NIGHT THIRTY-TWO: The Road (2009)
Making time for bleakness
Oct 30, 20251 min read
HE ROAD
(2009, dir. John Hillcoat, 111 min.)
Starring Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee
John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic fable THE ROAD has been on my watchlist since it was released, and I guess it's taken this long for me to find myself in the proper headspace to really be able to sit down and consider its take on the end of civilization and humanity.
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