No Country for Old Men is a classic that I've been meaning to do a video on for a while, so here it finally is! Hope you enjoy and don't forget to subscribe if you liked it!
This is seriously one of the best films I've ever watched. The long stretches of dialogue silence are deafening. The entire movie is somehow calm, beautiful, riveting, and terrifying all at once. Truly a masterpiece!
Cormac McCarthy is the Man. (Author). They literally took the book and made it a movie. And what I mean by this is VERY LITTLE is changed by the Movie from the Book. They are line by line, scene by scene almost identical. That is very very hard to do, and yet they did it.
The fact about Woody Harrelson’s father assassinating that federal judge just blew my mind. Looked it up and realized his dad was apparently a hitman. 🤯
Oh yeah, at one point in his illustrious career he was even accused of having something to do with the assassination of President Kennedy in the "3 tramps theory" (this was later disproven) but only helped enhance his reputation,Papa Harrelson was quite the wild man.
I realy liked the scene where the kid did not wanted to take Antons money and Anton just started to repeat himself cause his worldview could get chalanged by such a simple act of kindness. Even if those kids got corrupted at the end, I realy liked that.
If the kids had flat out refused no matter what,he would’ve killed them. It was part of the rules to him,if they took the money,they wouldn’t tell the cops where he went. If they refused,they clearly have a mindset that makes it easier to conclude they would tell the cops his position. It was a brief,almost once in Anton’s lifetime occurrence that he showed he didn’t want to kill two children. He would’ve if he had to,but he risked losing valuable escape time to try to make them understand that it was in their best interest to take the money and prove to him that they could be spared. Anonymity is his priority,he kills anyone who acknowledges his existence and fails his games of chance. In a way,his insistence that they take the cash was a game of chance for their lives too. But one game he didn’t want them to lose.
I like how they imply certain things like the death of Carla Jean Moss and let you draw your own conclusion based on how well you understand the characters. It's a movie that forces you to really pay attention to detail.
It's incredible how tight and efficient the filming was and how minimal the film is. Less is more as they say and in this case less is the most. One of my favourite movies ever. So atmospheric and tense. Definite masterpiece. I might be bias as I love all Coen movies but maybe that's just because they are genuinely brilliant.
Having Carla Jean refuse the coin toss in the movie was such a brilliant decision it blows my mind. It completely changes your perception of the ending of this story and of Carla Jean and Chigur as characters.
I remember Chighr was hunting Brolin's character, it was so slow moving and relentless. It was like a nightmare where you can't run fast or hide from the person that's after you. Chighr never runs in the movie and yet he is right behind his prey.
I felt the same buds when I was young. The slow but relentless and instinctual direct route to you. Mine looked kinda like Frankenstein but I'm thinking my night terrors would have been worse with Chighr. Just ruined my sleep tonight.
Anton was a character that could only exist in the 80’s (and maybe early 90’s) before cameras were literally everywhere. That’s why a lot of the infamous serial killers from the 60’s & 70’s like Ted Bundy & John Wayne Gacy were so prolific & violent, these days it’s much harder to get away without being caught.
I just found his obit (to respect his privacy and yours I won't post it other than just the prelude) GEORGE E. ADELO George E. Adelo, 64, passed away on October 23, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 23, 1953 (His acting is mentioned) Damn the guy got to be in one of the best movies of all time - R.I.P 🎸
The Coen Bros always cast people for the small bit parts in their movies that look like actual real people. It's a detail that adds a sense of "reality" or depth to their films that I just don't see from other film makers.
What i really like about the movie is how anton chigurh, a person who considers themselves an agent of fate and decides the life of people of innocents with a coin toss (thus putting it up to fate to decide whether they live or not), ends up being taken out by a random event. However, it isnt as random as it seems. "If the rule you followed brought you here, of what use was the rule?" is his defining aspect, and at the end of the movie, when he visits, carla, she is the only person who refuses to call the coin for him, something completely unprecedented. By rejecting fate in this manner, and by extension breaking the rule he follows, she removes anton's invincibility, either by making him so distraught he did not notice the car on a collision course towards him, or by forcing fate's hand to take action against the man whose rule was rendered useless.
