No Country for Old Men

Question 1

What is this film really about?

Answer 1

the darkness in man, the descent of

society, and how we are helpless to prevent our own downfall.

Question 2

Coen Brothers create their own world

Answer 2

they have put us in a world that is completely their own.
We have no way of predicting what will happen next or how the movie will end because we
have never set foot in a world quite like this one.

Question 3

Important moments in the movie

Answer 3

In the Coens’ refusal to show certain events we consider essential, we realize the true essence
of the movie.

Question 4

Opening speech about

Answer 4

He describes a teenage

killer he once sent to the chair. The boy had killed his 14-year-old girlfriend.

Question 5

Catch about the speech

Answer 5

“he tolt me there weren’t nothin’ passionate about it.
Said he’d been fixin’ to kill someone for as long as he could remember. Said if I let him
out of there, he’d kill somebody again. Said he was goin’ to hell. Reckoned he’d be there
in about 15 minutes. “

Question 6

how does film regard antagonist

Answer 6

regards a completely evil man with wonderment, as if

astonished that such a merciless creature could exist.