No+Country+for+Old+Men

Class Notes 10/22 (recorded by Kevin Jochman):


 * Does not portray violence/pain realistically, or at least as realistically as some other movies/TV shows (Children of Men, Breaking Bad)
 * Three main characters meet up, but none of them really interact, which some people don’t really like
 * Ending is very unexpected
 * o Main character gets killed of screen
 * o Bad guy gets away
 * o Sheriff does not catch him
 * Silence in the movie adds to suspense


 * Possibilities of motel room scene (what most likely happened)
 * o Chigurh is in another room (possibly in 112, but not likely)
 * o Behind a door
 * o In the vents
 * o In the same room, in the shadows
 * o In the room at a different time
 * o Went out the window
 * o Maybe the sheriff was imagining him being there?
 * o Ghost?


 * Money is used a lot as a kind of symbol, with the coin flips and how Chigurh opens the vents with a dime, also the kid who gets money for his shirt


 * Convenience store scene
 * o One of the most memorable scenes in the movie
 * o Probably because the man lives
 * o Chigurh gets angry when the man mentions license plate, seeing the man as a possible threat
 * o One thing that makes this scene fun is the fact that the man is so unsure of what to say and doesn’t know what will set him off
 * o Also just fun to see someone mess with someone else

Class Notes 10/24 (recorded by Joe Schrader):

What is the movie arguing? It is getting worse. Examples are sugars actions, conversation the sheriff has with the other sheriff, article we read about how abortion and her own life will be legal. “catman” argues that it has always benn tough or bad Worse- bad outnumbers good powers, have to lock everything,crime by younger people, crime rate up, teachnology(less privacy, bomb waking, lil kids searching), less face to face contact, creating more bad than good, drug use, crime mre violent, war?, obesity, more leisure?, need for money, less religion, movies more graphic, socially acceptable, whats acceptable Good- medicine, problems, life expectancy, education, philanthropy, equality, environment