The Coen’s ‘No Country for Old Men’
‘No Country for Old Men’ is a screen adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel by the Coen Brothers. Personally I think the Coens have been off track for a while, ‘The Lady Killers’ was really disapointing, and ‘Intolerable Cruelty’ was sub-par. I’ve been hoping they would return to the darker material they’ve touched on with films like ‘Blood Simple’ and ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’. Although the outline of the plot of ‘No Country For Old Men’ sounds similar to ‘Fargo’ it’s actually much darker:
Set in West Texas in 1980, the story is about a young Vietnam vet who stumbles over the remnants of a drug deal gone bad. He’s hunted by two extremely vicious assassins who want the money back.
As has become standard with newer Coen films, there’s a nice array of talent on offer: Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson are cast in lead roles, with Javier Bardem, Kelly McDonald and James Brolin helping them out as supporting cast. The film has wrapped and is currently in pre-production with rumours it will premier at this years Cannes film festival.
A good place to keep you eye on for new news is Coen-Alumni Carter Burwell’s site; so far he’s posted 2 images (including the one above) and 2 clips from his score for the film…
Check out Carter Burwell’s NCFOM page here
His beautiful pieces from the score (in Mp3 format) are here:
[...] the 4 photos, but an official set of stills none the less. I’ve talked a bit about the film already and it’s definitely something that’s on my radar. Hopefully [...]