The fact that John Hillcoat’s movie does not match the poignancy and depth of Cormac McCarthy’s masterful novel ‘The Road’ is no surprise but no disgrace either.
I can’t really think what the Australian director could have done better – the performances are brilliant and the photography is sublime. The soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis evokes the mood of sadness bordering on despair.
The insurmountable problem he faces is that it is simply impossible to translate
Cormac McCarthy’s poetry and lyricism into a visual language. Continue reading
