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jekylljuice · 05-13-2009, 07:52 AM

No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Yeah, I know I was planning to read this a good few months ago, but I wound up being distracted by quite a few other things. I'm not hugely far in, but from what I've read so far, the Coens have been remarkably faithful in their film adaptation. Much of the dialogue was transcribed word-or-word, and the action is almost exactly as McCarthy described it. There is one notable change that I'm already aware of (to do with how a certain character reacts to a situation, rather than the outcome itself, which essentially remains the same), but I still have quite a while to go before I reach it. It'll be interesting to see how McCarthy's orginal vision plays out, particularly since the scene in question, in my opinion, was one of the most striking and powerfully understated in the Coens' film.

05-13-2009, 07:52 AM	#31
jekylljuice Executive Weasel Ball jekylljuice was here. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: the 44th floor (not counting the mezzanine) Posts: 1,568	No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Yeah, I know I was planning to read this a good few months ago, but I wound up being distracted by quite a few other things. I'm not hugely far in, but from what I've read so far, the Coens have been remarkably faithful in their film adaptation. Much of the dialogue was transcribed word-or-word, and the action is almost exactly as McCarthy described it. There is one notable change that I'm already aware of (to do with how a certain character reacts to a situation, rather than the outcome itself, which essentially remains the same), but I still have quite a while to go before I reach it. It'll be interesting to see how McCarthy's orginal vision plays out, particularly since the scene in question, in my opinion, was one of the most striking and powerfully understated in the Coens' film. __________________ That's it, The End, But you'll get over it, My Friend.