Filmmaker reacts to No Country for Old Men (2007)
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Have a THE PUNISHER SEASON 2 Episode on Friday and WANDAVISION on Saturday Enjoy the day!
You should look up Johnny Deep visiting Hunter S Thomsen, the guy he portrayed in Fear and Loathing. I`m pretty sure that`s where he got Jack Sparrow from as well.
If I remember correct he made Johnny promise to shoot his ashes in to orbit.
The only person crazy enough to maybe do it.
Have you seen Drive?
The thin red line
Tails never fails
Mr Robot is show you should dive into for the cinematography alone. But I mean the storytelling is just as amazing
Javier Bardem's haircut is the scariest part of the movie.
the fact that he`s a perfectionist meaning he wanted exactly that haircut is giving me ptsd
That's really bad considering how scary he is outside of his hair lol
Agreed 🙀
that haircut was pretty common in 1980 tho
Short in the long places, long in the short places. It looks like it's both from the past and the future. Something a child would wear.
“You think this boy James has got any notion of the sorts of films that he’s watching?”
“I don’t know, he ought to. He’s seen the same films I’ve seen and it’s certainly made an impression on me.”
I just remember sittin there in all that dark, with all that film. And I knew at the end, we'd be commenting here..........
And then I woke up.
What James got ain't nothing new. These films are hard on people. But he can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on him. That's vanity.
Best line of the film
funny you mention Malvo from Fargo. Noah Hawley the creator, showrunner, writer and director of Fargo was influenced of course by many coen brother's films. In season two of Fargo, which is the greatest season of television in history, pays omage to No country for old men, in a particular shooting scene. Hanzee dent and Mike Milligan from season 2 of Fargo, would also give Anton chigur and Lorn Malvo, a run for their money.
I was impressed by Kelly MacDonald, who plays Josh Brolin's wife. She's Scottish, but you would never know that from watching her here. She has also done a very good fake Irish accent in an Irish film from 2003, which can be hard to do well. Irish people tend to hold fake Irish accents to a high standard, and a bad one is like fingernails on a blackboard.
Yep, we tend to spot a bad one a mile away. LOL
You can hear more of her Irish accent in the show BOARDWALK EMPIRE. She's a great actress.
I saw her in this before trainspotting and was FLOORED when I realized she was actually Scottish! She does an amazing American country accent
That’s how I feel as a Bostonian. I cringe at the exaggeration and even more so when people say they don’t hear my accent (Even though it’s there) because it’s not exaggerated like in movies such as in The Departed lol.
I'd say the same about being from the south (don't hold that against me) and hearing bad southern accents. Lol. She did her homework. I can still hear it just a tiny bit, but I'm also familiar with her other work too.
Chigurh is honestly one of the most terrifying villains in film history… Truly a master role by Bardem
He’s scarier in the book.
him and Agent Smith scared the fuck outa me when I was younger
Just a guy .
As a native Texan, one of the awesome things most people may not fully appreciate are the very distinct and accurate dialects from the characters in this film. It really makes it feel authentic. Also...the use of dialogue in general is really amazing...there's a lot of "weight" behind them if that makes sense. It's not just dumb filler...it's so wonderfully crafted. I love that most of this film doesn't have a score either...you're experiencing this raw and I think it makes it feel more real and not like a Hollywood flick.
The dialogue is 80% McCarthy, 20% Coens. Though he spent most of his life in Tennessee and the brothers are from Minnesota. A lot of McCarthy's storylines involve the border between the US and Mexico.
This movie is exactly why josh brolin should be playing Joel in the last of us hbo show. Breaks my heart that he’s not…. Too many kids just associate him with thanos and say “No thanos would be terrible as Joel!”
Thank you for enhancing this movie for me that much more.
Well said
Well , I think T L Jones owns a ranch in Texas.
The whole sequence where Llewelyn is upstairs in the hotel room is some of the best sound design I’ve ever heard, it’s easily one of the most nerve wracking scenes in movie history
This movie has the three most tense movie scenes in cinema (in my opinion): the river chase/bulldog, the motel shootout/Llewelyn hiding the money, the hotel chase between Llewelyn and Anton.
