WTF Happened to No Country for Old Men?
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- čas přidán 26. 10. 2022
- No Country for Old Men is one of the Coen Brothers most universally beloved and popular films. An adaptation of the novel by the legendary Cormac McCarthy, the film probably didn’t seem like a sure-fire box office smash when it was pitched, but something about this movie really caught-on with audiences. It must be said that when the Coen’s go for broke and make thrillers, they’re always amazing, and No Country for Old Men was unforgettable in a lot f ways. For one thing, it had one of the great movie villains in Javier Bardem’s Anton Chiguhr, a ghoulish cartel hitman who dispatches victims with a cattle bolt pistol to gruesome effect. It also boasted Tommy Lee Jones playing perfectly to type as the seen it all sheriff, with him having a special kinship with the works of Cormac McCarthy (his dialogue never sounds better than coming out of Jones’ mouth).
Notably, the film also kickstarted a significant career resurgence for Josh Brolin. At the time, he was primarily a second lead (at best), and he wasn’t the original choice for the lead role, with Heath Ledger the one the Coens originally wanted. His performance as Llewelyn Moss made him a leading man, but he came precariously close to not landing the role, as we explain in this week’s WTF Happened to this Movie. In this episode (written by Eric Walkuski, narrated by Mathew Plale and edited by Cesar Gomez), we dig into Brolin’s attempts to land the career-changing part, as well as who almost played Chiguhr when Bardem was suddenly unavailable. We also examine where the Coen Brothers were in their careers at the time and how its financial success stacks up against some of their most acclaimed films.
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Javier Bardem stole the show as the sinister hitman Anton. Even though he was the main antagonist, he's the most memorable character, and Javier deservedly won an Oscar for his work.
An incredibly talented actor--seems like so much incredible talent is coming from south of the border lately. His film "Biutiful" is another favorite of mine--brilliant and weird.
@@danielvandersall6756 from Spain, actually and seriously one of the best looking men on the planet, haircut aside of course.
Check out Perdita Durango. It also stars James Gandolfini.
Yep, this is my all time favorite movie villain by far.
@@judithcardoso6682 you talkin bout them Spanish mexicans?
The strangest and most unnerving thing about this movie was the lack of a score or any music at all…
I didn't notice that until my second time watching the movie, it heightens the tension and eerie feeling throughout the movie
I bet if someone made a version with music (even if it's good) it would not feel the same. Like dramatic music when.. you know... dies.. don't want to spoil it for people XD
One of the best parts of the movie, it blows my mind not a single piece of music
Anton needs no music, he's Scary without the tense music
There is ambient score used sparsely throughout. During opening narration as the camera rises over the highway, drums during the street shootout, ambience when moss listens to chigurh walk to the door at the hotel etc
Anton Chigurh is one of my favorite villains. Javier Bardem portrayal of the character just oozes menace. It has a realism to it that other movie villains mostly fail to capture.
Poor Carla Jean, she loses both her husband and mother, and is tragically killed by Chigurh herself. The poor woman just couldn't catch a break! 💔😢
The movie never definitively states that Anton killed her. You dont know how the coin flip turned out.
@@basilperdikakis7627 He checks his boots for blood when he leaves the House, just like he did earlier In the film. So yes, he did kill her.
She breaks chigurh though by pointing out that his grim reaper act where he delivers death by chance is a contrived childish game that he uses to admonish himself from responsibility of his evil acts. You can see at the end in the car crash that he has lost the conviction of his outlook like a boxer who has been taken out at the top of his game.
@@DutchGotAPlan oh. I never noticed. I always figured they were going for ambiguity.
Josh Brolin is criminally underrated in this movie. One of my favorite performances of all time
He is obviously one of the most ruthless and cunning villains in cinema history he's definitely in my top five. It is his quietness that's so unnerving he reminds me a lot of Angel Eyes from The Good the Bad and the Ugly.
Angel eyes was greedy. Anton don't care that much about money
@@cothinker680 I compare him to Angel Eyes for the simple fact that angel eyes motto was once I'm paid I always see the job through. He has a single-minded determination much like the villain in No Country for Old Men.