Yup, but he wasn't "taken out" as you imply... since it's very possible that he made it, in the end. If you don't believe that, let's remember the scene in the drugstore, where he knows exactly what he needs to cure his wound... I'm sure he should know how to heal his wounds in the end again, as well...
@@besideyouc.3279 well patching up a wound is a bit easier than re-adjusting a bone sticking out your arm. and he cant go to a doctor else he'd risk being seen, so i wouldn't know how he'd survive from now on.
'No Country for Old Men' is the only movie that I ever finished watching then turned right around and watched it again. Every actor has supremely crafted their part to make the whole of it superb..you could never expect less from Joel and Ethan Coen or "Roderick Jaynes". Maybe the brother will get back together to create their ultimate master piece!
@@shelly.618 Texas Chainsaw Massacre was a great movie. All the characters fit in perfectly and Tobe Hooper did a nice job directing..the show had a creepy vibe all the way through.
Javier Bardem’s performance was a masterpiece, he made Chigurh the most intimidating, coldest and heinous villain in movie history although I wasn’t too pleased when he took the James Bond part, because I knew it would be ridiculous, and over familiarise this magnificent and wonderful actor
It doesn't surprise me that they were able to shoot the entire movie in 250k film. A lot of its premise was minimalistic and the quality of work being put into it was top notch. Love this movie ^.^
The whole host of extra actors from the gal who wouldn't back down near the beginning to the gas station owner and the guy who owned the chicken truck and others were so perfect. Those little bits add so much to the film's overall perfection.
Of course, this film wasn’t a comedy! But I remember my husband (God rest his beautiful soul🕊💕🙏) just cracking up laughing at how INSANE Javier Bardem’s conversation with the gas station attendant really was!!! I was an ER/Trauma RN almost 40 years (now retired) and my husband was a police officer, so we pretty much “saw it all” together in the fields and in the ER......but Bardem played this part so masterfully, we could actually recognize some of our more “psychologically broken”patients in his character! We purchased the movie on DVD and watched it together over goodies and snacks on rainy evenings. I haven’t watched it since my husband Went Home, but in my opinion, it’s one of the best films made. Great casting and performances. God bless all here, in Jesus’s Precious Name, Amen!🕊💕🙏🌹
Appreciate you sharing. Next time I watch I will be thinking of your dearly departed. Did he have a favorite snack? I would love to have some in his memory.
God bless you, my sister in Christ! I, too, am an RN unfortunately long since retired due to Fibromyalgia and chronic Lymes. You sound like you and your husband were blessed with a wonderful relationship, as my Beloved and I will soon celebrate our 43rd wedding anniversary. It’s a great comfort to know we’ll see our loved ones again who belonged to Christ. Take care and God bless🙏✝️🙏
Thank you for sharing. I hope I can find a girl I can hang with like that. Just a dude under forty, who's not pleased, to say the least with how jacked up things, particularly my generation is. Have a blessed life, mam.
The Final scene with Tommy Lee telling the story about his dad made me cry. Epic, being able to capture that emotional feeling for all us that have suffered such loss.
Excellent film. I watch it every year. It never gets old. A film full of geniuses and perfect acting. The scenes are so realistic that I am drawn into the raw emotion and surroundings and danger and loneliness.
I want to back in time to 1980 when I was 5 and relive that time. I love the 80s scenes and the movie made you feel that clashing ot he old and new coming that to me was just perfect. The only thing similar to Bardems performance was that Daniel Day Lewis in the beach scene when he discovered his broher was not his brother. That perfect actng. But No Country still wins for me.
This film is set in 1980 and has all the exact flavor of that year to a tee. I was eleven years old then, and they were able to transport me right back. Same with Fargo. Perfect 1987.
@@sirstephen9825 not in circulation? Just because they stopped making them doesn't mean you can't find them. You can still find them today, although rare. Still in circulation, picked by anyone who notices. Did you think coins vanished from pockets when they discontinued them?
If you listen to Javier Bardem speak in this movie, you will never, EVER detect any accent at all. He purposely learned how to speak perfect English for this role - listen closely - not one bit of an accent from him in any scene. I find that truly amazing. He most definitely EARNED his Oscar for this role. He is the epitome of what acting is all about.
