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No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. [2] Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas. [3]
Feb 26, 2021 · No Country for Old Men is, in many ways, a straightforward crime drama. It follows a man who stumbles onto a drug deal gone bad and tries to get away with a case full of money as a hitman...
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- What Is The Meaning Behind Bell's Dreams?
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At the end of the film, Bell is a retired sheriff who speculates about the future of law enforcement and the world in general. After spending the better part of the film chasing after Josh Brolin’s Llewelyn Moss and Chigurh in the wake of their violent cat-and-mouse game, Bell is always just one step too far from ever catching up to them. After stu...
Why end the film with dreams? Because dreams are often memories wrapped in metaphors and feelings. Losing the money his father gave him only reinforces the idea that Bell feels at a loss. He feels like he didn’t live up to his father’s expectations of him, or that he didn’t live up to the family legacy in law enforcement. Bell decided to shoulder t...
In its final shots, Jones’s Sheriff Bell becomes the voice of generations past. As the camera pans ever so slowly into a close shot of his face, his facial expression begins to fall and falter. Almost to the point of tears, Bell becomes a point of revelation for the audience. This is the reality that awaits the future of men in No Country for Old M...
- Mariana Delgado
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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Aug 26, 2024 · No Country For Old Men panders to a common misconception — and an intentional one — that the movie is really Moss’ story. However, multiple viewings make it clear that Bell is the true protagonist of No Country For Old Men, and the story involves his struggle as an “old” man to understand the world he lives in.
- Colin Mccormick
Nov 10, 2022 · It’s hard to believe that just fifteen years ago the Coen Brothers revolutionized the modern Western with their 2007 film, No Country for Old Men. Widely considered by many to be the Coen...
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Nov 9, 2007 · No Country for Old Men. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. Crime, Drama, Thriller. R. 2h 2m. By A.O. Scott. Nov. 9, 2007. “No Country for Old Men,” adapted by...
Mar 6, 2023 · No Country for Old Men is the 2007 award-winning neo-Western from the Coen Brothers, based on the hit book by Cormac McCarthy, and both the movie and novel are populated with memorable and chillingly real characters.
