Cormac McCarthy

Website · Fri May 29, 2009 1:20 pm

All right, what do you know about this Road trailer. It was the worst trailer. The Road is seriously one of those change-your-whole-outlook kind of books. I was sad when they made it look like it was the Day After Tomorrow 2.

FYI - this a continuation of the Cormac McCarthy discussion here: http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=88706#88706

Fri May 29, 2009 1:43 pm

This is why I have faith the movie will be good. It explains how flippant the process of choosing the trailer was... http://www.esquire.com/features/movies/ ... eview-0609

I'm halfway through The Crossing right now, which is fantastic. It hasn't gripped me quite like All The Pretty Horses, but it's still right up there. Makes me want to take a road trip to West Texas in a bad way.

Also, Texas State University in San Marcos just opened the Cormac McCarthy archives, which entails 90+ boxes of Cormac's notes, old drafts, research, correspondence, etc for every novel and unfinished work he's ever done. It's supposed to be phenomenal. http://alkek.library.txstate.edu/swwc/a ... cormac.htm

PM me with your email address and I'll send you a PDF that talks about them meeting him and collecting his archives, and also shows the first page of NCFOM edited and proofread by hand. It's badass. : )

Fri May 29, 2009 2:01 pm

This is our modern masterpiecs book, the trailer look like Roland emmerich to the camera and the grey's anatomy writer's to the script....More telefilm than movie...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! WHY ? WHYYYYY ?

Sat May 30, 2009 12:14 pm

ryetronics wrote:This is why I have faith the movie will be good. It explains how flippant the process of choosing the trailer was... http://www.esquire.com/features/movies/ ... eview-0609

Excellent review that. I know better than to even bother watching trailers these days. Been put off too many great films due to trashy trailers over the years. A conventional trailer for The Road was never going to work, although adding stuff to explain it all (which presumably isn't in the movie at all) is just reprehensible.

On the strength of The Proposition, I'd say that Hillcoat is a fine choice for director, as is Viggo Mortensen for the main role. Hopefully Weinstien's influence stretches no further than the trailer.

Sat May 30, 2009 3:41 pm

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/05/ ... vie-short/