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Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:25 pm to WG_Dawg
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judge being all hairless I kept picturing this
I think I was picturing Vincent D’Onofrio when reading it. Probably because it wasn’t long after the Daredevil series came out when I read it. He’d be too old to play the character now, though.
This post was edited on 4/19/23 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:38 pm to Honest Tune
If you've ever seen Brawl in Cell Block 99, Vince Vaughn would do surprisingly well. Has the talent and can pull off the look. 
Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:42 pm to Vols&Shaft83
Mel Gibson would be the perfect director for something like this.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:47 pm to Vols&Shaft83
read that thing and it’s more about the style than the plot, right?
Phenomenal writing. But like Sound and the Fury and most of Faulkner, Not sure it translates well to silver screen
Phenomenal writing. But like Sound and the Fury and most of Faulkner, Not sure it translates well to silver screen
Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:48 pm to Thundercles
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Vince Vaughn
Good choice.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:02 pm to Bluefin
Part of the allure of the novel is that it reads almost biblical in its presentation. There isn’t some insane, introspective dialogue to read into. It’s all in the presentation which means you’d have to nail the cinematography. It almost feels like it’d have to be a Von Trier film
Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:11 pm to tylerdurden24
Jeez man, I sat through Antichrist at Prytania theatre back when it was released and I swore I’d never see a film of his again.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:28 pm to Vols&Shaft83
In the book Judge Holden was 7 feet tall, 500 pounds, hairless, pale white and looked like a giant baby. I always thought the wrestler King Kong Bundy fit that description perfectly.
McCarthy made him that way as a literary allusion to Moby Dick, which he considered to be the best American novel. The supposed real life Holden was thin and spry with long hair but much taller than average, like George Washington.
I suppose you could cast an actor who resembled the real life Holden as opposed to McCarthy's white whale. But part of Holden's mystique in the novel was that his actions, speech and physical stature often seemed at odds with one another. For example, he was a lumbering giant but was an amazing dancer, lightning quick with a gun and could write with both hands simultaneously.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:57 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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He never uses quotation marks and has an aversion to almost all punctuation
There’s no quotes and hardly any punctuation in Requiem for a Dream but the movie turned out good. Excellent adaptation and a great book by Hubert Selby Jr.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:00 pm to tylerdurden24
I remember re-reading one paragraph because it was about something like elongated spiders striding flat across the desert land, and it took me a bit to realize he was just referring to the shadows of the gang as they were walking with the sun getting low.
Even thinking about Holden dancing in the end, I’d be interested in seeing that translated to the screen. Conveying his dancing as evil enduring would take some impressive artistic skill.
I think I’d get behind Mel Gibson taking a shot at it.
Even thinking about Holden dancing in the end, I’d be interested in seeing that translated to the screen. Conveying his dancing as evil enduring would take some impressive artistic skill.
I think I’d get behind Mel Gibson taking a shot at it.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:00 pm to AUFANATL
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McCarthy made him that way as a literary allusion to Moby Dick, which he considered to be the best American novel.
Could use the same guy who played Theokales in Spartacus...have no idea if he can actually act though.
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But part of Holden's mystique in the novel was that his actions, speech and physical stature often seemed at odds with one another. For example, he was a lumbering giant but was an amazing dancer, lightning quick with a gun and could write with both hands simultaneously.
This is why I am struggling to think of anyone who could pull this off.
Someone mentioned Vince Vaughn, and I could see it from the physical standpoint. But does he have the acting chops to pull off a role like Holden? Doubtful.
It's a major roadblock.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:05 pm to Vols&Shaft83
I’ve read some McCarthy but not this one because everyone says it’s a difficult read, but from the descriptions of Holden I keep thinking of JK Simmons.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:07 pm to Thundercles
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Vince Vaughn would do surprisingly well
No way. He’s horrible in serious roles. I couldn’t take him seriously at all in season 2 of true detective
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:09 pm to AUFANATL
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The supposed real life Holden was thin and spry with long hair but much taller than average, like George Washington.
I’d be interested in learning more about this, because I thought McCarthy pulled from the memoirs of an actual Glanton Gang member who described the real Holden similar to his appearance in the book.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:16 pm to Bluefin
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I’d be interested in learning more about this, because I thought McCarthy pulled from the memoirs of an actual Glanton Gang member who described the real Holden similar to his appearance in the book.
That's what I have read as well.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:20 pm to AUFANATL
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In the book Judge Holden was 7 feet tall, 500 pounds, hairless, pale white and looked like a giant baby.
Like this?
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:52 pm to cfish140
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No way. He’s horrible in serious roles.
Have you seen Brawl in Cell Block 99? I didn't think I could take him seriously until I saw that.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:53 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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Blood Meridian
That's the only book that ever gave me nightmares. And I read The Exorcist.
Posted on 4/19/23 at 10:27 pm to Vols&Shaft83
I was literally about to start reading this book. My brother recommended this and The Road recently and just read No Country for Old Men (obviously amazing movie just never read the book), about to get on that.
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