It gives more meaning to the coin flip scene with the gas station attendant. Posted by 18 hours ago. It has left him troubled (like choosing not to help anyone in a burning building would) but he is left alive. One about losing some money that his father game him. Is there a glowing orange briefcase or its equivalent? Due to this, he will likely not die in peace. To conclude, I believe that No Country for Old Men is a retrospective on the different ways that humans deal with evil in their lives. Over the years, he has lost the ability to understand crime and its nature and has accepted defeat. See, No Country for Old Men takes its name from the first line of ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ by William Butler Yeats. No Country for Old Men (littéralement : « Pas une terre pour les vieux hommes » ; titre français complet : No Country for Old Men - Non, ce pays n'est pas pour le vieil homme en Belgique, et la partie française du titre seulement au Canada francophone) est un film policier américain sorti en 2007 et réalisé par Joel et Ethan Coen d'après le roman de Cormac McCarthy paru en 2005. However, he still meets his fate and this is because he thinks he can ultimately change it. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas. I'll probably give it another shot, one of these days. change) it. 105. Lastly, Sherriff Bell, the man who doesn’t understand and doesn’t want to. If that wasn’t already a bitter pill to swallow for audiences, the final scene features Bell hazily recounting 2 dreams without really explaining what they mean, and then cutting to black. She is, simply, innocent. Tommy Lee Jones's voiceover provides the framework for this cops and robbers chase. Carson thinks that he can talk himself out of getting killed, despite knowing how sick and twisted Chigurh is. Although I accept all of these views about the film, I disagree with the notion that Llewlyn’s cat and mouse chase with Chigurh is simply a vehicle to get us to Sherriff Bell’s story. Both the movie and the book versions of No Country For Old Men repeatedly touch on how the aging-sheriff protagonist feels he's no longer a match for modern criminals. Showing all 7 items Jump to: Summaries (6) Synopsis (1) Summaries. And again. It involves elements of the thriller and the chase but is essentially a character study, an examination of how its people meet and deal with a man so bad, cruel and unfeeling that there is simply no comprehending him. 2 people found this helpful. And again. The novel was adapted for the movie by American film-making brothers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who also produced and directed the movie. minutes, but his short time on screen serves to tell us something (I’ll reveal this at the end). I think Blue Ruin was a better movie. The coin doesn’t care who it lands on, but it still needs to be flipped. ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} I liken this to being diagnosed with a condition (think high cholesterol, type ii diabetes, etc.) 58 likes. I think Llewlyn, his wife Carla Jean, Carson, and Bell all have four different and distinct relationships to Chigurh. ._1PeZajQI0Wm8P3B45yshR{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._1PeZajQI0Wm8P3B45yshR._3axV0unm-cpsxoKWYwKh2x{fill:#ea0027} He then proceeds to tell a story about another casual and senseless killing early in the century, emblematic of the violence that's always been part of life in the region. Clumsy, good men losing control and being swallowed up with chaos and evil. Llewlyn's death at the hands of the Mexicans already put a dent in his fantasy of power; perhaps he should have heeded this warning, but instead he's still playing Fate Itself with his coin toss and silenced shotgun. 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