AtD Review in WPost This Sunday

[kelber at mindspring.com]

It appears that plans to make the Blood Meridian movie (rumored to be a Ridley Scott project) have been scrapped.  Too grisly to be comercial?  Poetic prose lost in translation to screen?  Lack of character arcs and plot?  I suspect the latter.

Laura
>
>I just finished McCarthy's The Road which I enjoyed very much. Blood
>Meridian's focus was on the indiscriminate killers of the Glanton gang.  The
>Road (which is also being optioned for a movie) focuses on the man and boy
>trying to avoid the roving bands of blood cults, anchorites, and
>cannibals--like BM in reverse in a way.
>
>up next is Franklin's Smonk--a very weird gothic western.
>
>rich
>On 11/15/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Any reason to be vigilant/sceptical/outraged/excited?
>>
>>
>> >From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>> >To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> >Subject: AtD Review in WPost This Sunday
>> >Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:59:16 -0500
>> >
>> >god I hope not J Yardley
>> >
>> >rich
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