We’re starting to wonder if Joe O’Connell has a cot set up on the streets of Granger, Texas: The former Chron Film News columnist and award-winning author has been obsessively filing images from the Coen Brothers’ True Grit set.
This week’s gallery? A good old-fashioned hanging!
In addition to some fun looks at how Granger has been de-modernized, O’Connell reports that the shooting in Granger should wrap tomorrow; the production will then move to Blanco for courthouse scenes.
You can read Joe O’Connell’s Granger set reports here.
This article appears in April 30 • 2010.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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