Ethan and Joel Coen’s 2007 film “No Country for Old Men” is categorized as a Western, but the film challenges not only the conventions of the genre but also those of traditional narrative cinema.
Based on the 2005 Cormac McCarthy novel, the film follows the aftermath of a botched drug deal near the desolate Texas-Mexico border in 1980.
With the lack of an obvious protagonist, an anti-climactic off-screen death of a major character, no real conclusion, and an absent score or soundtrack, “No Country for Old Men” pushes the boundaries of what we’re used to seeing in movies.The film also…The post Tommy Lee Jones Was a Natural Fit For No Country For Old Men appeared first on /Film.
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