Viggo Mortenson in 'The Road'

The film is surely going to be one of the darker movies of this year. It is one of the holy grail of great books. Cormac McCarthy who took all the words he knows and weaved together one of his most challenging novels yet. The book feels like it has used up everything it has set out to do. For something like that to hit screen it should be nothing less phenomenal.

The film tells about a father and a son who walk the road burned out by the destruction caused by man. The world goes through a nuclear winter and has already reached its end. Viggo Mortensen had this to say about it: “I think what’s made this story so universally loved is because it’s really about protecting your child, no matter what the circumstances. At its core, it’s a love story.” The film almost unravels into more than just a test of survival and a chance of finding something that will keep them alive.

One of the biggest aspect of the book is its background the winter portrayed in the book is one of the biggest characters driving the story. John Hillcoat the directer has been shooting in New Orleans and Mount St Helens for couple of months. Mortensen had this to say about the location. “It’s tangible, the misery and hopelessness and the bleakness. It gives you much more to work with if you’re filming in that world instead of a green screen. You have to bring a story to life in a movie in a way you don’t have to in a book – even a book as powerful as that.”

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