Also, the scene where Woody gets killed. Just wondering when that shot is coming.
I always get a smile on my face when I see Woody Harrel- I mean Owen Wilson in something after watching True Detective :D I became such a big fan of him.
I was looking for a comment about this. Haha
@@jen.g. Me too. 😀
Saw him and all I could think was "wow"
Hey wow
Woody is a hugely underrated dramatic actor. I love him in everything he's done.
“He’s a freak of nature.”
I always felt that he was a force of it
One of the best psychopaths in film history.
Exactly. As far as I'm concerned, he is death incarnate.
He's both honestly
My favorite little character moment in this movie is the story Tommy Lee Jones' character tells at the diner about how they used cow punches to kill cows. It's this really great moment where you realize that ultimately he's never really going to figure out what's going on. At one point he was a great cop with keen detective skill, and there's a part of his brain that's still able to do that and able to connect those dots, but the rest of his brain can't keep up anymore and he never makes that connection. Some part of is brain has it figured out, but the rest of it is too old and worn down to see it for what it is.
In a literature course in grad school, we studied the parallels between this movie and Chaucer’s “Pardoner’s Tale”. In the story, a group of men find a chest of money under a tree, but Death starts following them to get the money back. The links between Death and Anton are spooky.
You guys didn't study the book for the parallels?
@@GraffitiPops He literally said that's what they did?......
@@codyt821 He literally said "between this MOVIE and Chaucer's [poem]"...
@@pmbbmp Lol, this has to be a troll comment. Hell yeah, man, you had me there for a second, I was pissed and confused, and then I realized it was a joke. Top tier kek
@@pmbbmp
"It's better to be pissed off than pissed on."
owen wilson he says 😂 bless your heart
Lmfao it was a mix up is all
@@JamesVSCinema love it
your channel is so addictive to watch. you approach everything with the curiosity of a child but the technical knowledge of a film school grad. also when you let your sense of humor shine through its always funny.
Loved Owen Wilson in zombie land as the Elvis loving cowboy
😂🤣😂
I have a particularly love for Woody Harrelson’s “Wow” meme.
The strangling scene was actually taught to the actors by a professional to make it as real as possible looking. Shifting with the weight and movements of the person he was strangling. The whole bit.
A professional strangler? Where do I sign
@@adambrackston3471 BJJ class
They hired the Tattletale Strangler.
Interesting that you compared the opening to "There Will Be Blood" to this. Famously the Coen Bros couldn't shoot for at least a day because Anderson was filming the oil derrick fire scene relatively nearby and the sky was thick with black smoke.
I really like how the old Texan Sheriff says "llamate la policia" (call the police) in perfect Spanish. A lot of people would assume he's an old stubborn white southern man who wouldn't learn a single word of another language, but showing him speaking it that way just adds such a huge layer of depth to him.
I believe Tommy Lee is indeed fluent in Spanish. He holds entire conversations in Spanish in THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA where he plays a Texas ranch foreman who avenges the death of a Mexican cowboy he hires and befriends.
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@@hendrsb33 thanks for the link
@@hendrsb33 I also remember him speaking fluent Spanish in MiB to the border hoppers during the intro. I think you might just be right about that.
22:20 Something I’m surprised a lot of people get wrong is this guy and Owen Wilson (Woody Harrelson) aren’t government at all, they’re some corporate entity on the opposite end of the deal with the Mexicans in the drug trafficking from the beginning
Let's say that Anton Chigurh is still the most scary psychopath put to screen (and the most accurate according to studies). Also, his face at the beginning is still unsettling.
Honestly, it's nice that a film likes this goes against the typical film structure and the use of silence is still the best ever put to screen.
Lastly, it's funny a bit cause this and There will be blood were shoot around the same time.
I've read in interviews that the main theme the Coen brothers like to explore, one that resonates through a lot of their films, is money and the effects that it has on people, and especially the violence that often follows from it. In that regard, this Cormac McCarthy novel was really a perfect fit for them to adapt. Violence in his novels is often treated as a force of nature, not always perpetrated by the "bad guys" but often an inescapable aspect of humanity.