Who’s your top 5 villain? If you don’t mind me asking.
One of the best villains ever is Clarence Boddicker from RoboCop
Without Javier, the movie wouldn't have the same feel and believability. Great acting all around too
When Jeff Bridges and John Goodman were standing on the rocks overlooking the ocean with the Folgers coffee can of Donny's ashes, and Goodman shakes the can out, up-and-down, to scatter the ashes into the ocean from way up there, "Goodnight sweet prince", and it just blows all over The Dude. I died. It was that rare excruciating crying laughter. So awesome.
The whole movie hinges on him bringing that jug of water out to the dying cartel guy in the truck, and he even says as he's filling the jug "I'm fixing to do something dumb as hell, but I'm going to do it anyway".
Nah cause they had a tracker on the money. Llewellyns fate was sealed the second he took it
I think maybe he went back to give him water and then kill him because he saw him. He thought that the man in the truck might survive and tell the mexicans that someone was there. This is why he packed a bottle of water and a gun. But you never know.
If anything, it's the grim situation he puts himself into after coming back to the exchange scene that helps him realise he's in peril, and keeps him alive longer than he would've been otherwise, probably. I still admire how he survived for so long. I also enjoy how the movie shows you that no one is safe and anything can happen, although I was disappointed with the way the death of Moss was introduced to the viewers.
I thought Tommy Lee Jones was born for this role. His Sheriff Bell was perfect. The facial expressions and mannerisms are as important as the dialogue.
I preferred him as Harvey Dent
Lonesome dove is his greatest role..
I still like telling this story. My brother and I saw it together as a break during a tragic family situation, and when he got out of the theater, he described Chigurh as oddly deterministic but then corrected himself to mean determined. There really was something to that Freudian slip. The character is so relentless that you get the sense he may not even be able to stop himself from killing. When Josh brolin's character's wife tries to save herself by telling him that he doesn't have to do this, he sort of chuckles and says, "Everybody says that." There's something even more deeply unsettling about an assassin/serial killer who, however calculated he may be in certain regards, can't override his base nature or his fate.
What a peculiar little story and thought about Anton. Hope your family's doing better
always wondered about the little wife at the end..i watched again..and the diologue suggested that she was indeed killed..sad really i wanted SOMEONE to survive.
@@averybryant6997 He checked his boots for blood when he stepped outside.
My better half, who is as tough and pragmatic as they come, almost squeezed my hand off. She knew just from that.
Great story. Anton was possessed
You're right there is a very deterministic feeling to his character. But I don't think it's that he can't help killing. It's his utter detachment from it. It's that he has to follow the coin. Notice that if the other character calls it correctly, he does not kill them. So it's not like he loves killing, he is alright to miss out here and there
One of my all time favorite movies. It stays with you for a long time.
This is one of those films that I'll watch at pretty much every opportunity. Also have it stashed digitally. BTW, I think that Tommy Lee is always great and I have yet to see Javier Bardem and not been blown away. Brolin is getting there. Peace.
Thanks for this upload. This is my favorite film. I came back and rewatched it once more just recently. Love the insight
I’ve rewatched this movie almost as many times as Goodfellas. Love it.
This is in my boyfriends top 5, throws it on a least once every couple months & Every time talks about Everything he would’ve done differently starting with taking the damn money outta that case! 😆 Never gets old to me either, definitely a classic! 👍
"So whose this guy supposed to be, the ultimate bad ass?"
No, you dont understand..
One of the most unsettling movies I’ve ever seen. So good
I loved "Crimewave" and "The Hudsucker Proxy" so the Coen approach I respect. There were times during "No Country For Old Men" where I got the feeling I was watching "Psycho" or "Halloween". So I consider this one of the best contemporary horror thrillers I've seen in a while and would be a great double bill with "Silence of the Lambs"..
Wouldn’t it be closer to Fargo?
@@joegibbskins True that, still... "Silence" and No Country" share a complete lack of humor. Fargo is excellent though.
