Ep 321: “The Road” (2009)

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We trek across Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” and discuss:

• Cinematography, compositions, first frame last frame;
• Story & Writing, structure, morality, terse dialog;
• and other such stuff and things and stuff.

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.“ – James 1:17 (Bible verse)

Notes & References:
John Hillcoat (IMDB) – directed “Lawless”, “The Proposition”
Kodi Smit-McPhee (wiki) – had been acting a couple years prior to The Road
Final note! SPOILERS FOLLOWING THIS WARNING: So I mentioned in the rundown that I’d talk about the first frame / last frame and totally forgot to deliver that note, but in the context of the film looking at the world being dead and how the boy was referred to being an angel and word of God and that he’s carrying “the light” — I find it interesting that the first frame is before the nuclear fallout, it’s a shot of leaves on a tree, feels like spring, a time of growth after winter…and the final shot is of the boy. I think it’s painting a picture (especially with the context of the bird and the beetle in preceding scenes) of life returning through the light that is the boy, and spring life is returning after this era of cold hard death. -wes

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This Week’s Recommendations:

“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy (Amazon) / “American Sniper” (IMDB)

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