Films/DVD Asylum

On the Road

12.97.252.35

Eldragon

A

Netflix streaming - It was unfairly rated 1 1/2 stars. The movie is beautifully made, and although it's mostly a character study with very little plot, you will probably appreciate it more if you read the book, and at the same time be critical of the film shortcomings. The driving force of the book was "Dean Moriarty" (Neal Cassady) but the movie fails to portray him as the 'hurricane force' who awed everyone in his path, mostly Kerouac himself. There was brief appearance of William Burroughs portrayed by Viggo Mortensen.

Edits: 10/24/16

Follow Ups:

RE: On the Road - user510 14:34:53 10/28/16 (1)
I should probably take a viewing of this one. Mainly because I read the book and found some inspiration within that work. (with many reservations)

It is easy for me, and lots of others, to be critical of the novel. What is it if not a continuous journey with stops along the way in search of some higher meaning, some better party, to meet with friends in another city and to experience some trippier high.! And the trip in reality, I was to conclude, was to gather material with which to write his book. And it worked quite well financially for Kerouac. There were three more novels that could have been considered as sequels to the first, or really just a continuation of it. At the least I found them as pointless as the first, only more so.

The Moriarty character (based on a trip companion) must have been a literary device. A weak one, because I could never quite figure what it was that motivated the author to exault this guy so much.

-Steve
- RE: On the Road - fantja 18:55:24 10/29/16 (0)
  I will add this one to my list.
The book is a stream-of-concsiousness ramble. - free.ranger 10:09:42 10/25/16 (0)
Don't know if the movie follows that sense or not, but the original manuscript was on display here at a Santa Fe museum -- a huge single typewritten scroll; looking a hundred yards long. And the book reads like that.
RE: On the Road - Billy Wonka 08:56:02 10/25/16 (0)
Saw it and couldn't help but hate Moriarty. Ditching his buddy in Mexico who was deathly ill was the worst. Well acted but a labor to watch.

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