In anticipation of the upcoming cinematic release of The Road, Cormac McCarthy’s been giving some interviews. There’s a particularly enlightening interview with McCarthy in the Wall Street Journal of all places.
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ENG 459 – Fall 2009 – GMU
In anticipation of the upcoming cinematic release of The Road, Cormac McCarthy’s been giving some interviews. There’s a particularly enlightening interview with McCarthy in the Wall Street Journal of all places.
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WSJ: “The Road” is this love story between father and son, but they never say, “I love you.”
CM: No. I didn’t think that would add anything to the story at all. But a lot of the lines that are in there are verbatim conversations my son John and I had. I mean just that when I say that he’s the co-author of the book. A lot of the things that the kid [in the book] says are things that John said. John said, “Papa, what would you do if I died?” I said, “I’d want to die, too,” and he said, “So you could be with me?” I said, “Yes, so I could be with you.” Just a conversation that two guys would have.
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Hm! I think all my questions on [lack of] language have just been answered.