Gardener'sSon
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollins
- 出版时间 2014年9月
- ISBN 9780062287540
- 定价 213.70
内容简介
Inthespringof1975thefilmdirectorRichardPearceapproachedCormacMcCarthywiththeideaofwritingascreenplay.Thoughalreadyawidelyacclaimednovelist,theauthorofsuchmodernclassicsasTheOrchardKeeperandChildofGod,McCarthyhadneverbeforewrittenascreenplay.Usingnothingmorethanafewphotographsinthefootnotestoa1928biographyofafamouspre-CivilWarindustrialistasinspiration,theauthorandPearcetogetherroamedthemilltownsoftheSouthresearchingtheirsubject.OneyearlaterMcCarthyfinished“TheGardener’sSon,”ataut,rivetingdramaofimpotence,rage,andultimatelyviolencespanningtwogenerationsofmillownersandworkers,fathersandsons,duringtheriseandfallofoneofAmerica’smostbizarreutopianindustrialexperiments.Producedasatwo-hourfilmandbroadcastonPBSin1976,“TheGardener’sSon”receivedtwoEmmyAwardnominationsandwasshownattheBerlinandEdinburghFilmFestivals.SetinGraniteville,SouthCarolina,“TheGardener’sSon”isthetaleoftwofamilies:theGreggs,awealthyfamilythatownsandoperatesthelocalcottonmill,andtheMcEvoys,afamilyofmillworkersbesetbymisfortune.TheactionopensasRobertMcEvoy,ayoungmillworker,ishavinghislegamputated--thelimbmangledinanaccidentrumoredtohavebeencausedbyJamesGregg,sonofthemill’sfounder.McEvoy,crippledandisolated,growsintoamanwitha“troubledheart;”consumedbybitternessandanger,hedesertsbothhisjobandhisfamily.Returningtwoyearslateratthenewsofhismother’sterminalillness,RobertMcEvoyarrivesonlytoconfrontthegravediggerspreparingherfinalrestingplace.Hisfather,themill’sgardener,isnowworkingonthefactoryline,thegardensforgotten.TheseproceedingsstoketheslowburningrageMcEvoycarrieswithinhim,afurythatultimatelyconsumesboththeMcEvoysan
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