Legendary Hollywood Director

The original director of No Country for Old Men is one of the few Hollywood geeks of the less mainstream western crime movies.

I say that they are strange because the best works of this type, such as Red Dead Redemption, Noon, and Unforgivable, generally follow the style of the protagonist who punishes evil and promotes good, tough Western cowboy style.

The characteristics of the films directed by the Coen brothers should be summarized as: logic and order.

In fact, it is not the matter of these two works that these two fight against orderly and followable movies. People have played this way since their debut.

In other words, the personal message of the Coen brothers is inexhaustible order.

In other words, they are old Western doctors who specialize in treating patients who have watched too many movies and think they can master them. In his movies, don’t believe in the protagonist’s halo, don’t believe in cowboy knights, and don’t believe in Sherlock Holmes.

The Coen brothers would always hold a gun to the audience's chest and shout aggressively: Whoever believes is an idiot.

Therefore, in their films, the behavior of the characters is always so unexpected, even if they die suddenly.

And No Country for Old Men is the culmination of the disorderly black philosophy of the Coen brothers, and the absurdity is full of private goods.

Along a highway in New Mexico.

Under the hillside, Moss, the hunter played by Josh Brolin, carefully hid behind the boulder, peeking at the two groups of people fighting not far away.

It was dark at this time, and he was about to go home when he stumbled upon this scene.

Gradually, there was no sound not far away.

Moss sneaked over and saw three bodies, and a black and thin guy lying in the cab of the off-road vehicle with serious gunshot wounds.

There was a delicate silver box next to the boy's feet. Under his unwilling gaze, Moss unhesitatingly opened the box to check.

As soon as I opened it, my heart was beating wildly.

But the box was full of Franklins, estimated to be no less than 2 million.

Moss closed the silver box, greed in his heart, and the idea of ​​taking it as his own instantly flooded his brain.

He is a veteran, his family has little property, and his wife suffers with him. In addition, he has retired from the battlefield for so many years, except for murder and marksmanship.

I rely on hunting for a living on weekdays, so how much money can I have left?

Moss thought in his heart that these people did not know why they were fighting, and let himself find out that it was a windfall from heaven, and there was nothing he dared to take.

As for this, Moss disguised the scene again, making it look more intense, shooting each other to death, and then switching the positions of several dead people, groping for a while, and groping from another person's arms. A piece of dog head gold the size of a palm is more certain to be ill-gotten gains in my heart, and I take it without any psychological condemnation.

Moss took the belongings, and suddenly saw that the black and thin guy was still alive. He picked up the shotgun and was about to make up for the knife, but he felt that even if he didn't die for a while, he couldn't survive in such a desolate place.

After struggling for a while, the sight of the black and thin guy trying to survive made people unable to bear to look at each other, and Moss strode away. In the expression, there is still a bit of hesitation.

cut.

In the feature film, this episode can be described as the turning point of the whole film, but at this time, the atmosphere of the scene shooting is still hot.

Because the scene is quite large and the lens space is also large, the various departments of the crew surround several actors in an orderly manner.

And because it was shot in a fixed and slide way, Lehmann did not check the composition of the shot at any time behind the director's monitor, but stood next to Thomas, the fixed number 1 camera, and watched Josh's first character intently. A performance that appeared on the camera, I couldn't help comparing it with the original.

Although this version of No Country For Old Men has changed the background, added a few branch lines and characters, and wants to express a lot of themes, but the shooting style is still in the same line, it is a relatively objective perspective of onlookers and forbearance, and the frontal close-ups of rare characters are rare. , most of them are large-space compositions and contain many details.

As for the actors, among a large group of powerful actors such as Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage, Daniel Day-Lewis, etc., Josh Brolin has no public reputation at all (has not played the role yet). Before Thanos), but this guy has a tough-guy-like military style, but it fits the image of a Vietnam War veteran like Morse, and his acting skills are not that important.

