Apr
23
2008
Author: Ron Hansen
ISBN: 0285637541 DDC: 813.54
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He was growing into middle age and was living then in a bungalow on Woodland Avenue. Green weeds split the porch steps, a wasp nest clung to an attic gable, a rope swing looped down from a dying elm tree and the ground below it was scuffed soft as flour.
I think this is one of the rare cases where watching the film version improves your enjoyment of the novel. Maybe because for certain passages I could really here the narrator from the film while I was reading. I think that this might make an excellent audio book. Then again, I’ve never listened to an audio book, so what do I know.
In case you didn’t pick the basic plot up from the title of this novel 
it revolves around the infamous Jesse James and his murderer Robert “Bob” Ford.
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Jan
08
2008
Writ & Dir: Andrew Dominik ; based on the book by Ron Hansen
- Brad Pitt … Jesse James
- Mary-Louise Parker … Zee James
- Casey Affleck … Robert Ford
- Sam Rockwell … Charley Ford
- Jeremy Renner … Wood Hite
- Sam Shepard … Frank James
- Garret Dillahunt … Ed Miller
- Paul Schneider … Dick Liddil
I loved this film.
I loved everything about it. The acting was brilliant. The way the story unfolded. The narration. The casting. The scenery. The cinematography. The soundtrack. Everything was just great. Best film I’ve seen this year. Which’d be a higher compliment if this wasn’t the first film I’ve been to see so far this year. But I’m guessing it’ll be up on the top ten list by the end of 2008.
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