Bad Blood, Good Taste
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BAD BLOOD, GOOD TASTE
Moving through the pages of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian feels like wading through a swamp.
The overwhelming, poetic, primordial violence of this masterwork cannot be overstated.
Tommy Lee Jones, one of many who tried to adapt the book into a film, stated:
“I was going to make it just like the book, but studios get a little scared when a black guy cuts off a white guy’s head, and the shooting jets of blood douse the fire. I wasn’t going to cut it back.”
Others like Ridley Scott, James Franco, and Todd Field (Dir: Tar) have also tried their hand and failed.
The language is nearly impossible to adapt on screen.
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