Cormac McCarthy's Westerns

>>40610674
I forgot about that album i'll listen to it during tomorrow's workout thanks

you posted this on /fit/. I think you meant to post this on /lit/

>tfw the brutality and bleakness of life in the southwest inspires you to stay /fit/

>>40610674
>Implying I don't lift so that I can lead the catamite parade on The Road™

what books are the most /fit/, /fit/?

>>40610912
Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations"

"At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?”

>>40610674

I'm glad you posted this.

In terms of films that are considered anti-Westerns, the most famous is obviously The Searchers (1956). Even if your professor knows very little about the subject, I'm confident he or she will be expecting you to discuss it.

You should also check out:
1. Pursued (1947)
2. The films of Anthony Mann starring Jimmy Stewart:
a. Winchester '73 (1950)
b. The Naked Spur (1953)
c. Broken Arrow (1950)
3. Taxi Driver (1976) - both the director and writer have stated that it is meant to be a retelling of the Searchers.
4. Drive (2011) - the director has stated it was meant to be a retelling of Shane.
5. The Yellow Sky (1948).

In terms of anti-Western novels, the best starting place is with the works of Jim Thompson, especially Pop. 1280 and The Killer Inside Me.

I would also check out the crime novels of Richard Stark. In particular, The Hunter.

The only opening passage of The Hunter is the most Western thing I've ever read, but for the fact the it involves an ex-con walking through New York City in the 1960's. I would be very surprised if McCarthy.

>>40611493

>The only opening passage of The Hunter is the most Western thing I've ever read, but for the fact the it involves an ex-con walking through New York City in the 1960's. I would be very surprised if McCarthy.

*The opening passage of The Hunter is the most Western thing I've ever read (a man alone, fighting against a hostile environment for survival), but for the fact that he is an ex-con walking through New York City in the 1960's. I would be very surprised if McCarthy was not influenced by this book.

Also check out The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). Like The Wild Bunch, it's also a meditation on the death of the West and masculinity.

>>40611200
That particular quote I never empathized with
Maybe by 'work' he didn't mean what we mean today, but fuck, I'd rather stay under the blankets any day that go do my shitty 'work'.

>>40611659
then get a different job holy shit. if doing nothing is better than your job you need to figure some shit out

>>40611686
Okay let me just go down to my local job store and just get a new one.
Holy fuck how did I never think of that before, thanks anon you really turned my life around.