This I a great listen guys, thank you for this. Please keep these up. What is the next book you're both diving into?

Some of the commenters seem like they’re not getting what this lecturer is saying. He’s not saying “the colonisers did nothing wrong”, he’s saying “they were bloodthirsty morons and reacted as you’d expect”, which is true. A lot of people died just because these bloodthirsty white people decided “hey, we should have this land that you’ve been living on since time immemorial, just because we just said so”. I’m white myself, there’s no point in hiding the fact that lots of white people in history have done awful things to other people for extremely stupid reasons. One such reason being “you don’t look just like us and you speak a different language, so we’re right to just do whatever we want to you guys”. Blood Meridian shows a similar image, where the cruelty just breeds more cruelty and vengeance, all because these bloodthirsty morons decided they’d take over a land filled with people who were doing just fine on their own.

No. The Man kills The Kid and becomes naked Judge Holden. It's a lot like "The Nightman Cometh" by Charlie Kelly.

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The man making holes is building fences. The others looking for bones are searching for oil. It’s a representation of the arrival of modern civilisation, it’s the night proceeding the blood meridian or the sunset putting an end to the wild west. For the judge he’s not dead as he’s a representation of evil, the judge is factually not dead and will probably never be. He’s now dancing in every corner of the world and he doesn’t stop not even at night. That’s my two cents. Great video.

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This is great. Keep it up guys!

Suttree is an absolute rare gem. Hands down my favourite ever novel. I realised quite quickly that I was in for something special as it begins.... great lecture / upload . Thanks man...

I took it as telephone poles. They were being laid shortly after the events of the story take place and I figured it symbolized the changes the judge alluded to in the bar at the end of the book where he said there wouldn’t be true dancers and that this was the civilizing of the uncivilized west which was the stage he danced upon where it became a more civilized place and he would remain the last dancer left.

Where else would gene be going ,why would living on a leaky houseboat be a bad thingmcarthys writing onand in the river is greatfishing mussel drgging trot lines babtism generalxville bottom dwellersragpicker the storereeses delugethen ya hear the tinkling of abell its the goatman mot to menttions abs barwithe grave yard tabletops and his black magic witch he getsin after the polce have half killed him his wifes missing eyepool hauls gigolobuddy great read ican see why he took 20yrs to write this iwould stand as stonein the void

Two fishbowls thanks mr hatmaker.. enjoying part2

Life and beauty in the castawaysreminded me of the indian trot liner suttre meets for a mealof tutle has a pair of doll eyes around his neck as a charmJust stumbled upon this,sutree is my favourite cm novelthanks enjoyed your class "get yea tater,"

What a wonderful strange trip its been. Everyone will of course have their own favourite but mine is Wild at Heart.

Started (re)watching the old Cormac vids, feels like being back in school but in a good way (as in the subjects/class topics are what you're actually interested in) and am interested to hear more. Also, Ben Avery brought me here, make of that as you will.

it should be done in stop motion like madgod super vicarial and dream like !!!!! 100% agree with it being animated only recently read blood merdrian and thought the exact same thing

I think the judge acknowledges that their time is passing because he claims that the dance will become a false dance and the dancers will become false dancers.

You’ve said it’s for post holes another guy in a different video said it was telephone poles I thought it was for train tracks does anyone actually know for sure

"Drink up, he said. Drink up. This night thy soul may be required of thee."

The Mongols were pretty good too.

I think a lot of difficulties adapting it could be avoided by making it a Japanese movie like Ran or Kagemusha and I think we all know who should direct it. Blood Meridian 1 and 2.

This was fantastic, many thanks. Not a dull moment! I’m hoping you gents will address the theory it is in part about escaped slaves and the compromise of 1850.

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Omg!!!!!! I'm so freaking excited for this!!!

Excellent stuff, boys. A lot to digest in this 🙏

Ok you mother fs what is the meaning of the 4 of cups, is it more then a portent for the kids final drinks with judge? You guys read his other works? I love the subversive christianity he weaves into the narative. "If my son is not the voice of god then god never spoke" the passanger and stella maris were classic mcarthy harrowing and darkly beautiful, i think he very much saw the end coming we all hoped for one more work and he gave us 2 and stella maris is a fine example of how to write strong female character not that i care about that i just love the cacophony of silence surrounding his works in noble woke institutions. "We cant mess with this guy gang, he litterally knows all the words. Fuck i miss cormac, whos gonna break my heart now?! "I think our time is up" "i know. Hold my hand" "hold your hand?" "Yes. I want you to." "Allright why?" " because thats what people do when theyre waiting for the end of somthing" requiescat in pace mr mcarthy

I really enjoy these lectures. How can I learn more about the Irish myths of the hunt and hounds? I know nothing of Celtic folklore, where is a good place to begin?

