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June 14, 2007
Gone To Texas
I've been missing my home state lately, and thus it was I found some comfort in the first trailer for No Country For Old Men. I'm sure a high quality version will surface at Apple's site soon; but even in this incarnation, with Roger Deakins' widescreen photography squeezed into an annoying 4:3 frame, the film looks mighty strong.
I of course tuned in to Cormac McCarthy's interview on Oprah last week. He was simultaneously down to earth and as elusive as ever. There were no airs. He didn't court his interlocutor, nor did he avoid her questions. It was a succinct and effusive conversation, and more than anything else it impressed what we've known all along: that what he wishes to convey to the public is in his literature, and nothing else he has to say is too terribly important.
That said, if you missed the interview, or if you caught it but wish it were more in depth, you can see a lot more right here. If you're like me, you'll join Oprah's Book Club just to hear McCarthy vocalize his thoughts on punctuation.
Posted by David Lowery at June 14, 2007 02:12 AM
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Your home state is missing you too my friend.
I started reading No Country For Old Men on the plane to Hawaii, instead of sleeping part of the flight I couldn't put it down and read the full 9 hour travel time. I finished it the next day sitting on the front porch of our house overlooking the ocean with rolling hills of golden grass surrounding me. Then I flipped right back to the first page and read it again.
I can't even began to say how perfect that book is to me personally.
Posted by: James M. Johnston at June 14, 2007 02:11 PM
the link to the mccarthy interview is dead.
Posted by: e nawn e muss at June 14, 2007 06:22 PM