Comments on: Road Movie

By: New Cormac McCarthy Interview « biblioklept

New Cormac McCarthy Interview « biblioklept — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:45:18 +0000

[...] adaptations of his work, including John Hillcoat’s upcoming (and long-delayed) adaptation of The Road. He also proffers this nugget, explaining why he prefers novels to short fiction: “Anything [...]

By: Movie Trailer for Hillcoat’s Adaptation of McCarthy’s The Road « biblioklept

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:17:22 +0000

[...] I weighed in on the possible merits (and possible demerits) of a film adaptation of The Road way back in October of last year, back when the movie was planned for a Thanksgiving release (what better time than Turkey Day to watch a story with baby cannibalism?) [...]

By: ed biblioklept

ed biblioklept — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:21:36 +0000

Early reviews + info on the movie being postponed:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38758

By: ed biblioklept

ed biblioklept — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:22:51 +0000

Backwards:
1. I didn’t read Blindness. I’m still slogging through The Savage Detectives, but the stack of review copies I’m trying to process is delaying that. I heard the movie sucked.
2. I’m down for a viewing, pending obtaining a sitter.
3. So, you didn’t cry at the end of The Road? Jamaican sun and rum are no excuse! We will need proof of your heart!

By: confinednomad

confinednomad — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:13:40 +0000

I’m very curious about this one. I read it while on a brief holiday in Jamaica last February, right after I finished Tree of Smoke. Dave had just finished it and was crying as he closed it. Since I had no other reading materials, and he had been so absorbed by it, I had to give it a go. Reading it in such a beautiful, warm place was the probably perfect antidote to the potential depression it could have brought on if I were reading it on a freezing cold and dark NYC evening. The the hopelessness quickly lifted as I put it down and grabbed a rum and pineapple and some jerk chicken. I’ll forever associate that book with Jamaica. Strange.

We’ll be in Jax for nearly a week over Thanksgiving, and would love to catch the film with the klept!

I’m equally curious about the film adaptation of Jose Saramago’s Blindness. I think highly of the book, but the film is getting very mixed reviews, so I’m hesitant. Might skip that one.