From his novel, Blood Meridian: “It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way.”
one of the greatest movies of all time imo. perfectly constructed in every way possible. just a phenomenal movie. love your vids man keep going
Without a doubt one of the greatest movies of all time. The gas station scene still gives me chills
I just love how this story's structure goes against the norm.
Brolin gets killed off screen by some minor characters, Bardem limps away without with punishment while Tommy Lee fails to save the day in the end.
I wonder if this film would've still been successful if these events were changed.
It won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. I think it did ok for itself.
This movie's structure IS the normal structure of LIFE itself. Things happen beyond your sight or control, NOBODY is immune to the randomness of any circumstance or disaster, and any given person may or may not make a difference. In this case not. There is a good youtube video I recommend folks watch called "No Country For Old Men Explained: The Rule of Fire." If you want deeper insight into the movie's meaning.
@@Oscar-bu6jo I know. I'm just saying would it have been the same story if they had gone for a typical film structure.
This is pretty indicative of Cormac McCarthy's writing (same dude that wrote "The Road"). All crazy dark and not a lot of hope at the end. It's why he's one of my favorite authors.
@@buchor9455 there is neither hope nor despair. Life just is. :)
I remember watching this for the first time in 2007 at college. A friend convinced me to play a drinking game where every time someone dies, you drink a shot of whiskey. HUGE mistake.
But the film remains one of the finest pieces of American cinema of all time.
This, There Will Be Blood, Zodiac and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford makes 2007 an absolute landmark year in American cinema for me. Hasn't been repeated since and very rarely before. Just a group of phenomenal storytellers operating at their peak.
E: You know what, I'll throw Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd in there too. That movie rules.
2007 was a great year, but i don't think 1999 can be beat. 1984 was pretty good too.
@@StreetHierarchy True. 2007 is the most recent for sure, the further back you go, the more you find years when amazing american films were made in one single year.
The Revenant!
@@skinnybone6102 2014 came close with The Revenant, Birdman, Whiplash and Nightcrawler, but 2007 still beats it I think.
And new movies of this style, which would be a genre of like modern westerns: "Sicario 1 y 2", "Hell or High Water" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri", which are the same crimes theme in small towns, routes and desert.
Roger Deakins really deserved an Oscar for this in my opinion.
In any other year he might have, but There Will Be Blood is a gorgeously shot film as well. I certainly agree that he did deserve it though, they both did really.
Deakins should win the Oscar every year
@@slmott399 I think There Will Be Blood barely beats Deakins between these two films. TWBB is absolutely gorgeous to look at.
This film is soooo good, every time i rewatch, i'm blown away of how great it is!
We got 3 of the best Villains ever from 2007-2009, first Anton Shigur played Bardem, then the Joker played by Heath Ledger and finally Hans Landa played by Christoph Waltz.
Comedian Patrice O'neal had a brilliant take on Anton being the "end of your life guy"
Javier Bardem was nominated for “Best Haircut” for this movie.
The way he says, "Call it" just sticks with you
I visited Marfa Texas where most of this was shot in 2013. Spent some time chatting to Chip Love, they guy Antoine pulls over and using the cattle gas gun on, who runs the bank there. A great and friendly fellow, he talked about working on the movie and how cool the Coens were.
won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Writing, Best Director, Best Supporting role (Javier Bardem)...
well deserved.
I remember watching a young Owen Wilson when he was on the show Cheers. You should check out one of his early movies, White Men Can't Jump.
Natural Born Killers, now there’s an Owen Wilson classic 😁👍🏻
"This guy is a force of nature."
Exactly that. The Coens are attracted to characters who embody big thematic forces. In this case, Death. Or Choice. Or ... Fate.
Lets go!, what a masterpiece by the Coens. Also glad to hear the support helped on that thing you mentioned haha
I was completely blown away by this movie in the theater. The lack of background music in these scenes really drew you into what was going on. Not the type of popcorn, summer blockbuster movie that comes to mind when you're thinking about movies that are better on the big screen.
