I think he's a fine writer to start on when you're in high school or early college and want to read about amoral young, rich people fucking and killing each other. Being a fan of his in my late teens eventually got me interested in other, better writers like Donna Tartt, Joan Didion and Don Delillo.

Also used in Spike's ex-wife's movie, Marie Antoinette.

I guess we'll see how true that is when he stars in his next movie.

But it makes sense when you consider she was in Color Purple and Beloved, two books with more than their share of disturbing material. She clearly wasn't afraid of it herself, and I respect her for having enough respect for her audience to trust they would enjoy it. But it was funny to see soccer moms in Wal-Mart and…

I think Blood Meridian may have actually been my first McCarthy, too, as I gave up on reading ATPH in high school. I think you have to really be focused in order to get through it though. If you're in college or have a lot of time to read, by all means, go for it. Definitely a book everyone should have read. The Road…

I believe the Coens actually joked that all they did was retype it in screenplay format and it earned them an Oscar. That's not completely true, there's a couple of things changed, but about 85-90% is straight out of the novel. Possibly the most faithful adaptation I've ever seen.

Not a bad place to start (certainly better than Suttree or Blood Meridian) but a bit of a tougher read than No Country or The Road. I believe No Country was essentially written as a screenplay, so it's the easiest to read.

I agree. I think he's well-respected by his fellow cinematographers and filmmakers but not widely known like a Conrad Hall, Roger Deakins, Janusz Kaminski, Vilmos Zsigmond or Laszlo Kovacs. This is probably because most of the films he's shot have not been critical successes, with a few notable exceptions (the ones…

David Gordon Green talks about what a huge influence Carol Ballard is on him on the Bullseye podcast.

Yeah, this is very true. I pretty much only listen if there's a "holy shit!" guest these days.

Works on contingency?
No, money down!

It sounds like he was always a perfectionist, but the success of his movies made him into a megalomaniac.

Agreed. Lunar Park felt like Ellis blowing up his public image and self conscious style, except then he wrote Imperial Bedrooms which completely indulged the Bret Easton Ellis style. I guess he decided he didn't have more to say after Lunar Park after all.

@avclub-dc7008f6bd89036db2513d35ef4b537c:disqus  I recall reading that the third director (back when the movie was to be called "Black Mask" after the pulp fiction anthology magazine) was to be Adam Rifkin (The Chase, Detroit Rock City). Think we're all glad Tarantino thought better of it.

It was that guy from Swingers/PCU! "Fuck this, I got a call back in the morning."

@avclub-6f097e848d3e349ddf8763d4aaa943df:disqus Pulp Fiction was Tarantino's rewrite/overhaul of Avary's script "Pandemonium Reigns." Other scenes from the script, like Marvin getting shot in the face, made it into the script—almost completely as Avary wrote them. He used to share these script excerpts from time to…

Both Old Navy and UO can be inconsistent with the quality of the t-shirts. I had the same fraying problem with UO shirts but haven't had it with my ON shirts. There's very little quality control when it comes to the construction and materials used. I try to buy J Crew t shirts when they're on sale for about $10 cause…

It can be a thin line, but I'd much rather them use LIFE magazine than some fictional "LIVE" magazine with a similar logo. That would just take the audience out of the movie.

Definitely had his teeth done at some point.

Tom Wopat left out again.