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How Cormac McCarthy Made Mainstream Movies So Subversively Cruel

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The power of the iconic author’s work was so undeniable that it gave birth to perhaps the darkest Best Picture winner of all time.

A. A. Dowd
A. A. Dowd 

Freelance Writer

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A. A. Dowd

A. A. Dowd

Freelance Writer

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