stubadub
11-15-2007, 11:43 PM
I am very glad and not at all surprised all three guys felt so strongly about this movie. It was immediately a strong contender for best Coen Bros. film, and considering the brilliance of their body of work that is quite a statement.
Jeff mentioned how incredible the Coen's use of language is in this film and in general. While I completely agree with that strength, I'd like to mention that the vast majority of the dialogue in tihs film is lifted without any change from Cormac McCarthy's amazing book. This is one of the most faithful translations I've ever witnessed. There were a few things in the book that were omitted for the film, but these are forgiveable losses. A female hitchhiker was reduced to the girl laying poolside with one very quick scene, and some of Sherrif Bell's ruminations on life did not find their way into the film. Even though the film did not suffer from losing these pieces I strongly encourage anyone who has seen the film to read this book. It is completely engaging and well worth reading multiple times over.
I had an opportunity to see an advance of this with Josh Brolin in attendence, and he seemed like a very funny, likeable guy. He had a great story about filming an audtion tape for this movie during the filming of Grindhouse with Rodriquez shooting and Tarantino directing him (poorly in this particular instance). One audience member asked him what seemed to be a completely assinine question :"Did you like working with the dog?" Initially he responded with a "Yeah, I learned a lot from him. I don't know how to answer that question" only to follow it with a great story about luring the dog through the water with a giant dildo-like dog toy and find himself and the dog on one side of the water and the safety provided by the dog trainer clear across on the other side. It is hard not to be both excited about his career and completely happy for him.
Jeff mentioned how incredible the Coen's use of language is in this film and in general. While I completely agree with that strength, I'd like to mention that the vast majority of the dialogue in tihs film is lifted without any change from Cormac McCarthy's amazing book. This is one of the most faithful translations I've ever witnessed. There were a few things in the book that were omitted for the film, but these are forgiveable losses. A female hitchhiker was reduced to the girl laying poolside with one very quick scene, and some of Sherrif Bell's ruminations on life did not find their way into the film. Even though the film did not suffer from losing these pieces I strongly encourage anyone who has seen the film to read this book. It is completely engaging and well worth reading multiple times over.
I had an opportunity to see an advance of this with Josh Brolin in attendence, and he seemed like a very funny, likeable guy. He had a great story about filming an audtion tape for this movie during the filming of Grindhouse with Rodriquez shooting and Tarantino directing him (poorly in this particular instance). One audience member asked him what seemed to be a completely assinine question :"Did you like working with the dog?" Initially he responded with a "Yeah, I learned a lot from him. I don't know how to answer that question" only to follow it with a great story about luring the dog through the water with a giant dildo-like dog toy and find himself and the dog on one side of the water and the safety provided by the dog trainer clear across on the other side. It is hard not to be both excited about his career and completely happy for him.