No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Menstar Josh Brolin talk about the divisive reaction to the film ’s ending . In the Academy Award - bring home the bacon motion-picture show , Brolin wager Llewelyn Moss , who get wind a substantial amount of cash in the desert after a drug deal go wrong and is quest for by a ruthless torpedo , Anton Chigurh ( Javier Bardem ) . Instead of the expected showdown between these two character , No Country for Old Menendswith Moss being down offscreen , Chigurgh father by , and hit the sack Sheriff Ed Tom Bell ( Tommy Lee Jones ) sharing two dreams he had .

Well , the absolute majority of the message that you see has no innards whatsoever . You ’re not take in , you ’re not manipulated , it ’s not interactive , you do n’t sense a part of it , you ’re not cringing , you ’re not guffawing . So you go , “ Why is there so much content out there and yet , if you seek to do something differently , you have an algorithm of hoi polloi that are in care of these algorithmic program that say , no , no , no , no , no ? ” You think hoi polloi want that , but they do n’t . They need to be surprised . No Country For Old Men is a great example .

The end of No Country is n’t perfectly tie in a Hollywood fore . It was true to the Holy Scripture . I got draw over by a pig once and he conk out , “ Hey , are n’t you the guy from that movie ? I hat that ending . ” I ’ve heard it so many times . And I go , “ How many times did you see it ? ” And he said , “ Three . ” And that ’s the thing — they call back they detest it , but their spirit is go , “ Yes , yes , yes . ” I know it ’s become a cliche , but the Sam Beckett quote , “ Ever try . Ever failed . No matter . Try again . Fail again . Fail better . "

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Ambiguous Endings Stand The Test Of Time

No Country For Old Men’s Ending Put It In An Elite Class Of Films

No Country for Old Menwon four Academy Awards , including Best Picture .

Long beforeNo Country for Old MenorInception,2001 : A Space Odysseywas another film that captured the imagination with an ambiguous endingas Dr. David Bowman ( Keir Dullea ) transform into a giant fetus swim above Earth.2001is considered a science - fiction classic and one of Stanley Kubrick ’s all - time greatest films . As thwarting as the endings for all three of these film can be , they make their various conclusions more memorable and stick with viewers years later .

No Country for Old Menstands the test of meter , largely because of the questions it leaves for the viewers .

Josh Brolin with a gun in No Country for Old Men

The lack of closure and denotative explanation for certain details worked wellfor thecharacters inNo Country for Old Men , Inception , and2001 . While it can be satisfying to see a narrative neatly resolve all escaped end and explicitly answer all questions , this approach can also make a story forgettable and experience less worthwhile to revisit . No Country for Old Menstands the test of time , for the most part because of the question it leaves for the viewers .

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No Country for Old Men