a b c Turan, Kenneth (May 18, 2007). "Coens' Brutal Brilliance Again on Display". Los Angeles Times. No Country for Old Men (review)". ABC: At the Movies. Archived from the original on March 18, 2008 . Retrieved September 1, 2013. DVD Savant Blu-ray Review: No Country for Old Men (2-Disc Collector's Edition)". www.dvdtalk.com . Retrieved June 15, 2023. a b Bradshow, Peter (January 18, 2008). "No Country for Old Men-Film Review". The Guardian. London. a b c Patterson, John (December 21, 2007). "We've killed a lot of animals". Film/Interviews. The Guardian. London . Retrieved December 27, 2007.

I mean it was a fear, for sure, because dialogue, that's what you kind of rest upon as an actor, you know? ... Drama and all the stuff is all dialogue motivated. You have to figure out different ways to convey ideas. You don't want to overcompensate because the fear is that you're going to be boring if nothing's going on. You start doing this and this and taking off your hat and putting it on again or some bullshit that doesn't need to be there. So yeah, I was a little afraid of that in the beginning. [29] Not only behavior, but position alters. One of the themes developed in the story is the shifting identity of hunter and hunted. Scott Foundas stresses that everyone in the film plays both roles, [83] while Judie Newman focuses on the moments of transition, when hunter Llewelyn Moss and investigator Wells become themselves targets. [84] The film is nihilistic in both structure and content. If you would like to force a less despairing ending, Bell's dream could be interpreted as a ray of hope: a light shines in the darkness! On the other hand, it is a dream that he wakes up from. Boule', Jean-Pierre; McCaffrey, Enda (2009), Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema: A Sartrean Perspective, Berghahn Books, ISBN 978-0-85745-320-4Rich, Katey (October 8, 2007). "Movie News: No Country for Old Men". cinemablend.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020 . Retrieved April 20, 2020. Lane, Anthony (November 12, 2007). "Hunting Grounds "No Country for Old Men" and "Lions for Lambs" ". The New Yorker.

Belloni, Matthew (December 30, 2011). "Paramount Wins 'No Country' Trial Over Payout to Tommy Lee Jones". The Hollywood Reporter.David Gritten of The Daily Telegraph wonders: "Are the Coens finally growing up?" He adds: "If [the film] feels pessimistic, Joel insists that's not the Coens' responsibility: 'I don't think the movie is more or less so than the novel. We tried to give it the same feeling.' The brothers do concede, however, that it's a dark piece of storytelling. 'It's refreshing for us to do different kinds of things,' says Ethan, 'and we'd just done a couple of comedies.'" [45] Musical score and sound [ edit ] Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and in the high definition Blu-ray format on March 11, 2008, in the United States. The only extras are three behind-the-scenes featurettes. [97] The release topped the home video rental charts upon release and remained in the top 10 positions for the first 5 weeks. [98] Sarris, Andrew (October 29, 2007). "Just Shoot Me! Nihilism Crashes Lumet and Coen Bros". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007 . Retrieved August 7, 2011. The art of murdering: a multimodal-stylistic analysis of Anton Chigurh's speech in 'No Country for Old Men', by Elisabetta Zurru, 2009, Online Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA)

The 80th Academy Awards (2008)". The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). February 24, 2008. Archerd, Army (4 June 1997). "Perry making new friends in rehab". Variety . Retrieved 8 August 2023. a b c Lim, Dennis (January 6, 2008). "Exploiting Sound, Exploring Silence". New York Times . Retrieved March 25, 2012. National Board of Review: 'No Country for Old Men' Best Film of '07". Fox News. Associated Press. December 5, 2007 . Retrieved December 22, 2007. a b Murray, Rebecca. "Josh Brolin Discusses No Country for Old Men". About.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016 . Retrieved November 27, 2007.Paul Arendt (January 18, 2008). "No Country For Old Men (2008)". BBC.co.uk . Retrieved September 13, 2010. Unfortunately, this is just not an entertaining film. The dragging pace, absence of film score, and long periods of dialogue only made the movie feel longer than its two-hour run time. Josh Brolin's character is also one that is hard to cheer for. He is very cold and calculating for a non-criminal, making it hard to want him to escape from the hitman. Thomas, Nicholas Addison (October 9, 2005). "A mesmerizing tale of desperation". The Free Lance-Star. Corliss, Richard (May 18, 2007). "CANNES JOURNAL: Three Twisty Delights". Time. Archived from the original on May 21, 2007.

The Golden Bough is a reference to the Aeneid, book VI, by the Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BC), where it is offered as a gift by Trojan hero Aeneas to Proserpina to enter the gate of the underworld. Aeneas' father Anchises describes the spirit inside every body Spurgeon, Sara L. (2011), Part 2, Chapter 5: Levels of Ellipsis in No Country for Old Men, p. 100, by Ellis, Jay.

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a b c d "5 Things You Should Know About The Making of 'No Country For Old Men' ". Indiewire.com. November 9, 2012 . Retrieved August 14, 2018. Philip Roth's 2001 short novel The Dying Animal takes its title from the third stanza, and is explicitly referenced in the text. [8] No Country for Old Men received recognition from numerous North American critics' associations ( New York Film Critics Circle, Toronto Film Critics Association, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Online, Chicago Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, Austin Film Critics Association, and San Diego Film Critics Society). [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] The American Film Institute listed it as an AFI Movie of the Year for 2007, and the Australian Film Critics Association and Houston Film Critics Society both voted it best film of 2007. [7]