Francis Ford Coppola’s movie adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road may finally see the light of day. The film, directed by Walter Salles and starring the likes of Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, and Steve Buscemi, could hit French theaters as early as March 23rd.
On The Road On The Screen
Sweet Mercy
A writer who calls himself the “Cal Ripken of turkey pardoning” reflects on the Presidential tradition. (If your curiosity extends to its history, you might like this rundown at Mental Floss.)
DFW Details
Craig Fehrman digs up and posts the Details' 1996 profile of David Foster Wallace that is mentioned a few times in Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself but has until now not been available online.
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Pablo Neruda’s Body to be Exhumed
In 2011 I wrote about a group of Chilean Communists who wished to exhume Pablo Neruda’s body. They alleged that Neruda was murdered. Now, two years later, a judge has ordered the corpse to be exhumed and autopsied in order to set the record straight.
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Look Away
“Recently, a friend told me she didn’t like pictures of herself because she never looked the way she thought she did in her head. I think this pretty much describes the universal horror that is looking at your own photos, and that’s why I love the selfie so much. It gives you all the controls to the story you are telling.” In defense of the selfie.
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Street Cred
Recommended Reading: Jody Rosen on Ashley and JaQuavis Coleman.
Short Story Week Links
Did you read a short story today? He did.Samantha Hunt scribbles on bar napkins.Deborah Eisenberg not only writes great stories; she also gives a great interview.A Peter Markus story - free! - at failbetter.com.A Ben Fountain story - free! - at The Barcelona Review.Bookslut chats up Elizabeth Crane.Death is dead (via Conversational Reading).
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“On the road” as a movie? how about kurosawa’s “dreams” as a novel next? Ridiculous.
And all three of the actors listed above are too old to play those characters. Way too old, in the case of the men.
Well, I went with the biggest names when I listed the movie’s stars, not the actual trio of main characters. You can view the full cast here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337692/