Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian Part 1 by John David Ebert

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  • @freddydurbin6778
    @freddydurbin6778 Рік тому +14

    book so good that the judge came to life and decided to review it

    • @JMGC_78
      @JMGC_78 9 місяців тому

      💀💀💀

  • @jvpresnall
    @jvpresnall 3 роки тому +70

    John’s look here is what I imagine when I think of the Judge.

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker
    @IrishTechnicalThinker Рік тому +2

    As a Irish man, I'm proud to hear you mention King Mc Lir.

  • @SeedsofJoy
    @SeedsofJoy 3 роки тому +9

    A dark surreal dreamlike and haunting meditation on violence by McCarthy. A true masterpiece.

  • @Glassandcandy
    @Glassandcandy 3 роки тому +14

    Toadvine is branded with an HT. It stands for “horse thief”. It was a way to warn others of his character. Obviously at some point prior to the story he was caught by the law for the unforgivable crime of Grand Theft Equine.

    • @Joeda6
      @Joeda6 3 роки тому

      😱 thank you for this insight!

  • @Shadowfire0001
    @Shadowfire0001 3 роки тому +7

    Been looking forward to this! Thanks John!

  • @Ozgipsy
    @Ozgipsy Рік тому +1

    This is a very good structured literary review. Glad I found it.

  • @mygovseb9211
    @mygovseb9211 3 роки тому +1

    A gentleman and a scholar, thank you sir!

  • @schwegles
    @schwegles 3 роки тому +2

    Perfect timing! Just finished the epilogue. My hearty thanks

  • @terratremuit4757
    @terratremuit4757 3 роки тому +2

    Yes! I've been waiting for this!!!

  • @oddpersona22
    @oddpersona22 4 місяці тому

    Thank you☀🌲

  • @user-fw8wt4qo3o
    @user-fw8wt4qo3o 3 роки тому +2

    Aw man John, I loved Lonesome Dove.

  • @jarrodanderson2124
    @jarrodanderson2124 2 роки тому

    This book is so epic in scope and so deep in meaning I know I missed something in reading it. I loved it and we give it another read.

  • @buddypng31
    @buddypng31 3 роки тому +2

    Hell yeah. That book rules

  • @Glassandcandy
    @Glassandcandy 3 роки тому +7

    Calling McMurtry “trash” is a bit harsh. Sure it’s not Faulkner, but who ever said it needed to be? Not everything needs to be literary and high brow. There’s a place for purely entertaining fiction in this world, same as there is a place for complex, literary fiction.

  • @anthonylopez9594
    @anthonylopez9594 3 роки тому +2

    He called lonesome dove trash hahaha. Its funny because I was reading lonesome dove and was looking for other westerns. I was reccomended no country for old men. I had no idea who cormac mccarthy was. Anyway, while picking up no country i saw blood meridian next to it and was taken bybthe title immediately. It was the hard cover version with the intro by harold bloom. I grabbed it and after reading one page i put lonesome dove away amd never finished it. Blood meridian blew me away. I had no idea what it was about at all. I just thought the title was badass and the internet said it was a western. Read it 12 or so years ago. Probably read it at least 10 times by now all the way through. Ill just pick it up sometimes now and read a random passage and i love it.

    • @tommywiseau4224
      @tommywiseau4224 2 роки тому +1

      Huge incentive to read the novel, thanks.

  • @wesryan930
    @wesryan930 3 роки тому +11

    Funny I've been listening to blood meridian the past few days. Now this. Coincidence? I think not...

  • @JesseNowak
    @JesseNowak 3 роки тому +3

    I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the astrological references in this novel, including the meaning(s) of the book's title. Thank you as always for the series.

    • @JesseNowak
      @JesseNowak 3 роки тому

      @Dominic Romani Thanks, yeah I've read sepichs ideas on it, but as you know symbols don't just have one meaning and people can bring new perspectives into the conversation.

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  3 роки тому +2

      Yes, I forgot to discuss the title. Thanks for reminding me. I'll slip it in at some point here.

