RandomCha
Cosmic Mai Tai Noir
Skip to content
  • Home
  • Pause of the Clock
  • Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago
  • Who? What?
← 3 things about Claire Denis’ WHITE MATERIAL
3 things about EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! THE MOVIE →

A valiant try by director Walter Salles and screenwriter José Rivera, but …

Posted on March 22, 2013 by robchristopher

In their attempt to translate Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road to the screen they get all the notes right, but they miss the book’s melody. This was definitely a tough review to write. Hopefully I was fair; there are lot of cool moments in the film, but they just don’t cohere.

3 things about Walter Salles’ ON THE ROAD.

Share this:

  • Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky
  • Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • More
  • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
Like Loading...

Related

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged jack kerouac, movies, on the road, reviews. Bookmark the permalink.
← 3 things about Claire Denis’ WHITE MATERIAL
3 things about EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! THE MOVIE →

Leave a comment Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  • search RandomCha

  • Enter ROY’S WORLD

  • Randomcha RSS

    • RSS - Posts
  • Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 769 other subscribers
  • Past

    March 2013
    S M T W T F S
     12
    3456789
    10111213141516
    17181920212223
    24252627282930
    31  
    « Feb   Apr »
  • tag cloud

    • 3 things
    • 007
    • 420
    • animation
    • apocalypse
    • art
    • barbara stanwyck
    • Barry Gifford
    • books
    • Buñuel
    • canada
    • Chicago
    • Chicagoist
    • Christmas
    • Christopher Nolan
    • cocktails
    • comic book movies
    • Cronenberg
    • David Lynch
    • Disney
    • documentaries
    • editing
    • film festivals
    • filmmaking
    • film noir
    • gay
    • haiku
    • Halloween
    • Hitchcock
    • humphrey bogart
    • James Bond
    • James Mason
    • Jane Fonda
    • japan
    • Jason Adasiewicz
    • jazz
    • jimmy stewart
    • joan crawford
    • John Huston
    • LA
    • lili taylor
    • lists
    • matt dillon
    • movies
    • music
    • musicals
    • new york
    • October
    • Otto Preminger
    • Paris
    • paul thomas anderson
    • pause of the clock
    • poetry
    • pre-code
    • queue tips
    • recipes
    • Robert Altman
    • Robert Ryan
    • Roy's World
    • rum
    • San Francisco
    • sci fi
    • Scorsese
    • silent film
    • Soderbergh
    • star trek
    • superheroes
    • tiki
    • tilda swinton
    • trash
    • twin peaks
    • war
    • Westerns
    • willem dafoe
    • Woody Allen
    RandomCha
    Blog at WordPress.com.
    • Comment
    • Reblog
    • Subscribe Subscribed
      • RandomCha
      • Join 371 other subscribers
      • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
      • RandomCha
      • Subscribe Subscribed
      • Sign up
      • Log in
      • Copy shortlink
      • Report this content
      • View post in Reader
      • Manage subscriptions
      • Collapse this bar
    %d