Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? This is a perfect meeting of actor, director, and material. Viggo Mortensen can really do some solid work; I've loved what he's done in the last two Cronenberg films, particularly Eastern Promises. John Hillcoat delivered a fantastic western with The Proposition. Roger Ebert favorably compared that film with Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian in tone, and I have to agree with him wholeheartedly. And finally, the book. It's a taut, grim piece of work, but very engaging. While his characters continue the trend of minimal dialogue, the action moves along a lot faster, like in his previous book No Country For Old Men. Just like that adaptation's success in the hands of the Coen brothers, I think this story is suited to the big screen. Hopefully, it will help erase the memory of All The Pretty Horses.
This article from the New York Times isn't "new", but it's still worth checking out if you missed it like I did. It looks like the movie is done with principal photography and is set to open in November.
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