I watched Train Dreams last week and I’m still forming an opinion about it. I like this review in The New Yorker:

This is craftsmanship of an undeniably majestic order, and it has a way of both dropping your jaw and raising an eyebrow; you begin to wonder, at a certain point, if the film’s visual splendor has begun to outstrip its meaning.

I have the novella on hold.

@manton Wow, I am not sure if I should watch it after reading your post. I hope you will write more later.

@de I’m glad I watched it. I will say it’s quite sad and despite the title has almost nothing to do with trains. 🙂 I feel like the filmmakers just fell a little short, but your milage may vary, and I’m curious about the book.

@manton Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I will watch it.