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UNITED STATES · 2007
No Country for Old Men
greed and corruption
moral ambiguity
violence and consequences
cat and mouse pursuit
fate vs free will
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Synopsis
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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Anton Chigurh is Kurosawa's samurai without a code — pure violence untethered from honor. The Coen Brothers have cited Kurosawa throughout their career, and No Country for Old Men shares his understanding that evil operates by its own internal logic. Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï — a French crime film about a professional killer of absolute precision — is the closer ancestor for Chigurh's frightening calm. Le Samouraï is on Criterion Channel and is one of the coolest films ever made.
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