" Plans

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|Title     = Marilyn Manson Tweaks "Holy Wood" Plans
|Date      = February 29, 2000
|Author    = David Basham
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'''Marilyn Manson Tweaks "Holy Wood" Plans'''<br>
'''By David Basham on Feb 29 2000 2:45 PM EST '''<br>
'''MTV News'''<br>
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As Marilyn Manson continues to work on a new studio album, he has decided to modify plans for a film based on his "Holy Wood" screenplay.

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Instead of bringing the script to the big screen, Manson will be merging the concept with the forthcoming record, which Manson has re-dubbed "[[Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)|Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)]]."

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In a statement posted on the group's official Web site, Manson announced plans to put out two books to accompany the new record rather than making a "Holy Wood" film which might not have "retained his artistic vision."
Manson will now issue the concept album in the fall, followed shortly thereafter by the "[[Holy Wood (novel)|Holy Wood]]" book, described as a "graphic and phantasmagoric novel."

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The performer began writing "Holy Wood" back in 1995, prior to the release of 1996's "[[Antichrist Superstar]]," the first part of Manson's musical trilogy, which continued with 1998's "[[Mechanical Animals]]."

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After the novel arrives in stores, Manson will then issue a coffee-table book of images that were created for the "Holy Wood" project. In January, Manson exhibited some of his water colors on the site and was considering a gallery tour for some of the works (see "[[Article:2000/01/04 Marilyn Manson Offers Glimpse At Planned Painting Exhibition|Marilyn Manson Offers Glimpse At Planned Painting Exhibition]]").

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As Manson suggested in an earlier message, the new album will focus on [[Adam Kadmon]], whom Jewish mysticism believes was the heavenly creature on which humanity was based (see "[[Manson To Walk In The 'Valley Of Death' For Next LP]]").
In some New Age circles, Adam Kadmon also represents the divine being that humans are evolving toward, and the key to evolving toward the new Kadmon-being lies in understanding how one with an independent free will can incorporate a higher sense of the "group mind."

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"As you look for your own answers," Manson wrote in a statement, "you'll find Mercury, the number 15, Adam and even something as obscure as Fibonacci, all have relevance as 'Holy Wood' unfolds before you.

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"This is something I've been picking at for ten years and I hope it inspires you onto your own transformation."
In July 1999, Manson was thought to be close to a deal with New Line Cinema to produce the "Holy Wood" movie and corresponding soundtrack, and Manson still seemed intent on making the film when he talked to MTV News a few months later (see "[[Article:1999/11/24 Marilyn Manson To Probe Celebrity And Suffering In New Film, Next Album|Marilyn Manson To Probe Celebrity And Suffering In New Film, Next Album]]").

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