With its existentialist perspectives on life and death and good and evil, “No Country for Old Men” examines several complex subjects, many requiring further investigation into the symbolism of the characters and the events portrayed. But what the film sacrifices in its quest to fully represent ...
1. That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees - Those dying generations - at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. ...
No Country for Old Men: Diary of a Country Sheriff: With Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. This piece involves the Coens, Graf, Jones, Bardem, Macdonald, Harper, and Brolin. They chat a little about some characters and movie themes.
In a border town hotel, Moss finally finds the electronic bug, but not before Chigurh is upon him. A firefight between them spills onto the streets, leaving both men wounded. Moss flees across the border & hides the money in a ditch near the border & collapses from his injuries before he...
Climax:After Llewelyn’s death, the only remaining question within the conflict is: “What will happen to Chigurh?” The Climax itself is relatively low-key, with the final confrontation being between Chirgurh and “fate.” After killing Llewelyn’s wife (because he “gave his word”), he ...
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Chigurh — single-minded, driven — are linked at the beginning of the movie, with two shots (cinematic shots and fired shots) and the phrase, spoken to an anonymous victim: “Hold still.” In “No Country For Old Men,” that’s what the dead do. If you’re alive, you keep moving...
The Coen Brothers’ sensational, sizzling 2007 crime thriller film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars, was their biggest hit so far, and was undoubtedly the movie of the year. Certainly the Academy Award voters gave it their Oscar as Best Motion Picture of the Year. And Joel and Ethan...
So, while I stand by a good amount of my problems with No Country for Old Men, its ability to gnaw away is suggests one of two things: the movie is so deep and powerful it refuses to stop gnawing away at my soul or the orgiastic, nihilism-induced hangover just hasn’t gone away ye...
Yesterday, I went to see No Country for Old Men starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, And Josh Brolin. It was a good movie. A bit long and at times very slow as they seemed to drag the anticipation out so much so that it lost a bit of its edge. But overall, a sati...