Totally miscast
Logan Marshall-Green playing the teenage Jewel? Really?
shareI agree. The actors don't look like famished appalachian rednecks. They look like over payed Hollywood elites. I like how they the actors make funny faces with their mouths to make themselves look more rustic.
shareYou can't be much of a Faulkner fan if you thought Yoknapatawpha County, where the book takes place, is in Appalachia. Do a little research. Yoknapatawpha County is in Mississippi. In fact, it is Faulkner's fictional name for Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he actually lived.
shareYou can't be much of a Faulkner fan if you thought Yoknapatawpha County, where the book takes place, is in Appalachia. Do a little research. Yoknapatawpha County is in Mississippi. In fact, it is Faulkner's fictional name for Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he actually lived.
But, in reality, the novel, IS set in Appalachia. I think it is you, that needs to do a little research.
The novel is set in Mississipi--NOT Appalachia. Why do you insist it is in Appalachia?
shareParts of Mississippi are considered Appalachia. Why do you insist it Is not? Do a little research. Research Appalachian Authors, dollars to donuts Faulkner shows up.
shareYou owe us a doughnut. Faulkner's name doesn't appear on any list of Appalachian authors I can find. Bits of Mississippi are considered part of Appalachia but they're far to the northeast of Faulkner's part of the state.
As a native southerner, a pet peeve of mine is the total inability of Hollywood to come anywhere near an accurate southern accent. This film does not improve the record.
Bits of Mississippi are considered part of Appalachia but they're far to the northeast of Faulkner's part of the state.
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Moreover, I think there may be some confusion between a geological definition of Appalachia, and the region commonly defined as Appalachia. While some parts of Mississippi may be part of the geological formation of Appalacia, commonly only the mountainous region is called that. I assure both of you that no Mississippi native considers him/herself an Appalachian.
I disagree in regards to the actors' appearances. I thought they all looked very "downhome." Poor, yes, but each well- or not-so-well groomed according to his or her own abilities or self-regard.
I consider myself a serious Faulkner fan (but by no means an expert). I was worried that this would be a Hollywood catastrophe from the moment I read about the undertaking. Having just seen it, my fears were allayed and I can only say, "well done, gang! Please do more!"
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True, more of them should have looked like Blake. Dewey Dell looked like a cover girl.
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