Seen this movie so many times and I still forget Owen Wilson is in this
7:34 Have you noticed the belts behind the clerk? I saw hanging ropes for a man being judged right before execution.
When he won, I could breathe again.
No Country for Old Men is my favorite Terminator movie
You can continue by "Sicario 2", "Hell or High Water" and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri", which are the same crimes theme in small towns, routes and desert.
Great suggestions.
I loved Owen Wilson in Natural Born Killers.
Owen Wilson in White men can’t jump!
He was born that way. Genetics. Like everything else about us. Shure we change, but not the baseline.
If I was Llewellyn, I'd have checked the briefcase on the spot. I know it's easy to say that in hindsight, but if he portrayed a Vietnam vet, one would think he'd be more thorough.
Two of my favorite films of all time, this and There Will Be Blood, were filmed right next to each other. The oil derrick fire in TWBB delayed shooting on No Country due to the giant pillar of smoke.
This remains my favorite film of all time. No matter how many times I see it, it’s incredible
This movie has my favorite soundtrack of all time
The landscapes in this film remind me of the landscape photography of Sally Mann. Cold, quiet, lonely.
the serious, dark movies by the coen brothers are so unique (i might have to rewatch "the man who wasn't there"), i really like their style and especially the grittiness of this one. the end of the conversation with the tank station owner is kinda hilarious when anton chigurh is like "don't put it in your pocket... it will become just a coin... which it is." and then his look that accents the confusion.
i once read that there was a reference cut from the story that was about a real life assasination of a judge which apparantly involved the father of woody harrelson. might be true, but sounds just so outlandish.
As he leaves the house at the end, the boys go by on their bikes, you hear the baseball cards in their spokes.
The boy gives him his shirt, then "they" are given a $100 bill with blood on it.
(in the 70s and early 80s, at least in my small town, there would not be a place for a kid to spend a $100 bill - especially with blood on it), without it bringing the attention of the authorities, and parents.)
The boys argue over how much each will get.
The blood money corrupts those it touches.
You're covering some of my favorite films of all-time, but this is hands down my favorite film ever made. Could binge this film on a loop for 24 hours. Such a masterclass by the Coen Brothers in directing, screenwriting, editing, acting, cinematography, and an overall story being told with a theme about fate that works so well. Javier Bardem's performance as Anton Chigurh is hands down the scariest villain performance ever, and it almost feels like he's not even playing a character but JUST is that character. What a damn film.
*Fun fact: there was a study done on movie psychopaths, and out of the 400 people tested Anton Chigurh came out as the greatest psychopath of them all.*
Dude I love your channel you make me look at movies in a way I have never thought of and give me a greater appreciation for the films! Awesome work
Cheers!!
When he choked that dude in the beginning, Randy Marsh does the same thing to Winnie the Pooh.. To please the president of China 😂😂😂
God, this movie. One of my favorites, definitely top10. Ain't gonna lie, sometimes I just randomly watch the coin scene, it's flawless. Great reaction as always.
Watch Kevin James' (Paul Blart/King of Queens) remake of the coin toss scene if you haven't already. Brilliant.
one of those rare perfect movies.
a movie so good it doesn’t even need any background music.
Seeing this and Javier Bardem's performance makes me want to recommend Mother! again.
_mother!_ is a deeply misunderstood masterpiece. And I generally dislike Aronofsky.
A first reaction of “mother!” would be so excellent…
Talking about Anton, "His inertia is this weird abomination of accountability"
Beautifully summed up in a short sentence, James
Let's go. Top 3 movie of all time and my personal favorite.
Thank you for reacting to my all time favourite film James.
Before I finish the video the other hinge I know from it is that one, Anton was declared the closest representation of a psychopath in film, and two one of the biggest theories is throat loaf the Anton never existed, the story is told through the sheriffs eyes but he never once sees or interact me with him, so every scene involving him was made up in order for the sheriff to cope with the evil within the world by transcribing it onto one individual of pure evil, allowing the world to be better than it is and so that’s by he can handle. In short it’s easier to comprehend an individual of pure evil than a wizard of full of it.
