Cormac McCarthy, The Sunset Limited

[Dub_James]

If anything, one could possibly call him a dadaist.

Then I'll definitely pass.

I haven't seen (or read) The Road yet, but what I saw of No Country for Old Men, it seemed like a good movie. I'll have to catch it complete next time it's on.

[blackeagle603]

You mean like Shoot, Shovel, Sarte up?

LOL!

The universe is. Deal with it. I don't have an overwhelming need to "know" why it exists.

a fair statement for an agnostic. I can accept that.

Not thinking too deeply about this -- just having some semantic fun...
Seems like that might be adapted and useful for a Judeo-Christian perspective of God.

"I am" is. Deal with it. I don't have an overwhelming need to "know" why..."

[workinwifdakids]

Yeah, I've never wondered why I believe God exists, or why God exists. To me, it's just - to quote a turn of phrase - scratching where I don't itch.

[Kommander]

The only thing I have to add at this time is that No Country For Old Men makes me want to throw furniture out of windows and I want those 2 hours of my life back.

[Jake]

He includes persistent themes of nihilism, emptiness, loneliness, existential conflict, suicide, murder and cruelty, found art, and found beauty...

If anything, one could possibly call him a dadaist.

I'm really out of my league I guess, I haven't read enough of McCarthy's work to thoroughly give an accurate feel as to whether it is dadaist or not. I've started reading from the beginning of his work, IE The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, etc and am working up. These first novels are set in rural Appalachia, then the novel Blood Meridian marks his move to western settings.

For the existential themes I can see where they surface throughout the work but I do see an opposition to such in instances, like The Road in regards to "carrying the fire" being "the good guys" but I suppose that's part of the conflict.

I suppose that McCarthy deals with life and death in the most raw form, and often times the life part is overlooked. Going back to my original post, I really liked the character Black because of his enthusiasm for life. I think aspects of the character Black slip through in his work, slips through the blood, gore and harshness of the world but we'll see. I've certainly got a lot more reading to do, and not just McCarthy.

[Netpackrat]

The universe is. Deal with it. I don't have an overwhelming need to "know" why it exists.

+1. Even if there turns out to be a purpose to it, I'm less interested in that than making it work towards MY purposes.

[moose42]

The universe is. Deal with it. I don't have an overwhelming need to "know" why it exists.

Ah but too many people want answers to the big three.

1. Where did I come from?

2. Why am I here?

3. Where am I going?

You can actually learn a lot about any belief system if they answer these questions honestly.

[Dub_James]

1. Where did I come from?

A: Ask Momma

2. Why am I here?

A: See #1 + Daddy

3. Where am I going?

Who the hell knows?

[Dub_James]

The universe is. Deal with it. I don't have an overwhelming need to "know" why it exists.

+1. Even if there turns out to be a purpose to it, I'm less interested in that than making it work towards MY purposes.

++1