Sunday, January 13, 2008

If It Ain’t Fixed, Don’t Broke It


Where’d you get a gun like this? he said.
At the gittin place.
  Cormac McCarthy, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (1992)

Where’d you get that pistol? she called.
At the gettin place.
  Cormac McCarthy, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2005)
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4 comments:

  1. Twenty MajorJanuary 14, 2008 at 1:28 AM

    Did he just forget is he doing a Stephen King and referencing his own work?

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  2. Declan BurkeJanuary 14, 2008 at 2:05 AM

    I'd say he was self-referencing ... it's not the kind of line you'd forget. Especially as it was in the All The Pretty Horses movie too ... Lucas Black stealing the show as Blevins. Cheers, Dec

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  3. Bill CriderJanuary 14, 2008 at 7:55 AM

    That's a typical Texas comment. I've heard it thousands of times over the course of my life.

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  4. Declan BurkeJanuary 14, 2008 at 10:52 PM

    It's one of my favourite lines, Bill ... I love that kind of deadpan delivery. Cheers, Dec

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