There are some video essays on this movie that go deeper into it and if your I interested then I suggest you look into those
I love the scene at the end when Javier is looking under his boots if there is blood on it,that's how we know that he killed the woman...because he lay his legs on the bed as he killed Owen Willsons character in a few scenes before...perfect storytelling there with small hints they get us to see things
Owen Wilson! 😂😂😂 it has begun!
@@StreetHierarchy xD yes,it was Woody Harrelson actually...I just got the name wrong cause he said it was Owen Wilson lmao about myself
And he takes his boots off in the motel scene where he kills the cartel boys. He does this to be quieter but also to ensure he does not get blood on his nice, dangerous boots.
Chigurh is above the money, it doesn't drive him like everyone after it. Its simply an object to be retrieved. Nothing more. Which is why he smirks at the $14k ATM proposal. He knows where the bag is, but it's more important it's brought to him and placed at his feet. A psychopath not concerned with right and wrong, only his power over those in his way and even those who aren't. He believes he is a messager of fate.
Owen Wilson was robbed of an Oscar for his performance in this film. :)
Yeah the flip a coin scene was great I love when hes like don't put it in your pocket it'll mix with the other change and then just become a regular coin
Fun trivia: There Will Be Blood was being shot nearby this movie, and when the oil drill burning stunt is pulled off, it creates a gigantic cloud of smoke, which made the filming of No Country For Old Men get delayed.
A thing that I really love about this movie is how unpredictability is in favour of theme, and the oddity of the film as a whole. Like "Why didn't Woody Harrelson take the money?" or "Who Javier Bardem works for?", cause he kills the american guys, but he also doesn't seem to be in sinc with the mexicans either. Just this tiny things that we cannot understand, like nature itself. And the movie is not trying to preach either. Antwon is a force of nature, who acts on fate's behalf. Who tries to kill a bird for crossing his way, for the bird should be flying, not clinged to the ground. Weakness against life disgusts him. And yet, even he is struck by fate. Which makes you think about the thing he said: If the rule you follow brought you this place, then what's the point of the rule?
And the fucked up Coen Brothers comedy is perfectly represented when we try to find meaning in a meaningless film, as we are just as lost as the sheriff.
A Serious Man is the most underrated coen brothers movie imo
Coen bros actually had to stop production for a bit due to smoke coming from the set of “There will be Blood” that was in the background. Pretty amazing those movies were being shot at the same time in the same place.
This film highlights one of my favorite aspects of film. Dialogue. Every person in this movie has such amazing character that certainly shines through their dialogue. From the ol sherriff whose voice and dialogue gives me feelings of home, like im talking to my gramps about the old time he grew up in, that has been long forgotten. To the cold calculated nature of Chigur, whose demeanor and tone of voice is almost devoid of life or at least devoid of the appreciation and values most of us hold on life. Hands down one of my favorite films. Great reaction as well. Love your insight on the process and the smaller things that go into making a scene memerable and iconic. Been watching and will continue homie.
woke up at 2 am to this on my screen, it can wait for later in the night. its now 7:17pm. lets go!
This is one of the greatest stories ever told.
Love his crazy eyes in the beginning strangling the cop.
Another nice detail is that during the coin toss scene, the black belts behind the store clerk make it look like he is at some sort of gallow.
22:30
"That depends....do you see me?"
Me.........."Who said that?!?!"
You Never See It Coming. Gotta admit I never thought about it that way. Great take on the film.
every time he said "Antoine," I cringed. Its Anton.
I would have taken the money. Counted it first thing when I got home. (Meaning I would have found the tracker and gotten rid of it on the back end of some big diesel truck heading east.). And I never would have gone back to give that man some agua.
Any tarentio movies in the future possibly?
@Ana Pinto wym? Has he done them already?
I believe that chigur was a special forces operative. Reason being is that this was during the Vietnam era, and not only is he a professional killer, but he also knows about meds and hypodermics.
