No Country for Old Men (2007)

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In the store as #212, No Country for Old Men (2007).

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Cormac McCarthy: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): Cormac McCarthy ⇒ No Country for Old Men (the host's read). The film adapts McCarthy's 2005 novel and the Coens refused to water it down.
    “You can tell the cones were determined not to water down McCarthy's book.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:47 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Fargo: 4 lines unmapped ×3 people ×1

  1. people (same directors): No Country for Old Men → Fargo. The Coens previously made the crime dramas Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing and Fargo.
    “The filmmaking brothers behind such classic crime dramas as Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, and Fargo.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:19 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

W.: 4 lines craft ×1 theme ×1 contrast ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. theme (era/theme): No Country for Old Men → W.. Both arrived as the Bush era wound down and prompted audiences to take stock of the 21st century.
    “No country for old men in W arrived just as the Bush era was winding down, and both movies prompted audiences to take stock of the 21st century so far.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:04:13 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

The Departed: 2 lines unmapped ×2

  1. unmapped (perfect vs rewatchable): The Departed → No Country for Old Men. No Country is note perfect but he has watched it far fewer times than The Departed, because flawed movies leave room to check out and ask questions.
    “I have watched it 80% less than the departed because the departed, it actually feels like a roller coaster ride when you're on it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:57:06 · Chris Ryan (0.65 sure it was them)

There Will Be Blood: 2 lines industry ×2

  1. industry (same Oscar year): No Country for Old Men → There Will Be Blood. Both were bleak 2007 contenders at the Oscars, where none of the nominees went down easy.
    “I mean, none of that year's contenders went down easy.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:06:29 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Cormac McCarthy: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (adaptation): No Country for Old Men → Cormac McCarthy. The film adapts McCarthy's 2005 novel and the Coens refused to water it down.
    “You can tell the cones were determined not to water down McCarthy's book.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:47 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Javier Bardem: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Javier Bardem → No Country for Old Men. Bardem's recent Oscar may have counted against a nomination for Skyfall.
    “he just won 3 years or 5 years before this for no country.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:08:43 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Killers of the Flower Moon: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (nihilism and Best Picture): Killers of the Flower Moon → No Country for Old Men. Last nihilistic Best Picture winner, offered as the comparison for how unlikely this one is to win.
    “when was the last time a movie that was this nihilistic one best picture? Is it is it no country for old men?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:34:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Million Dollar Baby: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (Best Picture lineage): No Country for Old Men → Million Dollar Baby. Heavy Best Picture winners of the 2000s, but none as violent or relentless as No Country.
    “Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, Crash, but none were as violent, nor as relentless, as no country for old men.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:02 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

Panic Room: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Panic Room → No Country for Old Men. Rooting for a morally complicated figure (Whitaker) recalls No Country and The Godfather.
    “is it really that far afield from like no country for old men or the godfather”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Peter Stormare: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (character echo): Peter Stormare → No Country for Old Men. Gaear caring about Jerry's cruelty is compared to Tommy Lee Jones's sheriff not knowing whether he belongs in this world.
    “This is like his Tommy Lee Jones in no country sort of like conundrum where he's like, I don't even know if I belong in this world.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:02:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Reservoir Dogs → No Country for Old Men. Not showing the heist works as in No Country; slowly unfurling beats showing.
    “No, we've learned this from no country for old men.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:23:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Judge: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (awards-contrast): The Judge → No Country for Old Men. Recent Best Picture winners like The Artist, The Hurt Locker, and No Country are not like The Judge, which is the old kind of Oscar bait.
    “the best picture winners of the last whatever years are like the artist and the hurt locker and like no country for all men”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:14:05 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Woody Harrelson: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (performance type): Woody Harrelson → No Country for Old Men. Harrelson's role is a classic Woody performance of low-key menace.
    “This is a classic woody performance, by the way.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:09:45 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

Zodiac: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (same-year mood): Zodiac → No Country for Old Men. Zodiac, There Will Be Blood and No Country shared a nihilistic mood in 2007.
    “But even like just these nihilistic endings where you're like, you know, there's just there's no hope.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:17:16 · Leslye Headland (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Javier Bardem → No Country for Old Men. Bardem's recent Oscar may have counted against a nomination for Skyfall.
    “he just won 3 years or 5 years before this for no country.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:08:43 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (awards-contrast): The Judge → No Country for Old Men. Recent Best Picture winners like The Artist, The Hurt Locker, and No Country are not like The Judge, which is the old kind of Oscar bait.
    “the best picture winners of the last whatever years are like the artist and the hurt locker and like no country for all men”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:14:05 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): No Country for Old Men → W.. Raftery implies Moss at least realizes he is in trouble; Bush in Stone's film never does.
    “Still, at least Lou Ellen Moss has a moment or 2 where he realizes he's in trouble.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:38:21 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

craft (4)

