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Some novels seem tailor-made for adaption to the big screen, while others are considered sacred tomes to which people have a deep attachment. So I was feeling a bit of trepidation when I found out that Jack Kerouac's influential and iconic semi-autobiographical travelogue On the Road , was finally headed to the big screen, after years of failed attempts to turn it into a feature film. What the new flick does have going for it is that the two leads, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, are played by relatively unknown actors, rather than big name Hollywood stars. Judging from [...]
The film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On The Road opens in the UK on 21 September 2012 and starts Kristen Stewart. Check out the trailer below. The supporting cast of characters is littered with star names, like Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, Kirsten Dunst and Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss .
En 1957 se publicó la novela autobiográfica On The Road, escrita por el norteamericano Jack Kerouac, donde él mismo narra experiencias que vivió con sus amigos a través de varios viajes a lo largo de los Estados Unidos, durante la época post-guerra. Esa novela definió a la llamada Beat Generation, generación que se caracterizó por experimentar con drogas y con la sexualidad, inspirados en la poesía y el jazz. Todos esos elementos son llevados a la pantalla grande por el director Walter Salles, quien se encargó de plasmar a los Estados Unidos durante la [...]
Here's the first trailer for Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. It stars Garret Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen, Steve Buscemi, and Elisabeth Moss. In all likelihood, the flick will play the festival circuit this year with a slow release around Oscar season. I could easily seeing this thing come and go before anyone even realizes it. I am completely willing to give this a chance. With the exception of K-Stew and Garret Hedlund (both are marginally okay with the right material and director), the cast is fairly [...]
The Times Ledger recounts Jack Kerouac's time living in Queens. The Arizona Republic lists 12 essential Drive-By Truckers songs. Mark Titus talks to Weekend Edition about his new memoir Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench . Weekend Edition interviews Marilynne Robinson [...]
All the Wrong People Are Dying is not actually an album, but a collection of the earlier Styrenes album A Monster and a Devil alongside several 12"s and a compilation track. Somehow, despite the cobbled-together nature of its assembly, the CD flows more cohesively than most properly assembled albums do. Go figure. The Styrenes, initially
The Fall's Mark E Smith talks literary influences with The Quietus . BBC News shares the story of Jack Kerouac's once lost first novel, The Sea Is My Brother , which was just published this week. The American writer, who was hailed the king of the Beat generation and a hero to many young men, penned The Sea Is My Brother aged 20, based on his years as a merchant seaman. [...]
Lead singer James Petralli lists his influences // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Austin quartet White Denim will release D, their fifth studio album on May 24. That same night, they'll play San Diego's Casbah, and it'll be worth your while to check it out. The experimental indie band has been compared to the Minutemen and Randy Newman (yes, both), and is known for infusing anything from punk [...] Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
What's up with Hollywood's new found fascination for the work of Jack Kerouac? Hot on the heels of Walter Salles (pleasedon'tsuck, pleasedon'tsuck) adaptation of On the Road, comes word that Michael Polish will be adapting that novel's spiritual sequel - Big Sur - into a movie as well. Don't get too excited, however, it's not like this is a planned Kerouac trilogy or anything. The cast is all different, but equally as unenthusiastic. Jean-Marc Barr to play Jack Kerouac, Josh Lucas to play Beat [...]
En el camino ("On the Road") finalmente se convierte en película. Lo que parecía un proyecto imposible de filmar debido a las características casi de culto que posee la novela generacional del mismo nombre, hoy se convierte en toda una realidad cinematográfica. Tan sólo la semana pasada se publicaron un par de fotografías de la esperada cinta que no es otra cosa más que la adaptación a la pantalla grande del libro más famoso de la generación "beat" de la autoría de Jack Kerouac . "En el camino" habría sido tratada de llevarse al cine casi desde el [...]
The much anticipated upcoming film On the Road , based on the Jack Kerouac book of the same name has finished principal photography and will be released sometime later this year. French site Cinema au Comme posted the first images earlier today, and we have them. Check it out! The film stars Kristen Stewart , Sam Riley , [...]
As the year closes and we await new reads from beloved authors like Joyce Carol Oates, Colm Toibin, Alice Hoffman, and even the late Kurt Vonnegut, there is still time for looking back on the inspired tales and informed tomes of the past year. We're now more than halfway through the list of the 25 best books of 2010, as chosen by the Clean Cut book editor, and my only hope is that it is helpful to you in finding something enjoyable to read. There are so many books published every year and while everyone's tastes are different, the same [...]
Eesh . "Profoundly cynical and relentlessly obnoxious, On the Bro'd will make you weep and laugh and barf for the future of American culture as only a seasoned NYC designer/writer/humor blogger can make you weep/laugh/barf. So enjoy. Or not. Either way, you have my love and empathy." Meredith Yayanos clearly doesn't enjoy the tumblr site that is retelling Kerouac's famous On the Road for bros. It's hard not to agree with everything that Meredith writes concerning On the Bro'd. It feels like the anonymous author is from the Boston vicinity. The [...]
Railroad Earth Railroad Earth steams ahead with their recent release from One Haven Music. On this record, the acoustic oriented roots/rock band seems to have followed a check-list philosophy that well represents an eponymous record on a new label, signifying a milestone that reads "This is where we're going, this is where we've been." Radio-ready single to drive album sales? Check. Song about a train? Check. Extended jam to satisfy loyal followers? Check. An ambitious and earnest effort that delivers a satisfying, earthy listening experience? Check. The band came together in northern New Jersey [...]
In support of their homage to iconic American beat poet Jack Kerouac One Fast Move or I'm Gone, Farrar and Gibbard cut a four track session with NPR that aired in December '09, the album itself took a few spins to sink in with me, but it's rewarding of your patience and is well worth adding to your wish list. Low Life Kingdom These Roads Don't Move California Zephyr Big Sur [...]
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