Child of God (2013) (D: Franco; S: Franco, Nelson) - based on Cormac McCarthy novel
08-28-13, 02:44 PM
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Child of God (2013) (D: Franco; S: Franco, Nelson) - based on Cormac McCarthy novel
A dispossessed, violent man who's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, Ballard descends literally and figuratively to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and degradation.
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Re: Child of God (2013) (D:Franco; S: Franco, Nelson) - based on Cormac McCarthy nove
The book is absolutely brutal, so it'll be interesting to see how faithfully its adapted.
08-28-13, 03:58 PM
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08-28-13, 04:58 PM
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A friend was going to be an extra for this in the spring of last year but decided against it after reading the book.
08-28-13, 05:36 PM
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08-29-13, 09:05 AM
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Re: Child of God (2013) (D:Franco; S: Franco, Nelson) - based on Cormac McCarthy nove
From a 2012 article:
He is adapting Bukowski's Ham on Rye which I am real excited about.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...ke-nelson.html
James Franco has been very keen on adapting a Cormac McCarthy novel to film. It was going to be Blood Meridian, and Franco in fact shot some test footage (with Mark Pellegrino, Scott Glenn, Dave Franco and Luke Perry) in 2010 to prove to producer Scott Rudin that he had the goods to make the movie. But Franco and Rudin fell out, and so Franco is one of several directors who have tried and failed to bring the challenging Blood Meridian to the screen.
Franco is evidently undaunted on the McCarthy front, however, as he is now reportedly at work on a film version of the author’s third novel Child of God. This one is a bit less challenging than Blood Meridian, but no less intense and, potentially, controversial.
Roger Friedman reports that Franco is shooting the movie now in West Virginia. (He also reports that the Franco version of Blood Meridian is definitely dead.) News of Franco adapting the book first surfaced last fall.
Franco is evidently undaunted on the McCarthy front, however, as he is now reportedly at work on a film version of the author’s third novel Child of God. This one is a bit less challenging than Blood Meridian, but no less intense and, potentially, controversial.
Roger Friedman reports that Franco is shooting the movie now in West Virginia. (He also reports that the Franco version of Blood Meridian is definitely dead.) News of Franco adapting the book first surfaced last fall.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...ke-nelson.html
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Re: Child of God (2013) (D:Franco; S: Franco, Nelson) - based on Cormac McCarthy nove
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01-21-14, 11:23 PM
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I'm digging that trailer.
01-22-14, 08:48 AM
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Re: Child of God (2013) (D:Franco; S: Franco, Nelson) - based on Cormac McCarthy nove
I saw this in Toronto. It's well acted and well directed, but a tough watch. Franco introduced the movie and warned the crowd that he knows many in the house will not enjoy the movie and actually warned the audience of the content of some of the tougher scenes.
The lead actor was very good and really committed to a difficult role.
The lead actor was very good and really committed to a difficult role.