Watching him sweep the battlefield with a shotgun makes people subconsciously think he can do it.

With a dark bronze complexion, professional skills, always paying attention to the vigilance of the surrounding wind direction, and even suppressing his joy, Josh Brolin, who pursed his lips slightly, did not forget to clean up the traces on the scene, and forged clues about the direction of the incoming person. There is a feeling that this role is really staying on the right track.

You know, in No Country For Old Men, the role of Hunter Moss does not have to be the most impressive perverted killer An Dongxiao. It is with this background that it seems that both roles are well interpreted. If the impression of the character is low, or the actor's acting skills are insufficient, but it is not beautiful - the killer is chasing and killing, you come to me to show your magical skills and see the tricks, it is wonderful.

One-sided crushing is not enough for comparison.

After all, a murderer who represents maliciousness has an advantage in the setting, and it is easy to stand out. If the film history were to comment on a role like the top ten villain killers, Anton in No Country for Old Men would hardly be on the list. .

Whether it's the characteristic ugly mushroom haircut, or the stern but mocking smile that makes people choose, it's an impressive trait.

Ignoring all the rules of the world, facing the life and death of others, it is as ruthless as tearing a leaf, and it is not purely for the pleasure of killing, but has a very calm mind and strong fighting power, and will not give up until the goal is achieved.

And this kind of bully also needs to meet the opponent's Moss to set off the characters in order to make the characters stand completely.

As far as this mining village in the western United States is, it is a wild and loess boundary. What Lehman wants to say is that human life is like the grass on the side of the road in such a cruel environment, without any warmth.

The killing began and the killing ended. The only thing that remained unchanged was the desolation in the wild, and there was quite a sense of lawlessness. People felt so calm and even turned a deaf ear to all kinds of cruelty.

Therefore, the main characters of No Country for Old Men do not have a background board.

Back at the scene, after this scene was over, Josh also hurried back to the makeup workshop to take care of his image.

For such a role, Josh paid too much.

In order to play a Vietnam veteran with extraordinary skills and minds, Josh underwent high-intensity physical training for more than a month, and deliberately made his face rough and unshaven.

Not to mention going to the Firearms Association and constantly feeding live ammunition, just to get familiar with the feeling of touching a gun.

Fortunately, it was all worth it, and director Lyman also appreciated his behavior.

As an actor, it is always right to be dedicated.

If you don't take your role to heart, where will you get respect?

For such an opening scene, Josh and Lehman discussed the psychological changes and performance details of the character many times, so that it could be so smooth after the filming started.

10 minutes later, still the same scene.

However, the scene was so disrupted that after Moss went home and hid his belongings, he hesitated left and right, thinking in his heart that he wanted to save the black and skinny guy's life.

Under the comfort of the Bible, Moss took the gauze, water bottle and some food, but unexpectedly, there was a big hole in the head of the black and thin young man in the off-road vehicle who had just fought.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Moss hurried away.

Sure enough, another team of people hired by the mine owner arrived, and they were still in ambush beside them. When they saw someone running away, they immediately drove a car to chase Moss.

It turned out that the lucky one who picked up the bullion was planning to leave the mine and find a good buyer to exchange money before leaving.

But the buyer behind this is the big boss of the mine. If he doesn't do anything, he wants to get both personal and wealth, killing the lucky guy and throwing it into the abandoned mine.

But these men who acted as buyers were also tempted to smuggle their belongings and run away. For a while, the loot was uneven and their positions were unclear. There was an infighting on the road back, but the passerby Moss gained.

The mine owner was unable to wait for his subordinates to return, and he knew that something must have happened, so he sent another team.

But I don't want this team to arrive at the murder scene, the property has long been taken away, and in anger, kill the black and thin guy and wait aside...

Morse, who happened to have an uneasy conscience on the other side, and a bit of principle, returned to the scene.

Under the pursuit, Moss was shot in the shoulder and jumped into the river to hide his tracks...