Movie Quote/Trivia of the Day Llewelyn Moss - Hello? Anton Chigurh - Yes? Llewelyn Moss - Is uh, Carson Wells there? Anton Chigurh - Not in the sense that you mean. You need to come see me. Llewelyn Moss - Who is this? Anton Chigurh - You know who it is. You need to talk to me. Llewelyn Moss - I dont need to talk to you. Anton Chigurh - I think you do. Do you know where Im going? Llewelyn Moss - Why would I care where youre going? Anton Chigurh - I know where you are. Llewelyn Moss - Yeah? Where am I? Anton Chigurh - Youre in the hospital across the river, but thats not where Im going. Do you know where Im going? Llewelyn Moss - Yeah, I know where youre going. Anton Chigurh - Alright. Llewelyn Moss - You know she wont be there. Anton Chigurh - It doesnt make any difference where she is. Llewelyn Moss - So what are you going up there for? Anton Chigurh - You know how this is going to turn out, dont you? Llewelyn Moss - Nope. Anton Chigurh - I think you do. So this is what Ill offer - you bring me the money and Ill let her go. Otherwise shes accountable, same as you. Thats the best deal youre gonna get. I wont tell you you can save yourself, because you cant. -Llewelyn Moss and Anton Chigurh (Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men) No Country for Old Men benefits hugely from Javier Bardems superb, Oscar-winning performance as ruthless killing Anton Chigurh, such that while hes a horrific, cold-blooded psychopath, hes still oddly likeable, what with his wry sense of humor and strict honor code, and as a result, were not that fussed that he gets away at the end. A film that actively eschews thriller conventions, The Coen Brothers end things just as Chigurh survives a purely accidental car crash, slinking away with a broken arm, while Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) seems to concede the futility of his man-hunt. And to top it all off, Chigurh appears to have made off with all that money everyones so crazy about as well (though this is more implied than explicitly shown). This is a great entry because it doesnt rely on a twist ending like so many other films where the bad guy wins; Chigurh stalks his way through the film like a phantom, and then disappears out of it in the same style at its climax, noting the pervasive presence of evil. Did you know? When Joel Coen and Ethan Coen approached Javier Bardem about playing Chigurh, he said I dont drive, I speak bad English, and I hate violence. The Coens responded, Thats why we called you. Bardem said he took the role because his dream was to be in a Coen Brothers film. While on location in Marfa, Texas, There Will Be Blood was shooting nearby. One day, while filming a wide shot of the landscape, directors Joel Coen and Ethan Coen had to halt shooting for the day when a gigantic cloud of dark smoke floated conspicuously into view. Paul Thomas Anderson was testing the pyrotechnics of an oil derrick set ablaze on the set of his film. The Coens resumed filming the next day, when the smoke finally dissipated. A year and a half later, both films were the leading contenders at the Academy Awards. In the novel, Sheriff Bell says of the dope-dealers, Here a while back in San Antonio they shot and killed a federal judge. Cormac McCarthy set the story in 1980. In 1979, Federal Judge John Howland Wood was shot and killed in San Antonio by Texas free-lance contract killer Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody Harrelson. The silencer on Chigurhs shotgun was specially made for the movie. Such a device didnt exist, so the Coens had one invented. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen used a photo of a brothel patron taken in 1979 as a model for Anton Chigurhs hair style. When he first saw his new haircut, Javier Bardem said Oh no, now I wont get laid for the next two months. The Coens responded by happily high-fiving; Bardems response meant Chigurh would look as creepy as theyd hoped. Josh Brolin was making Grindhouse when he was turned on to role of Moss. He asked the films director Robert Rodriguez if he could borrow a video camera for his audition tape, and he ended up having his audition elaborately shot with the theatrical camera they were using, directed by Quentin Tarantino, and with Marley Shelton as Carla Jean. When the Coens saw Brolins tape, their response was that they loved the lighting. The credited editor for this film, Roderick Jaynes, is a pseudonym for Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who have co-edited, co-directed, and co-written all of their movies since Blood Simple. Contrary to most successful films made from books, much of the films action is taken word for word from Cormac McCarthys novel, and occurs in the same order. For instance, Bells final speech in the film is on the final page of the book. However, unusually for Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (usually known for their extremely loquacious characters), they decreased the amount of dialogue found in the book, substantially in some scenes. Anton Chigurhs weapon is a captive bolt pistol. Its commonly used to kill cows before slaughter without risk of flying bullets. The film was shot mostly in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Tommy Lee Jones convinced Joel Coen and Ethan Coen to film some scenes on location in West Texas. The title is part of the first line from William Butler Yeats poem Sailing to Byzantium. The full line is That is no country for old men. Carson Wells mentions to Stephen Roots character that one floor in a building seems to be missing. This may refer to the fact that most buildings do not have a thirteenth floor, which many considered an unlucky number. Building owners often rename the floor 14, or give the floor some other use and rename it a letter. The novel implies that the floor in question - the 17th - isnt listed in the buildings directory for security purposes, and is thus missing. Contrary to their usual process, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen did not write the script with actors in mind for the characters. Stephen Root ended up being the only actor in the cast with whom the Coens have previously worked. An unforeseen expense for the film was the make-up department buying in expensive fake blood at $800 a gallon. Joel Coen realized why they were spending so much when it came to film the scene where Llewelyn stumbles across the aftermath of a shootout with lots of extras lying around dead in the dust. Ordinary fake blood (made with sugar) would have meant the extras would have been crawling with bugs and ants, while the insects had no interest in the expensive stuff. Anton Chigurh kills or tries to kill almost every person he speaks to during the film. The only people he spares are the gas station proprietor, the woman who works in the trailer park office, the woman at the motel front desk, and the two children at the end. It is unclear if he kills the man who is in the office when he executes the Businessman. He is unable to kill Moss, who instead is killed by the Mexicans. It is implied that he kills Carla Jean when he checks the soles of his boots - presumably for blood - after he exits her house.
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