I *did* hear his accent slip a little bit, I think it was in the Carla scene or one of the motel scenes. It's hard for me to unhear it now, but I was flabbergasted when I heard him speaking in interviews about his work as Anton. He's such a great actor.
@@wbrosen Actually, Kelly MacDonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland. I’ve seen her in several movies, and she, too, is fabulous! I bet many viewers would never have known she was Scottish in that movie.
For me one of the more salient moments in the film was when confronting the befuddled storekeeper after his inquiry about the weather in Dallas, was the close-up of the peanut package expanding with the crinkling noise accompanying it, dramatizing the moments ferocity, just one of many such occurrences adding flavor to the blend.
That scene in the gas station where he flips a coin to determine if the old man lives has to be the scariest in movies history. Its scary how well this movie projects fear. Excellent movie.
How does a movie project fear? Fear is feeling inside your mind as a reaction to a current or coming situation. A movie can only show, present what the people are doing. It doesn't force anything into you (project). If someone doesn't understand fear, they won't know it by watching the movie either. It's one of the best representations of intelligence, and what a psycho is..and is very good as a psychological movie as was Silence of the Lambs. I wasn't 'scared' as I watched the Gas Station scene, I knew what was happening and what the outcome could have been and since I followed the movie's plot very well, yeah, it wasn't scary - but illuminating contrast between the characters. The movie touches on many aspects of life, thinking, and non-thinking.
me: honey, let's watch a great movie with a lot of cool realistic details! my wife: oh, come on! the dude went hunting to the desert and didn't bring any water!?
I've spent time alone in the desert, I've witnessed several hunters do this. I can think up several reasons, but none worth the risk. That said, it's no different than the hunters in cold not dressing for the weather.
So much greatness in this film, it is impossible to even measure. Love the space, the light, the sparse dialogue, strong characters….everything. This film literally has a whole entire life of it’s own. I will never stop loving it, and never stop watching it.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Something that seems odd, but True: one of the scenes that stands out to me and told me it was great, Was when that Mariachi band played over Brolin and he said "medico": The way that image looked was so fantastic. Some movies I see and I realize "ai am watching a bad movie"; it was then leading up to that scene that scene that i knew I was watching a very good movie.
This is the video that made me subscribe to your Channel. I've been wondering what other McCormick books have been turned into the movies and you answer my question. Thank you for that. But the movies that you're covering in the facts that you display; even for die hard fans of movie trivia like me can appreciate the work that you put into some of this. Most RU-vidrs do Off the Wall research and come up with the most ridiculously inaccurate information.
Fascinating! I'd spent the first 25 years of my life working in motion picture production, the last 13 years teaching TV Production to high school kids. I can't believe how little film was exposed to make this movie. I've worked on three-minute music videos and 60-second commercials that exposed more than 250,000 feet! This factoid-filled film made me laugh, opened my eyes, taught me a couple of lessons. I really liked The Why's appreciation of my getting certified in Final Cut Pro.
@@e.a.m.3176 if this is really Ethan, congratulations on some of the best movies ever made. (I started Legacy Films, LLC, in ‘05 and wrote, shot and edited “The Batchelor Weekend” (2008 version) using Final Cut, which is now known as Final Cut X).
Right? That blew my mind, looks like there is a podcast about Charles Harrelson on Spotify, might have to check it out. Definitely more to the story than you get here.
Yup. At the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, Texas they had a cane that he was said to have used in prison as he faked having a bad leg. If you're ever in the neighborhood stop by there. It's interesting.
woah, these facts make this amazing film even more unbelievable. "EFFICIENT" is the word that comes to mind, both of the filmmaking process, style of narrative and esp Bardem's character's viciousness
I love how the Coens made a few tiny changes to the book dialogue that added so much power! The scene where she refuses to call the dice was so incredible.
He absolutely killed Carla Jean, that’s why he told her “I wouldn’t worry about it” when talking about funeral expenses for her mom, then he checked his boots.
I still remember seeing it in theaters and walking out knowing I just watched one of the best films I ever will. I read the book and the movie is as perfect as adaptations get.
Wow some really cool facts about this film, glad it's one of my favorites. Hands down great acting throughout this movie. Also ,who ever would have guessed Woody Harrelson's father was in that line of work in real life...man that is deep.