You have limited insight & the students don’t get the Mexican wars. The judge had small hands, the kid large hands. Your missing an important point.

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I love your thoughts on Cormac;s writing and his characters but less so the folksy tales from private life or indeed your politics (which seem to include hacky WW2 state propaganda). Good God man see a doctor about that sniffling

Around 43 minutes what you mention the Judge referring to creation itself because the “words of God” or however he put it. To me this is an obvious allusion to Genesis, wherein the creative act of God is written in such a way “and God said…” This is a category error on the Judge’s part because creation itself isn’t the “language” of God, the “language” of God was the mechanism not the result In short I believe this is just yet another instance of the Judge filibustering in order to appear learned and maintain his position as such over those he is controlling.

Interesting. And well presented. I too saw the epilogues figure as a fence poster. But saw it more as the mindless and relentless quest for “progress”. A refinement rather than counter to the Judge. The violence will continue

Paul Thomas Anderson as director, Daniel Day Lewis as the Judge, Paul Dano as the Kid & Cirian Hinds as Toadvine.

The kids hands are big . The judges small. Re read it with the hidden clues revealed . He tells you he raped & Murdered his sister before he ran away…. Think like Cormac

Off the top of my head, I think Clancy Brown would be a good voice for an animated Judge. Also, I always pictured Captain White as having the voice of John Vernon, the dean from Animal House. Also you should stick Alan Tudyk in there somewhere, perhaps as Toadvine. Glanton remains difficult for me to pin down. Woody Harrelson perhaps?

Fantastic video. I think you are right on this. My beef is with Harold Bloom, who as you said has a lack of knowledge on farm hand knowledge is so very true. The real problem is that I always believed Harold Bloom was not as a smart as he appeared to be, as his elitism I think held him back.

I have been enjoying all of your Cormac McCarthy lectures! Such great discussions. I hope you will continue to educate us all!

Is The Judge really Manifest Destiny made flesh?

Bro put the coke down the sniffing is ridiculous

this is a blessing, i personally found a lot of value in the dialogue between the lecturer and the students. thanks to you all

the Scythians were alleged to be the masters of all things equestrian.

This is so good man. Thank you thank you!

Thank you for this. Reading a lot more in my adulthood and listening to these lectures almost made me want to turn back time and pursue literature instead of politics 😂. I also have this crazy idea of bridging the two stories together telling the origins of the Judge through the aftermaths of the Pequod's Sinking. Ahab's will was so strong it forced itself to fuse with the force of nature that is Moby Dick, amalgamating into the wretched, vile, colorless, and unstoppable creature that is the Judge. The timeline would actually make sense a bit, too, being that the story is based on the sinking of the Essex in the 1820s.

Not that it matters to anyone but me, but I 100% agree with this. It makes the most sense to me, of the hours I’ve spent read😅jug and listening to Blood meridian and Blood Meridian paraphernalia. Especially being birthed in No Man’s Land, the town of Beaver Oklahoma and growing up mostly along the length of the panhandle, from Woodward Boise City, Black Mesa to Perryton Texas and liberal Kansas. I definitely understood the epilogue to mean “The End” of that wild freedom. And blood meridian as a whole, is a description of one last hoorah, if you will, for the people of the so called “Wild West” Cormac McCarthy cannot simply say “the end” ❤(at least in this work) As a fellow Okie I applaud all of your work on Cormac. I’ve been on a bender today which was sparked by one of his unique words. “Archatron.” Anyways. Good work sir. Thank you.!

Those last 2 paragraphs about the judge. He never sleeps he says he’ll never die etc. makes it seem like he could be Satan or something supernatural. But you’re saying he’s just the judge of representation of that time period in the wests history?

Regarding Suttree’s refusal to play the game, it reminds me of The Kid’s refusal to play “the game”. Or to Dance or Not Dance.

I just finished Blood Meridian and can’t stop thinking about it. Thanks for posting all of these. I really appreciate your insights and the other historical information you discuss.

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Examining Blood Meridian, I have believed that, amongst many other intentions, McCarthy was critiquing the American obsession with guns. Most of this episode was an in depth analysis of weaponry, proving Cormac’s point?

Just a thought that maybe the jidge saw the kid as a potential "ultimate practitioner of the trade".(That trade being war) The kid was born of vioelnce and death (his mum dies in childbirth) and has been pursuing violence for his 15 years. He's an amazing shot and despite his youth managea to always survive. The kid's rejection of full bloodthirst and the judge himself offends the judge because he sees the kid as having so much potential. P319 "hear me , man. I spoke in thr desert for you and you only and you turned a dead ear to me.".

I want 12 hour film adaptation in the style of "Hard to Be a God."