Despite you having argued with me a number of times im still here liking and subbed all the way. 😂
We are all lucky Bardem got that role!
@Some Guy would not have been the same movie. It would have been a straight to DVD
One of the Coen Brothers' best films they ever made.
Indeed
Hands Down!!!
0:47 Holy shit this glossy early 2000s movie look brought back a wave of nostalgia
Best writer/directors in the business ,always entertaining, provocative and creative. A ride on the edge every time.
Both There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men are 2 of my top 10 movies of all time. Crazy that they were shot right next to one another.
I have watched this movie many times.
I know what will happen and still keeps me in suspense , what a great job they did.
No to mention the great lineal characters the good ,the bad and the one cought in the middle.
One of my favorite movies!!! Everyone in that movie was a great actor. Could not see anyone replacements for any role that would have been better.
I agree. Casting the right actors is very important and they did an excellent job here. Everyone is brilliant, including the many small roles. A great cast.
For years and years I had no idea that one of my favorite movies the big lebowski, was made by the same guys that made No Country for Old Men. Really just shows the range these directors have in their films and the significant impact on society that they have in the ways they tell a story.. the Dude abides
dont forget Burn After Reading, comedy classic
The dude really does abide. But also, that rug really tied the room together.
@@barnacleboi2595 is that in the parlance of our time?
Wanna talk about range? They did Raising Arizona too.
The Man who Wasn’t There too
Definitely in my personal top 10 greatest films. I wish the Coens had adapted Cormac McCarthy's The Road as well, that could have been really special in their hands.
Did you not enjoy The Road movie? I thought it was quite good.
@@manuelrose2996 Not really, no. I thought it was okay, but the decision to basically explain the whole plot in voice over at the beginning of the movie was terrible. One of the best parts of the book was the mystery of what was happening, it makes you pay attention to every detail. No Country is so memorable, I can watch over and over, even though it's dark. I still pick up new things. I found The Road movie to be forgettable and had no desire to rewatch it. It wasn't horrible, but in the Coen's hands, I think it could have been another masterpiece.
@@adonirammccarthy3994 Fair enough. Its not a movie I feel the need to see again either.
Michael Clayton was my favorite movie of 2007 but I had no problem No country for old men winning best picture it was a Great movie and Javier Bardem well deserved best supporting actor
Michael Clayton is the GOAT
This was a movie I recommended to whomever listened. Brilliant stuff
This movie is a masterpiece. I don’t care what anyone says.
Everyone says the same haha
Way to go against the grain lol
@Paul Kang haha I’m just saying, not only do I love it, but it’s a hill I’ll die on.
You’re built
Different
While I don’t agree with not caring about what anyone says I do agree it’s a masterpiece.
I live in Eagle Pass and I can say they did a good job with the Eagle Pass Hotel scene.
In my top 10, absolutely love this flick👍
This movie was amazing . It was so different because the main character and the main sheriff were absolutely fearful of anton chigurh. I think it’s a slight parallel to how fearsome the actual cartels are down near the border : they practically own Mexico and they do dangerous drug runs across the border killing people all the time .
The actual real fear in the protagonists was what made me feel so uneasy about what was going to happen… I was young then so I was honestly sure that Llewelyn would live happily ever after with his wife and money
😢
This movie is simply a masterpiece from start to finish. Anton is a force of nature alright
I did a commercial with the Brothers and had them sign the No country poster for me. Nice fellas
The closing screen - "you don't have to this" lol
I watched this movie recently. It's just too good, I could never forget about it lol
Much better on the big screen than on TV’s available at the time.
Sugar is terrifying. More terrifying than the terminator.
I'm terrified of sugar as well. It keeps attacking my waistline. It's unstoppable, with no remorse or pity for my abs.
That haircut alone makes him the best villain ever.