Brilliant video! The fun fact about that killed official was mind-blowing (pun unintended). Hands down, one of my three all-time favourite movies ever.
This is how you make characters! This is directing, acting, and writing at its best. I will always love this film and I'll never forget how excited I was when I first saw it.
One of the most surprising things to me is that Kelly Macdonald is Scottish. I am always impressed when a foreigner does such a good American accent that it seems like they are speaking with no dialect at all. Of those in this clip, the two that impressed me the most were the ones about Woody's father and the name of the drug store. P.S. I just discovered Kelly voices Merida in 'Brave'.
You know who else is British and plays a incredible American character? Damian Lewis as Richard Winters in Band of Brothers, first time i found that out many many years ago it blew my mind,i was like how do they do that?
I once watched this movie on acid after I had already seen it a few times, and Javier’s acting was so intense he started taking on a scaly greenish shapeshifting appearance with the most evil sinister smile I’ve ever seen during the coin toss seen. None of the other characters in the film even remotely changed appearance at all except for Anton in that scene, it caused goose bumps and sent chills down my spine, this movie is absolutely phenomenal with or without drugs lol
Chigurh has to be the single most terrifying killer you would NOT want on your tail! A moive I can watch again and again each time you spot SOMETHING extra. The Bond movie directors clearly cast Bardem in Skyfall based on this performance.
@@mrbill88 'Clutch Cargo' LMFAO !! I wonder how many here read your comment and know who/what the hell you're talking about ? "We were born, born in the 50s... " (Yeah, The Police).
Oh Bardem, who is an amazing actor,.was terrifying in this role. Awesome job. One of the best quotes IMO from this show? It's a mess ain't it, Sheriff? If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here.
IMO it's a Masterpeice! Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem rightfully won his Oscar. The Big Lewbowski is another favorite, The Fargo series is another favorite. Pretty much everything the Coen brothers do I watch. Just can't get enough of those two! If you've ever ridden a motorcycle down a deserted highway at 200 MPH then you understand films like these. Life is short you have to live it to the fullest!
The character Anton Chigurh is every persons' nightmare of every inhuman and evil hitman rolled into one. This character is so terrifying and so well-played by Bardem I had nightmares for months after seeing the movie.
The fact that Brolin's char was a vet made it hard not to think he wouldn't have counted that money when he first found it and discovered the tracker and put up a better fight instead of dying off screen... Everything else was fantastic
@trashyraccoon2615 I don't think Lewellyn missed the buck because the buck reacted like it was hit. I think he just got sidetracked by the wounded dog while he was tracking the buck, discovered the scene where the drug deal went bad and forgot all about the buck he just shot.
I remember watching this my sophomore year of high school. I thought it was going to be one of those boring movies the teacher shows you but I ended up falling in love with this movie
I don’t think anyone could’ve play Anton Sugar as well as he did, and his toughest opponent was probably that old lady in the trailer park, she was one tough cookie lol, I love that scene! The looks they give each other are great!😂
an astounding fact to me is that Carla Jean was portrayed by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald (of Trainspotting fame). I think she nails the west Texas twang dead on .
Outstanding movie and video of fun facts. One thing that stands out to me is that Llewellyn Moss could have gotten away with the money undetected had he not returned to the scene of the crime to give water to a man already dead. All he had to do was either hide the money or leave town without hesitation. But that guilt of leaving a man to die thirsty was the downfall for him and his wife.
ya did you really watch the movie though? Because they tracked the money using technology, and when he went back for the money he escaped into the river anyways. So they lost him at that point and without the transponder once again would of been fine. However ya transponder..
Really a fantastic movie - dark, creepy, realistic, even funny at times. It's one of those movies that if I ever notice that it's being aired on tv, I'll watch it to the end. This video was really fascinating for me, especially the bits about Roderick Jaynes and the Mike Zoss pharmacy,
I'm halfway through your video (great by the way), and I knew that he killed her in the end because he checked his feet for the presence of blood. I found her to be so sweet, and innocent, and she didn't need to be killed but it did fit the story very well. I have to admit, it really angered me seeing her be harmed because she just did not deserve this but this is what real evil does, it devours innocence, and corrupts everything it touches.
