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Post by stephen on Mar 26, 2021 16:25:04 GMT
The man gave us such literary classics that spawned iconic film and TV projects such as Hud, The Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment, and he also won an Oscar for adapting Brokeback Mountain. Seriously think I might re-read the Call/McCrae series in honor of this master.
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Post by thomasjerome on Mar 26, 2021 16:43:54 GMT
Oh damn. So many classics. I'd also like to give a shout out to "Texasville", much underappreciated sequel to "The Last Picture Show". Also how cool it was that he wore jeans to the Oscars?  RIP. |
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Post by TerryMontana on Mar 26, 2021 17:28:50 GMT
I was familiar with his work that jumped to the big screen but never read anything he wrote.
RIP.
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Post by Viced on Mar 26, 2021 17:33:33 GMT
Thank you for maybe the greatest novel I've ever read, legend. Rest easy.  |
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Post by wilcinema on Mar 26, 2021 17:40:03 GMT
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 27, 2021 0:08:36 GMT
One of the great authors of Southern small town literature. Two of his novels are classics that got adapted into classic movies, and he also co-wrote Brokeback Mountain. RIP!!!
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Post by stephen on Mar 30, 2021 21:51:31 GMT
Thank you for maybe the greatest novel I've ever read, legend. Rest easy. It's a testament to this man's skill and depth of career that I have no idea which novel you could mean, because there's literally several that could contend for this title in this man's oeuvre. |
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Post by mrimpossible on Mar 31, 2021 17:16:14 GMT
RIP.
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 2, 2023 16:49:01 GMT
The man gave us such literary classics that spawned iconic film and TV projects such as Hud, The Last Picture Show, Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment, and he also won an Oscar for adapting Brokeback Mountain. Seriously think I might re-read the Call/McCrae series in honor of this master.
What a sad loss for everyone. My favorite of his novels (one of my all-time favorites, in fact) is "Horseman, Pass By," which became the film Hud. It's little known, sadly, but it's a profoundly moving work of art. I haven't read it in years, but the final paragraph is seared into my memory forever.
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Post by stephen on Apr 2, 2023 16:55:25 GMT
It occurs to me -- is there a writer more responsible for creating Oscar-winning characters than McMurtry? Neal, Douglas, Leachman, Johnson, Nicholson 2.0 and MacLaine?
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Post by wonky on Apr 3, 2023 9:30:36 GMT
Well, Woody Allen.
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Post by stephen on Apr 3, 2023 10:38:36 GMT
I was thinking more in the literary sense than directly writing for the screen, but yeah. |
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Post by wonky on Apr 3, 2023 12:58:56 GMT
Yes, that's why I phrased it that way haha.
Among adapted writers he's hard to beat considering even Allen only has one up on him.
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