'The Road', y compañía ('The Road' & Company)
18 Pages Posted: 23 Jan 2020 Last revised: 3 Mar 2015
Date Written: February 19, 2010
Abstract
Spanish Abstract: Comentamos la película de John Hillcoat 'The Road', basada en la novela homónima de Cormac McCarthy. La narración post-apocalíptica de la película, y respuestas representativas a la misma, se sitúan en el contexto de la norteamérica posterior al 11-S, y en el contexto de la crisis ecológica de la civilización industrial, y se evaluá desde un punto de vista ideológico y estético la película en tanto que adaptación de la novela.
English Abstract: A commentary of John Hillcoat's film 'The Road', based on Cormac McCarthy's novel of the same title. The post-apocalyptic narrative of the film, and representative responses to it, are set in the context of post-9/11 America and the ecological crisis of industrial civilization, and the film is evaluated as an adaptation of the novel from an ideological and aesthetic viewpoint.
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Keywords: Film, Adaptation, Literature, Novel, Post-apocalyptic fiction, Science fiction, Cormac McCarthy
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