No Country For Old Men (4/5)

Posted on 4 Apr 2009

There is no score for this film, which makes me wonder if music is used as a crutch more often than not–a cheap and quick way to make a scene emotionally deep or haunting. As a musician I certainly prefer to have the visual experience augmented by sounds and chords, but when filmmakers can draw me in without it I am certainly impressed. The Coen Brothers make filmmaking look easy–as nearly all other directors prove, it certainly is not.

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1 Reply to "No Country For Old Men (4/5)"

• Chad

  11 Apr 2009 (15:51)

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  5 stars. I could start but… the book is actually lesser than the film. Coen Brothers go from being really wonky for awhile to one for the ages.

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