    • @NigelJackson
      @NigelJackson 3 роки тому +1

      @@johndavidebert Maybe a reference to the 'Noon-tide Demon' {daemonum meridianum? The Evening Redness in the West inverts Jacob Boehme's Morning Redness Rising in the East. If the latter is a symbol of spiritual regeneration and illumination the former seems to signify darkness and degeneration?

  • @jeffmiller6954
    @jeffmiller6954 Рік тому +1

    Would you agree that the youngster Jimmy Blevins in All the Pretty Horses might be the same character as The Kid? Both were dangerous without being actually bad guys? Both were very young and on their own. BTW, importantly, trifling with the Judge is not the problem -- you do not cause him to do anything -- he is always the mover, he does not respond to you, you have no choice of whether he deals with you or not.

  • @keinanfry7682
    @keinanfry7682 7 місяців тому

    I rarely comment on UA-cam but I will in this case because Lonesome Dove is most definitely not trash.

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  6 місяців тому

      It IS! Walgreens bestseller type stuff. You have to learn the difference between great literature and mere melodrama.

    • @keinanfry7682
      @keinanfry7682 6 місяців тому

      No, it’s not trash just because you don’t think it’s “literature.”
      To me, it’s a lovely story filled with rich characters and themes.
      Blood Meridian is engrossing in a different way.
      Both have their place in my opinion.

  • @ronaldcorrie1875
    @ronaldcorrie1875 2 роки тому +1

    Aye right that's the judge

  • @prestonhalle9818
    @prestonhalle9818 3 роки тому +1

    Have you ever read Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe?

    • @user-fw8wt4qo3o
      @user-fw8wt4qo3o 3 роки тому

      hi /lit/!

    • @prestonhalle9818
      @prestonhalle9818 3 роки тому

      @@user-fw8wt4qo3o are we that obvious?

    • @user-fw8wt4qo3o
      @user-fw8wt4qo3o 3 роки тому

      @@prestonhalle9818 stop shilling the book bud most people have heard of it by now lol

    • @prestonhalle9818
      @prestonhalle9818 3 роки тому

      @@user-fw8wt4qo3o I’d just like to hear his analysis of it

    • @user-fw8wt4qo3o
      @user-fw8wt4qo3o 3 роки тому

      I’m just messing with you man

  • @sneedle252
    @sneedle252 3 роки тому

    Does someone know the name of the guy who uses the term "zone of cooperation"? Neilman?

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  3 роки тому +1

      It's Heiner Muhlmann. Check out his little book MSC: Maximal Stress Cooperation

  • @calebblack1420
    @calebblack1420 Рік тому +1

    I think the judge is possessed by a powerful archetype refered to as the judge like how there’s a trickster, magician, ruler, dragon, demon.

    • @calebblack1420
      @calebblack1420 Рік тому +1

      He is immortal only in his infinite power as a spirit to reconjur itself in a new host.

  • @BrianMcInnis87
    @BrianMcInnis87 3 роки тому

    Where'd your other McCarthy videos go?

    • @Jake-xr8wv
      @Jake-xr8wv 3 роки тому

      I knew I wasn't crazy. I believe he had vids on the first 3 Mccarthy novels.

    • @BrianMcInnis87
      @BrianMcInnis87 3 роки тому

      @@Jake-xr8wv I KNOW he did, cuz my McCarthy play-list was missing them when I checked it after he uploaded the first Blood Meridian video: ua-cam.com/play/PLtLVoWfvzaYoN-BA_6GpoSWCyvQ86E6qD.html

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  3 роки тому +1

      @@Jake-xr8wv I've taken them down because I'm working on a book about him. If people watch the videos they won't read the book. Make sure to download my Blood Meridian vids because I will probably also take them down at some point.

  • @none0501
    @none0501 3 роки тому

    Enlightening commentary as always, thank you John! Btw there's a great movie about William Walker by Alex Cox, called "Walker" - big recommendation for anyone who liked Blood Meridian

  • @ashulman2008
    @ashulman2008 3 роки тому +4

    One of the great American novels. Though I'll quibble and say that Warlock by Oakley Hall is a great western novel prior to BM that transcends the genre

    • @user-fw8wt4qo3o
      @user-fw8wt4qo3o 3 роки тому

      Pynchon apparently loved “Warlock”, which I believe is well known but it’s not surprising. It’s a masterpiece in the world of westerns.