I have that hairstyle
Is always classed this movie as a Neo-Western. The scenery, the characters and locations are all archetypes of western movies but in a modern setting with themes of loss and what was. Jones character being a sort of memory of how we idealise the past (he even does himself but has moments of realisation that the world was always cruel, but he still believes they were safer and the violence was never just for nothing)
Brolin is our classic Western hero, brave, Everyman, resourceful but in this setting the cruelty of the world is not something he can overcome
And Javier Bardem just wow, he did not seem at all human through most of the film. Such a cold and unnerving performance.
It’s a film that’s aged tremendously and I think set the tone of what we look for in our newer westerns made
Not only did they make a really good villain, but it’s also meme potential packed. Friendo
I tried to see it the day it came out in select theaters, did see it the day it came out in theaters, bought the book and bought the DVD the day it came out (it was the first time I ever saw a Blu Ray which I now own it on). Looking forward to 4K. It was the last Best Picture that was actually the best.
A work of art.
This movie was filmed in my hometown in Mew Mexico and it’s the reason I’m currently in the filmmaking industry.
John Candy " he's proud of his town " came to mind 🤣
The Man Who Wasn’t There is my favorite movie ❤
I loved the movie (having also read the book) but I remember in the theatre the comments from many other movie goers who really did not like the ending where you don't see final Moss shoot-out. They were not happy...
The Relentless Dog will go down in cinematic history as one of the all-time greatest badass movie canines. He joins the ranks of Cujo, Beauty & Beast from The Hills Have Eyes, Sam from I Am Legend, Brandy from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and the guard dogs from Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins...
The Coens took the intensity of the traffic stop scene in Fargo and made an entire film with it in No Country.
i had no idea this came out in 07. holy shit. it fits the 2018+ vibe so well. (its aged very well id say_)
Still love that scene when he has the quarter from 1958.
One of my favorite movies
It won 4 Oscars including Best Picture! Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😊
This is probably my favorite movie of all time. Definitely top 3
On my watch list
I just love There Movies!! The Brothers and Awesome! 😎✊👍👊👌🍊🎃🍁♈
Best Movie ever because: best thriller, best western, best neo western, best villain, best psycho, best sheriff, best landscape, best loser, best chase scene, best killer weapons, best directors, best actors, best cinematography, best stage design, best actors.
One of the top 100 films ever!
Bullshit. The Ladykillers is fucking phenomenal.
One of the best movies in the history of cinema
it's my all time favorite film.
Fack, I just realized who I should've been for Halloween this year. DAMNIT. Now I have to wait another year.
Javier bardam gave probably the second best portrayal of a true psychopath. The most accurate portrayal behind Heath ledger as the joker. It was masterfully done. That line, what is the most you've ever lost on a coin toss? Literally sent chills up my spine. I was frightened of the character that he brought to life. And I'm not scared of anybody. He damn well deserved that Oscar
Joker feels kinship with Batman. He is not a psychopath Anto does not attempt to find a common ground or experiment with humanity.
We need an Origin Story of Anton
I don't care what anyone says, I want to be like Anton Chigurh when I grow up!
I'd appreciate if you didn't.
....can we put this guy on some type of list? We need to keep an eye on him.
Follow your dreams.
I believe in you.
What, to be hit with car?
I'll join you if I could...
One of the best movies of all time. No cap
A Great film with A Great Villain😎
I love that movie so much its really underrated
one of the best movies ever
After the big labowski and fargo my favorite cohn Brothers film
The ladykillers that one where they were robbers in that old woman's basement? Loved that movie.
The best movie ever made for a large audience appeal in my opinion. Mulholland Dr though is my favorite movie of alll time.
Tommy Lee Jones character is so underrated in this film.
One of the best films ever of this genre.
General intellect and comprehensive reading and movie analytic skills are actually a requirement for enjoying NCFOM
LOVE this film.... bad wig and all!!!! 💰❤️
I never noticed the lack of score.
The killer's weapon was a compressed gas cylinder, like a scuba tank, set up to shoot ball bearings (or whatever) or just blow a lock off the door.
Its actually a captive bolt stunner, it doesn't shoot anything, a metal stick goes out and retracts back immediately, they use these to kill cows, just like sheriff bell mentioned when he talked to carla.
