NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SUMMARY
In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.
MISE-EN-SCENE
TASK
What Objects/Visuals are consistant throughout the film. Make a list of five repeated images within the mise-en-scene.
Pick one of the Objects/Visuals, and create a Mind Map with you Object/Visual in the middle.Think about what your chosen thing represents? Apply Stuart Halls theory to explore in depth. Repeat with the rest of your selected Objects/Visuals.
Now you have explored the representations of your chose objects, link the repersentations to 'No Country fo Old Men'. What does this Mise-en-scene tell us about the narrative? What do you expect to see?
KEY SCENES
KEY SCENE ANAYLSIS:
Anaylse the scenes below, focusing on all the elements present that create suspense. Look out for: Stuart Hall's Represenation; Katz and Blumler Specatorship; and Laura Mulvey Feminism Theory.
To collect your notes use one of the following methods: Mind Map, or Annotated screen shots.
COIN TOSS
STATE OF THE WORLD