No Country for Old Men

No Country For Old Men (Movie)
Emphasis and minimize
In the movie Characters that are minimized from the book include : Bells wife, Loretta. There is that girl Lewellyn Moss found. Bell’s deputies, and the bounty hunter sent to kill Chigurh. Even Bell himself was minimized (he only had a speech in the beginning and end of the movie).
Chigurh and Moss were the characters emphasized. The two took up most of the frames and scenes in the movie. For some reason or another, the two were never shown to be in the same room as each other. Not once did the movie ever show the two face to face.
Narration
The movie, like in the book, has instances of POV by Bell. However, unlike the novel (which has a numerous instances where Bell is the narrator), the movie mainly has an omniscient narration.
Images
The only reoccurring images in the movie include a wounded man and a handful of blood stained hundred dollar bills. The men who were wounded the most were Moss and Chigurh. The movie showed Moss’ buckshot wound, and the stomach wound he gained from being shot at. The most gruesome wound was the one Chigurh had. He was shot through the leg, and as he soaked himself in the bath, you could see right throw the bullet wound. Then there is the blood stained dollars. In many parts of the movie, both Chigurh and Moss alike, use money to get out of sticky situations. As once Moss used his blood stained money to get into a hospital, to take a man’s car, and Chigurh used his money to buy a shirt for a sling for his arm.
Shot
One shot that caught my attention was the shot in which Chigurh was soaking his leg in a bath. It was an over the head shot because we saw the ceilings perspective of him soaking his leg, it can also be considered a long shot. The shot should Chigurh’s entire body, and framed him and the tub.
Music
I hardly noticed the music of the movie, most likely because it just blended in well.

In the End

Summary
Earlier, during Moss’ funeral arrangements, Chigurh met Carla-Jean. The two have a brief discussion, and Carla-Jean (on sight of him), knew Chigurh was a mad man. She told Chigurh “you don’t have to do this,” but he replied with no remorse. In the end, he shot her point blank in the face. After leaving the funeral home, Chigurh has his car rammed by a truck. In the street, the two cars are on fire, and Chigurh badly injured his arm. Two boys happened to walk by the wreckage; Chigurh immediately asked them how much one of their shirts cost. The two were puzzled, but Chigurh again asked the question, pulling out a wad of cash from his pocket. The two parties agreed on a cost, and Chigurh used one of the shirts as a sling.
Bell comes over to his uncle’s house (he is a ww2 war veteran). The two have a conversation. The conversation first starts off with how Bell and the Old man are doing. During their talk, they speak of long dead family members. The Old man first mentions his mother, who caused suicide because of his brother’s death during he war. Then he speaks of his father, who was killed in a home invasion, and bravely tried to shoot the invaders with his shotgun even as he was shot in the chest. Then man mentioned his comrades during the war and how he left them behind, even though he had the ability to do so. Bell would be called by the department and here about two boys who found a gun. Coincidently the boys were the two boys who met Chigurh and exchanged a shirt for some money. Bell knew the man was Chigurh and quickly interrogated the only boy left. Bell cut him loose when he realized the boy didn’t have much information. Bell would never find Chigurh. He went to Moss’ family home and spoke with his parents, learning about Moss’ new attitude after the Vietnam War. Bell later went back home, and spoke with his wife; he left a courthouse wife the bowed head of men meeting him. In the final words of the book, and Bell, Bell had a dream. The dream included his father, riding a horse, and holding a rod of flames.

Quote
“And in the dream I knew that he was goin ahead and that he was fixin to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there for me(McCarthy 309).”
Reaction
The story ends the way it started: Bell speaking his mind. The first thing eh said was him being Sheriff, and now he is talking about the end of his career and life. His dream also ends with a disturbing fact: the evil Bell has been chasing and trying to control has not been captured. Bell was a Sheriff because the world needed a lawman, like his father, and grandfather before him. So in his own way, Bell is saying this is endless, if at his fathers time they needed law and so at his time, what does that mean for the future? The future will be the same; another lawman will take Bell’s place, then on and on.

Motel shoot out, Murderers, and Mexican Mobsters

Summary: As Moss looks ahead, a man enters the motel. He walks into a room and shoots a man in there. Moss cathes the man, and puts his gun at him. The man did not breathe a word, after Moss nervously asked him questions. Once Moss was outside, a man, who I believed to be Chigurh, opened fire at Moss. Moss, yet a gain, was shot in the arm. He limped away, but before he was gone he took a shot at the man above the motel. Moss ran into the city, finally meeting a Mexican man, who with some persuasion from money took Moss to the hospital. At the hospital, Moss woke up to a man by the name of Carson Wells. It seems Wells is in the same business as Chigurh, and Wells considers Chigurh the ultimate badass. Moss declared he will not get killed by that man, but Wells scares him by stating Chigurh will be after his wife. Meanwhile, Chigurh, is driving around looking for a vet’s office, he is looking for medical equipment for his leg. Churgh gets the medical equipment, and begans to recuperate in a cheap motel. After a few days of lying low, the main characters take action. Moss calls his wife, Chigurh kills Wells, and Sheriff Bell speaks to Carla-Jean. Moss would take a bigger step, and got out of the Mexican hospital he was in. He is first caught up with border police, but the man who was interrogating him let Moss go. I believe it had something to do with his wife, as the man said “whatever you did, tell her sorry, even if it’s your fault.” Moss, yet again, met a man who did not ask him any questions and tried to help him out, even though Moss was in a blood drenched overcoat and hospital wear. Moss would later meet a girl (who happened to be 15) and both of them have a brief adventure. Moss’ adventure would sadly end with his death when he is caught up by Chigurh

Quote
“I knowed you were a smart ass the moment I saw you settin’ there (McCarthy 260) ” and “I knowed you were crazy the moment I saw you settin’ there (McCarthy 140).”

Reaction
I think it is important to see the parallels between Carla-Jean and the girl Moss met. The two both met Moss when they were around 15 or 16. The two have a casual looking relationship; jokes from Moss and Carla-Jean or the girl wondering if he’s speaking truths. There is also a definite fondness between the two relationships. My reaction to the two quotes is that they symbolized the beginning and end of Moss’ life. Moss’ life truly began when he met Carla-Jean, the love of his life, and it ended when he met the girl after Chigurh easily tracked Moss down. Carla-Jean's quote intensifies this symbolism as she sais this at Moss' funeral.