Long time ago waiting this reaction. Thanks🙌🙌🙌🙌
One of my favorite book to film adaptations. Javier Bardem is the perfect portrayal of Anton Chigur
I don’t ever hear it mentioned but Chigurh says to the man he stopped by the side of the road “Would you hold still?” And then immediately in the next scene Moss says to himself as he’s about to shoot “Hold still…” showing Chigurh is as much a hunter as Moss.
That "everyone is on the same playing field...EVERYONE" philosophy...I feel that's what the purpose of that car crash was at the end. Anton is like Death incarnate in this film, and perhaps he even lets that go to his head a bit, and that crash is fate reminding him of who's REALLY in charge, and where his place is. He was the one trying to DISH OUT the fact that no one could escape fate, but in a weird way, the one who was in the biggest denial about Fate might have been Anton the entire time. There is also a ton of other readings into it...but all I know for certain is that car crash at the end, such a "minor" event, is supposed to throw the entire film's philosophy into question.
Yep. That's why I don't believe this film is a nihilistic take on reality.
Wow. Good take
One way I've heard it and is my favorite way to see it. This is an action thriller in real life. There is no plot armor, the bad will happen and you can't change it or avoid it, and your choices affect everyone around you. That's my favorite interpretation of this film!
But of course they still have moral agency, beginning with Llewellyn Moss, who didn't have to take that suitcase full of money.
At the end she actually dies. If you notice throughout the movie he checks the bottom of his boots to make sure there’s no blood on them. Wants to keep them clean. Same reason he puts his feet up when Carson’s blood is running towards his feet. It’s a pretty cool way to reveal her death imo
We read this book for literature studies in middle school. Since then I've read it at least 5 more times
James with your description of these films we have been on the ride with you for.. you should check out the Revenant with Leo Dicaprio... beautiful shots and cinematography is A1!!! And the movie is just amazing
9:45 a more appropriate word would be momentum. Inertia means the tendency for something to remain unchanged
Doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I still get spooked at how raw it feels.
You should check out the Coen brothers first movie, “Blood Simple.” It was made on a shoestring budget and it definitely shows the raw talent they possessed. It is interesting to see that film as the beginning of an incredible career arc.
“What’s the most you’ve ever lost on a coin toss?”
First time watching the tension in that scene literally took my breath away
Fun fact, this was originally a screenplay but no studio would pick it up. So Cormac McCarthy just wrote the book instead. The book was so successful they picked it up and made a screenplay out of it. That's why it's so similar to the book almost word for word page to scene
It’s nice seeing 75% of the movie scenes for 2 seconds before a 100% of you for 10 seconds
You describing the cause and effect and law of intertia is literally the butterfly effect, lol. But you did get it pretty right on with the description.
I always bring this up about the movie but I think its funny that Javier Bardem plays this violent character but he doesn't like violence at all irl.
Did anyone else notice the bloody quarter ???
A Texas cop fails when he tries
To rescue the husband who dies.
His wife promptly joins him;
The toss of a coin sim-
ply seals her ill-fated demise.
Honestly never noticed the kids riding bikes as sugar walks out the girls house and checks his boots.
Yeah the no music just amplifies the intensity of this film. So good.
If I was in the same position as him with the money I would first check the bills to see if there was any ink packets or other forms of incriminating evidence, and then transfer the money to another container and being very careful to hide it in a place you would never suspect to find money. The place I would hide the money would be a remote location and far away from the house, at least a 20-30 minute drive. The location would have to be a place where there is no foot traffic, somewhere tucked away from walking trails so nobody accidentally stumbles across it.
One thing I noticed about this movie, which add to the suspense is the lack of a sound track. Very little background sound or music for that matter. Makes you pay attention more.
i'm just realizing that if he had not have needed to check his boots he'd miss that car
Your description of inertia is pretty much my understanding of karma.
I live near where they filmed much of this. I went to the office supply store and it was dressed as a drug store. Then the highway overpass somehow turned into a border crossing into Mexico.