  • @joemurray6522
    @joemurray6522 8 місяців тому

    Lonesome Dove is an awesome book. Not trash at all

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  6 місяців тому

      You have to learn the difference between great literature and melodrama. Two different things.

    • @joemurray6522
      @joemurray6522 6 місяців тому

      @@johndavidebert you have to learn the difference between sounding intelligent and being a pretentious asshole

  • @andyayala9119
    @andyayala9119 Рік тому

    The Judge!

  • @Jake-xr8wv
    @Jake-xr8wv 3 роки тому

    Hi John, I was wondering what happened to your other videos on the earlier Mccarthy novels? It's a shame they are gone because I really enjoyed them.

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  3 роки тому +1

      I took them down because I am working on a book about contemporary literature, with a large chapter on McCarthy. If people watch the videos, they won't buy the book, as I've learned.

    • @mygovseb9211
      @mygovseb9211 3 роки тому

      @@johndavidebert I’ll buy the book but can you send me the videos I like to listen to them my eyes aren’t to good these days

  • @charlesgillingham61
    @charlesgillingham61 3 роки тому +9

    You're vaguely what I imagine the Judge looks like.

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  3 роки тому +7

      Ha ha! And I'm overweight too, but you can't see that in my videos! The judge is 6 foot 6 and weighs 326 pounds I think. A big ole fat guy.

  • @allertonoff4
    @allertonoff4 3 роки тому

    fascinatingly abstract commentariat .. i had never considered the schizmatic nature of the mason dixon line .. r u familiar with the work of Adam Curtis ? .. it is very 'collagey' .. i think u might like it :]

  • @NPC-md3jm
    @NPC-md3jm 3 роки тому +3

    A Skeleton's Key to Blood Meridian

  • @cobrastriesand7693
    @cobrastriesand7693 3 роки тому +10

    This is probably the manliest, or at least the dudeliest thing that’s ever appeared on UA-cam.

    • @johndavidebert
      @johndavidebert  3 роки тому +5

      I like that compliment. Very cool, thank you.

  • @anthonylopez9594
    @anthonylopez9594 3 роки тому

    So the kid at various times of the book is set apart from the culture of violence around him. In the tent with reverend green after the judge takes control we get the indication the kid is the only one without a gun in the tent. So we get this religious congregation possessed so to speak by the judge and the only character that doesnt get possessed and start shooting or going crazy or have a gun is the kid. This little nuance also speaks on the religious attitude towards guns in the US. And the religious leader is the judge.

  • @byroncudworth6918
    @byroncudworth6918 3 роки тому +1

    Bruv you missed out the old anchorite!! That scene pretty much sets up the philosophy of the novel.
    The old hermit has seen the darkness and is afraid of his own, he does not embrace it like the judge but hides from the chaos of the material world/hell and is tempted by it still.
    The way of the transgressor is hard. God made this world, but he didnt make it to suit everbody, did he?
    I dont believe he much had me in mind.
    Aye, said the old man. But where does a man come by his notions. What world's he seen that he liked better?
    I can think of better places and better ways.
    Can ye make it be?
    No.
    No. It's a mystery. A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but he dont want to. Rightly so. Best not to look in there. It aint the heart of a creature that is bound in the way that God has set for it. You can find meanness in the least of creatures, but when God made man the devil was at his elbow. A creature that can do anything. Make a machine. And a machine to make the machine. And evil that can run itself a thousand years, no need to tend it. You believe that?
    I dont know.
    Believe that

    • @mygovseb9211
      @mygovseb9211 3 роки тому

      I agree with that. We meet 3 or 4 people before the judge that “father” the kid, and they share different philosophy’s on life/war. The Mennonite and captain white have opposite philosophies and the hermit and judge have asymmetric philosophies. The hermit keeping the heart as a keepsake is like how the judge kills the kid at the end and maybe even takes his heart and weighs it in his hand to judge its weight

  • @avoidbeing
    @avoidbeing 3 роки тому

    one mans nihilism is another mans gnosticism

  • @jurrasicgrant2307
    @jurrasicgrant2307 3 роки тому

    You should get a better mic. Your channel deserves to be huge.