Yes. But I loved how she put it all back on him. Not playing his game with the coin toss. He may not have felt any remorse about killing, but he also didn't get any satisfaction for playing the role of fate.
It's not that often that a "Facts You Didn't Know" type video actually surprises me... The bit about Woody Harrelson's father dropped my jaw. Wow, I had no idea.
This was one of those movies that both the book and the movie were excellent. I watch the movie first and then read the book and they just complimented each other
I enjoyed the book but I can't imagine there is that much to analyze in it. There were no vagaries in it and little or no symbolism etc. It was simple and spare with not a whole lot of depth. That is a lot like most of his writing. He did the same with The Road which was an extremely intense movie, but the book had little description and very little dialogue. It was terse and to the point.
My personal favorite scene in the movie is when Tommy Lee Jones's Sheriff character goes and visits his wife's cousin in the wheelchair. And old law enforcement officer himself. In a movie full of crazy people doing the wrong thing, character of the old retired paralyzed cousin is the source of decency, humanity, and restraint. He is a representation of normalcy watching the world go crazy.
What a film . Easily in my top 5 of all time . Just totally outstanding . Not much has come along since that I get this excited/nervous/uncomfortable about watching . It STILL has that affect on me . Superb .📽️🎞️🎬
@@slo369 In no particular order, Control Made of Stone No Country for Old Men Cape Fear (remake with De Niro) Sleepers Goodfellas I know there is 6 here but it's so hard to leave any of these out . Cheers 👊
That bit about him checking his boots at the end went completely over my head. All this time people have been debating whether he killed her or not, but with his aversion to blood and the lengths he goes through to keep it off of him, that right there is a pretty damning piece of evidence to what really went down.
Great movie! GREAT movie! Woody Harrelson is amazingly on point! Tommy Lee Jones is just incredible, Josh Brolin is even more intense and Javier Bardem is .......well, just terrifying! Such a GREAT movie!
@@teebee5323 - I think you're just used to seeing him in those kind of roles. He was amazing in Natural Born Killers imo and just as great in NCFOM. It's the subtle gestures, tone of voice and relate ability for me. When Sugar ambushed him in his hotel room, I felt the sick sinking in the gut he would have felt, all from his acting. I give him a solid 9/10.
One of my personal top tens, for sure. Like Goodfellas, if it comes on, you can just start watching at any point and be immediately engrossed. One minor quibble, tho not with the movie. I really thought Tommy Lee Jones deserved the supporting Oscar. It does seem that Oscar judges seem to favor roles that include personal transformation, via makeup or personality. Underplayed roles like TLJ's don't get the same attention, and his performance was so understated but note perfect. In the scene where Carla Jean shows up at the hotel after Llewellyn is killed, he just slumps his shoulders and takes off his hat w/o saying a word. She knew.
Filmed around and about Santa Fe, New Mexico. The truck scene at the beginning is below the La Bajada Escarpment near Rio Grande. Del Rio, Texas was Central Avenue, Albuquerque. Final scenes where Anton gets hit by car in small town is Las Vegas, New Mexico. Same town where "Red Dawn" with Patrick Swayze was filmed.
There was a Grandy's restaurant across the street I used to eat at while I was in college at UNM. I still get a kick out of seeing the FNB building and Highland theater in the scene. I just watched an episode of Mannix where he stays at the Roadway in very near that area.
That was a very good review and well cut. Love your "non-Hollywood" delivery, nice and natural. Usually I click on one of these and it' s things I know anyway. Not this time, although I knew a few. Some excellent bits of trivia.
I agree. Great delivery and a bunch of info that is new to me for sure. That last fact is pretty unbelievable! They only shot 250,000 feet of film when most movies shoot 750,000 and edit down? Impressive.
One of my favorite movies! Whenever it pops up on one of the premium channels I watch it. I already know what is going to happen but it still creeps me out to this day!
Of the myriad things I didn't know about this flick, I must thank you for selecting *interesting* facts. You do the "Bet you didn't know!" genre a great service with your research beyond trivial. You have presented 30 facts, not 30 pieces of dross trivia. Again, thank you.
