Before his untimely death last week, Anthony Minghella had signed on to contribute a segment to New York, I Love You, an anthology film consisting of short films designed as tributes to the city and its romantic possibilities, along the lines of the recent Paris, Je T'Aime. Now Shekhar Kapur, the director of Bandit Queen and the Elizabeth films starring Cate Blanchett, has announced that he will step in for Minghella, directing the script that Minghella had prepared for his segment. On his own website, Kapur wrote that "I will direct the film with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul," adding, "He told me his film was about the value of life, and how people sometimes just throw away their lives unable to look beyond into the real beauty of it."
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