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Some of the worst fans in the world.

1) I'm sure that a cross-country trip would be completely awesome and eye-opening and a plethora of other positive descriptors. Having said that...

2) I fucking hate On the Road, stupid rat bastard centipede rimming asshat shit throwing fucking idiotic excuse for a novel. Christ on a goddamn popsicle stick, even my insults don't make any sense when faced with the prospect of that dipshitting, lobotomized man-child, assfucking monstrosity.

Ahem. I'm going to go grind my teeth and obsess about my future dissertation now.

How about James Franco?

This is either going to make my life or cause me to become extremely bitter and pedantic.
Actually, I think it could be really good, assuming it's got a smart, reverent director.
crosses fingers
crosses toes
crosses arms, legs, eyes, labia

Yeah, bitter and pedantic is more likely, huh?

I think a On the road movie is a terrible idea. Walter Salles said in an interview to Brazilian press that he was doing that about the time that Motorcycle Diaries came out, so you can see this project has been flying around for a long time, and there's not a lot of newsy there to see. He went and did Linha de Passe instead. I love the book, but I really can't imagine how that could be adapted into a movie. It's probably gonna end up a competent but messy semi-episodic movie like Motorcycle was.

Anyway, what's great about the book is not really the story, but the endless rambling that makes you wanna smoke a joint and ride with them, and the way Sal tells the story. There's no way to put that into film. The story doesn't have a lot of interest, actually. I heard there are the explicit homo parts that were taken away from the published versions. It makes sense, since there are a couple of moments in the book where Sal talks about how beautiful Moriarty's body is. So maybe that will be their focus, then yeah you got a marketable film.

exactly, ZITO, either you want to ride along or not, i love Kerouac, but not in the sense that i love Saul Bellow or Paul Bowles or faulkner, joyce, big D H, or Muahhhagm, or HEnry Fucking Miller (who we really should, always, be talkin' bout) i love Kerouac because i made that trip too, Mr. Prisco, but its not the same read as Forster or the almighty Joseph Conrad (emphasizing Nostromo, the Secret Agent(how bout that terrorism predicition!), and LOrd Jim, not that i dont love the idea of HEart of Darkness, much like i love the idea of Dharma Bums and BIg sur, cause, sometimes unfortunately, but always by choice and by Godopus(spell) i went there, and it was good

I had a fling with a boy whose dream it was to live during the beat generation. It was kind of hot, then extremely pretentious, and like that he was a mess of anxiety issues and Facebooking about his new typewriter...
Yeah, I don't know where this is going, except into my bitter annoyance for smarty pants rich kids who dream of slumming as funky dead bohemians. But a guy's gotta dream.

First, it’s helpful to read the “Scroll”version of On The Road instead of the final published version. The Scroll version is raw and more stream of conscience, which is what Kerouac intended. Bursts of wild brilliance. Unfortunately, the final version was a major compromise to get the thing published after many years and many versions.

Ultimately, it’s really not a story that lends itself easily to the screen. It’s about a time and a place (America), when the country was emerging from WWII and still looking for it’s identity. It’s a story that either resonates with you or leaves you cold and confused. Nothing in between.

To my knowledge Jose Rivera has the writing duties on this project at the moment. He worked with Salles on Motorcyle Diaries.