"I read your last story. It kind of left a bad taste in my mouth."... "Well, you weren't supposed to eat it." Some great dialogue in this trailer. Looking forward to seeing the film.
I hope this movie comes with English subtitles. I catch 90-95% of what she's saying, but sometimes she mumbles or slurs so much, I have no idea what this great dialougue is articulating.
Finally! A movie about Flannery O'Connor. I read ALL her essays and books in high school and it scared the hell out of my mother. Can't wait for this movie.
It's a film about someone whose Catholicism was central to their being and writing. I'm interested and excited to see how that is portrayed.@@catrionacolville2192
@@catrionacolville2192 Flannery O'Connor was a well-known devout Catholic and religion heavily influenced her work, although she actually wrote primarily Protestant/evangelical characters as she grew up in the biblical South of the United States.
Thank you for letting us know this previously mysteriously hidden fact that only you seemed to have the supreme insight to know. You have a real talent for elucidating the obvious.
Interesting looking film... seems like something I would watch on the weekend when things are going really well and I need to watch something somber to bring the mood down.
Part of this was movie was filmed down the street from me, in St Francis, Ky. They converted an old rundown pizza place into an old-timey diner. I only learned later that they converted it for a scene in a movie about one of America's most interesting Southern Gothic writers.
I agree. That is one phony southern accent. It's a Hollywood interpretation through and through, like JR in that Dallas TV show. It's annoying when a real southerner is an enjoyment to listen to.
Looks very good. If you have yet to catch it, see 'Wiseblood' Directed by John Huston, based on the Flannery novel, which I think is an amalgam of her short stories woven into novel form.
I don't know why, but there is something on the visual vibe and cinematography of this that takes me to the graphic novel Ethan Hawke wrote. Quite interesting. That old school style dark "americana" maybe?
Ok it's nepotism but like maybe that's the only way we get interesting original big budget films with "unproven" actresses like Maya? Though they knew who they were appealing to with the preview of her in a suit damn.
The idea is that she is portraying her characters, not gender bending to attract audiences. The characters that O'Connor admitted to be most identified with included Hulga Hopewell, Mrs. Greenfield, both Mary Grace and Ruby Turpin, and Julian.
Shes been acting by herself for couple years already. I'm sure her last name wasnt the reason she got cast in Stranger Things. She did that with her own audition.
A convent of nuns approached her (O'Connor) and asked her to help them write the biography of a child who was a patient at the oncology ward they ran who had passed away. O'Connor, who hated the 1950s/60s version of "Christian media" (she thought it was overly sappy, just like it is today) wasn't initially interested, but felt obligated to help. Her confessor thought the situation was hilarious and asked which one of her murder stories had convinced them she was right for the job. (She ended up writing it and it's actually a good read: not sappy but not as dark as her fiction. Her letters she wrote about it are funny though, "I had to deal with some more recollections from the nuns, one of which had to do with how the child ate applesauce")
"Well... Wildcat was written in a kind of obsolete vernacular... [long pause as he starts to become spaced out] Wildcat... wild... cat... pow... wildcat..." Eli Cash.
A: I read your last story and left a bad taste in my mouth. MC: You weren't supposed to eat it. B: You should try being more nice to people. MC: I tried turning the other cheek but my tongue was in it. C: It must come easy for you. MC: It's like giving birth to a piano sideways.
Damn she looks like her Mom but holy Christ, she can act. So she has her Mom's looks and her Dad acting chops...got it. AND her Dad wrote and directed it. Whew!
Some nepo babies work for it and earn it! Sure, she got opportunties an actor from the hinterlands don't get. But she didn't take those opportunities for granted, obviously.
I was fortunate to play several O'Connor characters when I was a freshman in college. Cured me of ever caring about traditional "leading lady" roles. Her writing is delicious, her characters and stories memorable. Thank you Ethan Hawke for introducing her to a new audience, and celebrating her with those of us who love her. With Laura Linney and a host of other accomplished actors in the cast, I think it's just fine that Mr. Hawke, who led the charge to get this made and helped raise the money and directed, cast his kids in this piece. They will have to stand up to the critics, and it looks like they'll do just fine.
Are there no actors with REAL southern accents available? Some of these are so far off they're making a mockery of the people they allegedly portray. Bless their hearts.
Hmm…do I detect an overly stylized production? Filmmakers assert too much of their narcissism (after all, it is Ethan Hawke😫) I’m almost reluctant to see this film, that it might not do justice to Flannery O’Connor.
