Blood Meridian - "Glanton and the Campfire" - Cormac McCarthy

Excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian.

In this scene Glanton stares into the campfire, during which time McCarthy poetically describes Glanton's destiny. The wording/phrasiology used by McCarthy here is incredible; almost biblical in style.

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Entertainment

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• Blood Meridian
• Cormac McCarthy
• Glanton
• Glanton Gang
• The Judge
• Judge Holden

[JeanCocteau777]

@jeffreyorich

Anyone who thinks that Rob Zombie should direct this movie deserves to share the Kid's fate in the final scene.

[HannahUmerus]

This novel should be an HBO series. Less concern with censorship or critical response. It can be a dozen hours long. They could expand upon things in the work rather than rush through the matter, slicing the novel down to fit within the 110 minute timeframe. It's the greatest composition of our generation and it's renditioning hinges upon the whim of an editing board. Love this quote. Thank you for posting it.

[jagovRUS]

"The leaves shifted in a million spangles down the pale corridors and Glanton took one and turned it like a tiny fan by its stem and held it and let it fall and its perfection was not lost on him.”

My favorite quote regarding Glanton. He's a bit overshadowed by the Judge in the book, but the above quote and the campfire passage show he has a depth to him that surpasses the men he associates with. And his last line is badass :)

[jagovRUS]

@xpennock a lot of assumption on your part. Franco might have (or know the people with) just the right mind to do BM justice on the screen.

[ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA]

@JeanCocteau777 shhh! don't tell me i haven't finished it yet !!

[Gnargonaut]

@HannahUmerus

Ive thought the very same,

a miniseries seems the only format

that could come slose to doing it justice.

[hanshotfirst1138]

Peckinpah or Huston would have been perfect for this, but of course those options are closed now. I don't know who else could do it. Terence Malick, maybe?

[hanshotfirst1138]

RIP Recorded Books Inc. They'll be missed.

[msmyers15]

@floppykid Couldn't agree more.

[StarshipKoyote]

@HannahUmerus Totally agree. While the HBO route at first seems unworthy, it would play itself out properly, and there'd be less restrictions on content. The pace could also be better encapsulated, with each episode being 2 or so chapters. Look at Deadwood or Rome. Both shows are vivid, sweeping productions that instill that sense of grandeur while preserving an intimacy with its characters. This could also open the door for more CM series. CoG and OD would be amazing in this format as well.

[floppykid]

@HannahUmerus

I think they should just leave it as a book. Not everything has to be made for the screen.

[FoxbouldProductions]

I'm not so sure it would be ruined by the constraints of film. Novels like Blood Meridian & The Road are based on the seemingly disconnected nature of each scene, which is used to allude to a deeper and more ambiguous point, in the same way that Conrad's Heart of Darkness does for example. To cut it down may exclude some brilliant scenes but wouldn't be as much in danger of compromising the overall story. The Road did it brilliantly, and in the right hands I have faith it could be done justice.