I didn't think the book would be filmable but 
'Blood Meridian' is being adapted into a Feature Film
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Dorian Breh
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Not into it.
A movie runtime cant do this justice
A movie runtime cant do this justice
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One question: Who'd play 'The Judge'?
This needs to be a miniseries or a loooong ass movie. I found the book dry as shyt tho. I think it was the
writing style .
Private Pyle from full metal jacket could play the judge. Even Russell Crowe can do it . He's huge now
writing style .
Private Pyle from full metal jacket could play the judge. Even Russell Crowe can do it . He's huge now
Cloutius Maximus
with the aid of the Funk...
any actor I could maybe see pulling off the Judge is Josh Brolin.
Miles Teller could play The Kid. Some of the violence would have to be off screen and we would only see his reaction to witnessing all the horrible shyt that goes down
Miles Teller could play The Kid. Some of the violence would have to be off screen and we would only see his reaction to witnessing all the horrible shyt that goes down
SmokyQuartz
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Blood Meridian would be terrible as a movie just on the bases of its structure not to mention the typical Cormac fukkery dialed to the absolute max. Its not a good book either but at least it has vivid descriptions and a surreal quality that only a book can have.
Okay.. Just spoiled the novel for myself..
Supremely weird story. I'm repulsed and intrigued.
Supremely weird story. I'm repulsed and intrigued.
Whips-n-Chains
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Book is not that great
It might make a great movie tho
Breh. I'm absolutely obsessed with this story now.
Among other recaps, I let a 5 hour YT vid play over the course of a few days while I was dozing off and shyt like that. I'm really into this for some reason.
The story is crystal clear to me now and can be distilled into a movie.
The Judge is some kind of metaphor and he seems to influence everything that happens.
The Kid is caught up in the events.
It's a straight line really.
Piff Perkins
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I wouldn't say it's a straight line. You should def read it. I think I saw the yt summary you're mentioning and enjoyed it but man...it's really one of the greatest American novels ever, well worth reading.
Major reason I doubt it can work is because of the violence and context. To this day there are people who claim it's a racist novel that casts Native Americans as savages who commit heinous crimes or are the victims of heinous crimes. When Cormac McCarthy died a few months ago there was def a segment of twitter losers yelling about this, and you also see similar people refusing to read the novel in English/literature classes at universities. A major film would give all those people an opportunity to muddy the release, press, reviews, etc. Look at the upcoming Scorsese film, Killers Of The Flower Moon. Despite him working directly with Native Americans on every step of the process, there are radical white people yelling about the movie being racist or saying a white man shouldn't be allowed to direct it. None of this is even coming from Native Americans, it's white people lol.
I had a teacher who said when she was in college and segments were read in class, some students literally vomited due to how disgusting the scene was. It was that first ambush scene, where the kid and the company are searching for the natives and then....well, you know lol.
I can't even imagine how you do the movie properly without getting an X rating.
John Logan To Adapt Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian' For New Regency
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John Logan To Adapt Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridan' For New Regency
1:00 PM · Apr 24, 2024
Dorian Breh
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I agree with @Piff Perkins I think it will be very difficult to adapt
The books tone does not glorify the action and feels like more of a character study
A movie cannot do that and still be a critical success
Additionally the ambiguity / untrustworthy narration is almost impossible to accomplish
Many interpretations say its the Kid, not the Judge, who do a lot of the really heinous shyt. If the movie takes a direct opinion on that it waters down the product.
The books tone does not glorify the action and feels like more of a character study
A movie cannot do that and still be a critical success
Additionally the ambiguity / untrustworthy narration is almost impossible to accomplish
Many interpretations say its the Kid, not the Judge, who do a lot of the really heinous shyt. If the movie takes a direct opinion on that it waters down the product.