  1. craft (craft): Reservoir Dogs → No Country for Old Men. Not showing the heist works as in No Country; slowly unfurling beats showing.
    “No, we've learned this from no country for old men.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:23:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (domino effect): W. → No Country for Old Men. Raftery links Stone's film to the Coens' as a different take on one man in over his head setting off destruction.
    “That kind of domino effect was explored in a very different movie from the year before.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:03:19 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. craft (theme / 2007 mood): No Country for Old Men → No Country for Old Men. Its message of powerlessness fit audiences after 9/11, Katrina, Iraq and the economy.
    “911, Katrina, Iraq, the economy.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:20:57 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. craft (same-year mood): Zodiac → No Country for Old Men. Zodiac, There Will Be Blood and No Country shared a nihilistic mood in 2007.
    “But even like just these nihilistic endings where you're like, you know, there's just there's no hope.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:17:16 · Leslye Headland (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (same Oscar year): No Country for Old Men → There Will Be Blood. Both were bleak 2007 contenders at the Oscars, where none of the nominees went down easy.
    “I mean, none of that year's contenders went down easy.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:06:29 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. industry (awards upset): No Country for Old Men → There Will Be Blood. No Country beat There Will Be Blood for best picture, then ratings were low and the Academy changed the rules.
    “And it beat, there will be blood, which is painful for me, but still, no country for all men, incredible film.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:57:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (adaptation): No Country for Old Men → Cormac McCarthy. The film adapts McCarthy's 2005 novel and the Coens refused to water it down.
    “You can tell the cones were determined not to water down McCarthy's book.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:47 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (same directors): No Country for Old Men → Fargo. The Coens previously made the crime dramas Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing and Fargo.
    “The filmmaking brothers behind such classic crime dramas as Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, and Fargo.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:19 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. people (performance type): Woody Harrelson → No Country for Old Men. Harrelson's role is a classic Woody performance of low-key menace.
    “This is a classic woody performance, by the way.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:09:45 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

theme (4)

  1. theme (character echo): Peter Stormare → No Country for Old Men. Gaear caring about Jerry's cruelty is compared to Tommy Lee Jones's sheriff not knowing whether he belongs in this world.
    “This is like his Tommy Lee Jones in no country sort of like conundrum where he's like, I don't even know if I belong in this world.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:02:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Panic Room → No Country for Old Men. Rooting for a morally complicated figure (Whitaker) recalls No Country and The Godfather.
    “is it really that far afield from like no country for old men or the godfather”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. theme (era/theme): No Country for Old Men → W.. Both arrived as the Bush era wound down and prompted audiences to take stock of the 21st century.
    “No country for old men in W arrived just as the Bush era was winding down, and both movies prompted audiences to take stock of the 21st century so far.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:04:13 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. theme (genre): No Country for Old Men → No Country for Old Men. It works as neo-Western, chase movie and killer-on-the-loose flick but is monumental for another reason.
    “A neo Western, a chase movie, a killer on the loose flick, and it does all of those things perfectly.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:10:17 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

unmapped (6)

  1. unmapped (tonal sibling): Fargo → No Country for Old Men. No Country feels like a less humorous Fargo, both asking whether it is worth fighting the world's darkness.
    “in an interesting way, no country feels like a less humorous version of Fargo.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:33:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (mythic figures): Fargo → No Country for Old Men. Sugar is an evil myth figure and Marge a good mythic one.
    “But sugar is this evil myth figure and Marge is kind of a good mythic figure in a weird way.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:33:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (off-screen violence): Fargo → No Country for Old Men. Fargo's off-screen disintegration (Jean's death) is likened to the way No Country hides its violence.
    “much like in the move they pull in no country. of just like you can figure it out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:17:24 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (too satisfying): The Departed → No Country for Old Men. Seeing something that is exactly what you want, like this cast or No Country, can feel weirdly unsatisfying.
    “I had it too when I saw No Country for Old Men because I love that book so much.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:24 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (perfect vs rewatchable): The Departed → No Country for Old Men. No Country is note perfect but he has watched it far fewer times than The Departed, because flawed movies leave room to check out and ask questions.
    “I have watched it 80% less than the departed because the departed, it actually feels like a roller coaster ride when you're on it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:57:06 · Chris Ryan (0.65 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (title pun): W. → No Country for Old Men. On Obama beating McCain, Raftery quips that this was no country for old men.
    “And this was no country for, well, you know.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:43:38 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (Best Picture lineage): No Country for Old Men → Million Dollar Baby. Heavy Best Picture winners of the 2000s, but none as violent or relentless as No Country.
    “Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, Crash, but none were as violent, nor as relentless, as no country for old men.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:02 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (nihilism and Best Picture): Killers of the Flower Moon → No Country for Old Men. Last nihilistic Best Picture winner, offered as the comparison for how unlikely this one is to win.
    “when was the last time a movie that was this nihilistic one best picture? Is it is it no country for old men?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:34:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about No Country for Old Men: Gene Jones never read the novel or full script; his scene was all he needed. The gas station scene took a little over two hours to shoot, on a set in New Mexico.
    “My scene is the Bible, and that's all I need.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:13:03 · Gene Jones (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about No Country for Old Men: Gene Jones says the Coens never told him, but both knew tension should escalate so gradually you never notice it. The Coens didn't watch the coin-toss scene; Joel folded up behind the counter, Ethan listened at the window.
    “Joel kind of folded up in a corner behind the counter and listened.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:13:46 · Gene Jones (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about No Country for Old Men: Raftery listened to the coin-toss scene with the screen off and found it even more unsettling without the actors' reactions.
    “This is dorky, even for me.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:14:02 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about No Country for Old Men: Raftery links the coin toss to the old story of the appointment in Samarra: death won't catch me today.
    “The appointment in tomorrow, the old Middle East story about death won't catch me today because I'm going to Samara.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:15:47 · Brian Raftery (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about No Country for Old Men: Hot take: the Ellis kitchen scene is the single best scene of any film from the 2000s.
    “Ellis then offers a closing thought that, for me at least, makes this the single best scene of any film from the 2000s.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:19:02 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about No Country for Old Men: Raftery found it comforting in 2007 that somebody else realized how messed up everything had always been.
    “thank God somebody else realizes just how fucked up everything's always been.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:21:17 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about No Country for Old Men: The poster tagline is 'There are no clean getaways,' which Raftery says the 2000s proved untrue.
    “There are no clean getaways.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:22:07 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

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