NP - Blood Meridian

[David Morris]

I think BM could be made into a great film.  It is full of compelling
imagery, with associated compelling drama.  Cormac McCarthy's novels are
made to be films.

David Morris

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 12:14 PM ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Give me a big budget and I'll have a go at it.
> But seriously, it seems a book that could be made into a film. Will be
> someday. Sure it will be a film. Maybe a great one, like the way
> Cuckoo's Nest is a great film, but not made like the book. Anyway, I
> liked the essay and I wonder how BM fits into Mark's link the other
> day about Calvinism and the Western American novel.
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 4:45 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's a great novel. I was just reading this article about it being
> > "unfilmable", something they say a lot about great novels (i.e. TRP,
> Gaddis
> > &c):
> > https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/blood-meridian-movie
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:42 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I think this is a great novel.  I'm not sure if it knows it is a Moby
> Dick
> > > allusion.  But it is high drama in service of high art.
> > >
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