Cormac McCarthy finally talks. About math. In the desert. What?
Cormac McCarthy has spent the last 25 years writing his novels at the mountain top retreat of the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) in New Mexico. An institute dedicated to the formal analysis of complex systems. In this documentary filmed at the library at SFI (and in the desert), Cormac in conversation with his colleague David Krakauer, reflects on isolation, mathematics, character, and the nature of the unconscious
Writing
McCarthy's actual spoken words—rare as blood from a stone.
Cinematography
Desert and library: two kinds of emptiness, beautifully shot.
Director
Karol Jalochowski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is reportedly the only on-camera interview McCarthy ever gave—shot when he was 89, after decades of refusing press.
The Santa Fe Institute specializes in 'complexity science'—essentially how simple rules create chaos. Sound like any novels you know?
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