Book to Film The Son By Phillip Meyer “How much do I love The Son? Let me count the ways” (sorry Shakespeare!). Are we tired of hearing the words, “epic?” And “sweeping?” Oh, and how’s about “sprawling!” Yeah. Then how can I condense the plot of the book and the TV, 2 season, mini-series of…
Tag: western movies
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing – Book to Movie
Have we forgotten “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing?” “Cat Dancing” is another one of my favorite “book-to-movie” westerns. A great author backstory, steamy movie-making backstory (murder!?) and then a western film that just about everyone agrees is worth watching, and numerous folks think is a classic. The simple plot events are not new. Train…
Ride the High Country
What a western. It touches upon, relates too and reminds us of so many other great westerns. Like True Grit and Lonesome Dove, so many! The cast fantastic, cinematography crisp, clear and perfect, the quirky, yet so realistic aspects of the storytelling. The same for us in many ways, yet then so…
Lance Henrickson and Gunfighter’s Moon
One of my favorite westerns is Gunfighter’s Moon. It’s a small movie, and I see dozens and dozens of these inde-style, small western books and cheap back lot movies. Perhaps because I am bias and I am partial to the unique actor Lance Henrikson, I’ve always look for his work. He…