There's a fan theory that the bad guy and the one who stole the bag are the same person because they're never seen together in a scene
I like the theory that chigurh is a rogue Cia assassin. The theory comes from obviously how trained and connected he was, but also the scene when harrelson's character was in the office and he made a joke about counting the floors of the building and there being one missing, that was a Cia tactic where they would rent out an entire floor of a commercial building and delist it from the others, kinda like how in archer the entrance to their office is through a laundromat. Also, the gas station coin toss, he gives the year of the quarter and says it's been traveling so many years to get there, so fans found the exact year the movie took place and it corresponds with declassified Cia info that they were buying drugs from the cartel.
Great movie
One of the greatest movies ever made.
Ever since Blood Simple the Coen brothers have had consistent results with their Productions
Always so interesting to me that Chiguhr uses a Bolter, the air-powered weapon used to slaughter cattle. What drove this choice? Is it a very weird homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Or was it just so weird they felt it had to be used? Would love to ask the Coens, if I ever meet them.
It came from the book. I don't think it's an homage to TCSM, on McCarthy's part, so much as the two share common themes -- the bolt gun is a stand in for modernity, the new, in both.
@@Mark-co8gt It's just interesting to me that the old father in TCSM was a knocker; the predecessor to the people who today use the bolter. Certainly a distinctive tool, if not the most practical thing to carry around.
Take this with a dose of salt but my assumption was that it had something to do with how quiet it is.
It seems he values silence. Naturally as a part of his trade but I see a bit more in that. Like he's adverse to loud sounds overall.
He doesn't speak loudly or yell, he uses a silenced shotgun and he even gets angry when a random gas station clerk just talks _at_ him. The bolter just seems like an extension of that.
Quick, quiet and it doesn't splatter a huge mess around.
the weapon does extensive damage also is not very loud when shot
Need a 4K of this classic flick!
my mom was watchin deadpool 2 the other day and cable's character came on and she was like "is that Josh Brolins?"
Is that the actual 1979 photo of the brothel patron?
No, it's not.
5:48 "That's a dead dog"
I liked that movie
I had to spend some time outside my apartment back when it was in cinema and watched two movies, No Country being the second. It was really late and even though I was so keen seeing it, I slept over the second half or last third of the film. I watched it at least 10 times since then and the first rewatch was so strange because I was awake when Bell arrived a the hotel but I didnt get who died there. The subtlety of the storytelling blew my mind. It just happens. Like it happens to any other no name in the volley. And its so fucking smart. Theres no bullshitting the audience at all in this masterpiece.
So...answering the videos title: Its the best fucking movie ever made.
Track name starting at 9:59 please
If heath ledger played anton as well as bardem, he would have won back to back oscars
ONE HELL OFA MOVIE!!!!
Please do..."Planet Terror"
Definitely in my top 10, all time. Maybe top 5 even.
What’s your top 1?
@@sprint3464 don't laugh... My favorite movie is "Princess Bride".
@@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248 what about top 2?
1. Princess Bride 2. Sicario 3. No country for old men.
9:15 no professional would ever put their hand over the end of a tool like that
(I haven't watched this vid yet, yes I've seen the movie) My dad was pissed after the ending lol, I hate to say it but I knew he would hate it. Worth it tho, it was a once every 10 year movie in my opinion
Bardem reminds me of Anthony Quinn...
This was the best assassination movie..
Next to "the professional"
I know im going to stir some the wrong way, but there are things in this film that made absolutely no sense to me. 1, After finding this money in the manner he did, he just goes home to go to sleep. 2. He never checks for any tracking device or hell, never changes the damn bag he found it in. 3. Anton just touches the bottle of milk and leaves it out for anyone to find, and then the cop touches it to drink it without checking for fingerprints. Im no where an experienced fella in these matters, but bet i would get the hell out of dodge as soon as i decided to keep that money, and I DAMN SURE WOULD NOT GO BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO BRING WATER TO THAT DYING MAN IN THE TRUCK. Absolutely unbelievable.