The Western Landscape in Cormac McCarthy and Wallace Stegner (Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature)
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The Road Running time 119 minutes Written by Joe Penhall Directed by John Hillcoat Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce Welcome to the apocalypse. In The Road , the eagerly awaited movie version of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, the end of the world is no longer on its way. It’s already here, bringing misery, desperation,...
Pajiba (Free subscription) | yesterday
In 2005, my cinematic senses were set ablaze by John Hillcoat's The Proposition (2005), a gritty Western written by Gothic rocker Nick Cave. Hillcoat's use of imagery and sound (particularly in the film's opening shoot out) was hauntingly poetic and...
Teaser-Trailer.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
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FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | yesterday
Late last week, this 11-minute behind-the-scenes featurette for The Road appeared on Apple. I wanted to feature it because it's a great video, but it's quite excruciatingly long, especially to watch online (and not in the Special Features on the DVD). For those that have been waiting anxiously to see this movie, it finally hits theaters this week. I've got an interview with the director, John Hillcoat,...
In Theaters This Week (Free subscription) | yesterday
Starring Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee
SciFi Scanner (Free subscription) | yesterday
The director explains how his long-awaited adaptation turns the post-apocalyptic genre on its head and addresses why it took so long to bring Cormac McCarthy's novel to the big screen.
Tom Conoboy's Writing Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Another foray into the 'end of the novel' debate, this time by Zadie Smith in The Guardian . It's a very good essay, thought provoking and, although I don't fully go along with her, she makes some excellent points. Her starting point is the apparent coincidence of a number of authors - Foer, Drabble, Achebe - writing essays recently, rather than fiction. Why', she wonders. She then refers to a forthcoming...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Tony Williams, a pastor at Aphesis Apostolic Ministry in Fresno, believes the rapture is at hand and people need to prepare by accepting God. Although end-of-times prophecies have bubbled up from the Bible to Nostradamus, the current crop tracks to a pivotal date – 12 / 21 / 12 – on one ancient Mayan calendar. Dene McGriff wants to make sense out of the last days – the end of times....
Blank Mag (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Cormac McCarthy shuns interviews but he relishes conversation. Last week the author sat down on the leafy patio of the Medgar Hotel, built about 20 years after the siege of the Alamo, the remains of which are next door. McCarthy had flown to San Antonio to meet his friend Tommy Lee Jones, a star of [...]
SF Gospel (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Get Religion and Beliefnet report that Dimension Films has hired a PR firm known for marketing to conservative Christians to help push The Road. The adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's relentlessly bleak postapocalyptic narrative might seem a tough product to sell...
John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I have zero interest in seeing 2012; the trailer was quite enough, thanks. That said, I was intrigued by this list of the best works of apocalyptic fiction, which includes writers as diverse as Cormac McCarthy and Nevil Shute and Margaret Atwood (for Oryx and Crake).
My Corner of the Universe (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
I wrote about “The Road” , a novel by Cormac McCarthy back in May. It was an excellent book. The writing style was one I haven’t seen before, so it took a while getting used to it. Once I did though, the story was engaging, and terrifying. The movie is due out shortly : November 25, 2009, to be exact. Here’s the official trailer via YouTube. I haven’t seen a movie in...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The acclaimed actor, along with his director and co-star discuss their new post-apocalyptic film.
gtmcknight.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
WSJ Interview with Cormac McCarthy : Such a great read I won’t even try picking out the best quote.
BookClubClassics.com (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
photo credit: Lida Rose A weekend home before the excitement of Thanksgiving! Here are the most interesting tidbits I found from the literary world this week… Google Books Update! Hottest Books of the Week… Link for Twilight Lovers Rare interview with Cormac McCarthy Books about Werewolves… Hot off the Presses The Atlantic’s Books of the Year Another great post from: BOOK...
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