RARA-AVIS: Re: No Country for Old Men (the movie)

From: Dave Zeltserman ( dz@hardluckstories.com)
Date: 09 Nov 2007


--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jacquesdebierue"
<jacquesdebierue@...> wrote:
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>
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> I'm a huge fan of Cormac McCarthy, but was very disappointed by _All
> The Pretty Horses_. I am now curious about the Coen Bros. version of
> NCFOM, particularly how they handle film time versus literary time,
> which McCarthy handles masterfully. One question: if it's so faithful,
> how can it become crud in the last half hour? That part of the book
> rocks...
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> Best,
>
> mrt
>

Mr T., I went into this without having read the book, so I can't say how faithful it might've been. My comments are strictly for the movie. Of course, great books don't always translate to great movies, although sometimes mediocre books can be made into damn good movies.

--Dave Z.



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