The Sunset Limited reviewed,
2011
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By
Jefferson De Jesus
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Television, literature
Directed By: Tommy Lee Jones
Written By: Cormac McCarthy
On Disc/Streaming: Feb 7, 2012
Runtime: 90 minutes
Studio: HBO
Characters White
Black
Date Novel Play premiered May 18, 2006
Place Play premiered Steppenwolf Theatre
Original language English
Setting An apartment in New York City
Background
The Sunset Limited was first a novel and came to the public as a staged play. According to
Wikipedia, it was first in the theatre in Chicago, then in New York, and even Galway, Ireland.
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The 2006 play by McCarthy was adopted into a great film by tommy Lee Jones in 2011, which
also starts in the movie. The story involves two characters who are each other’s perfect opposites.
Their views on philosophy, religion, and beliefs are in complete opposition’s, as one is a gnostic
atheist, who wished to die, while the other is an ex-con man, who has experienced the voice of
God, giving him another shot at living life the right way.
Movie plot and analysis with regard to various
dimensions of religion
Mr. White and Mr. Black met each other on the literal, and yet metaphorical train ‘the Sunset
Limited’. White is a highly educated white male university professor, high middle class,
atheistic, and well-read in all the points to support his cynicism. Mr. Black is an ex-con black
