Bill Hader on No Country for Old Men (Part 1)

[@seanstinchfield-mp2xm]

It’s like real life, the bad guys walk away, old age comes with lamentation and we all die off screen.

[@billthomas2652]

"and we all die off screen." Wow. I don't know what to do now.

[@lukeloseth]

Oh dont worry, you will very much be present at your death

[@MrJackWorse]

This is such a killer quote! If I was younger I'd get that tattooed. Well done, sir!

[@ShootMeMovieReviews]

This is what Peter Sellers would have called 'a purty poem'.

[@thegovernment0usa]

"Offscreen" got me in the gut. Excellent phrasing. By the time we die, people have been trying not to think about us for years if we're lucky enough to die old; or suffer enough to pick our time ourselves. In both cases, our people distance themselves from our suffering and decline so they're not sucked into it. A drowning person might grab your head and pull you under with them and suffering is the same way. Otherwise, we die suddenly and unexpectedly out in the world, and our people hear about it from a phone call or chatter at work.

[@SgtPowell]

I could listen to Hader talk about the Coen Bros all day.

[@productdesign9626]

You just know he's going to be one of the most important filmmakers of his generation

[@Flowering_Glume]

PFFFT, seriously! Listening to like the funniest and animated actor in the world since Christopher Walken who turns out to also be the raddest and surprisingly phenomenal director talk about other badass directors about one of the most badass movies ever is all like exponentially badass! High Five!

[@KennethHabeck-yg7ln]

I liked hearing him talk about movies like Taxi Driver on Conan O’Brien’s podcast. Hader has a knack for noticing what makes a movie scene work.

[@Flowering_Glume]

@@KennethHabeck-yg7ln I like to think he is the small bit of hope there is for a future in TV or Movies. We are right at the precipice of losing all our greats. It's already begun. I see us losing Eastwood, Walken, Nicholson, DeNiro, Pacino, Scorcese, Lynch, Keitel, etc and then who's left? We will have some fine actors left for a while and I can only hope they direct, otherwise it will just be Michael Bays (Bay ? Not sure, never knowingly watch his films). I guess we double up on liking Wes Anderson., then, since Tarantino retired. I don't buy that for an Abel Fererra New York Minute, thank God!

[@ryandornan8698]

seriously. He's brilliant

[@NoYoutubeHndlPlz]

When I saw this movie in the theater, a woman in front of me had a meltdown during the credits about how “the main character died, they didn’t catch the bad guy, etc” basically everything great and meaningful about the movie.

[@officegossip]

Lol her worldview was shattered. She got a taste of what real art was for 90 minutes.

[@karadan100]

That's the beauty of film - there's a movie for everyone.

[@BlancoSuave]

She went to a picture show for escapism, but she was served a hot plate of cold reality instead. Teenage-Me was disappointed, every single rewatch since then has only made the movie better.

[@HenryWeems-kr9wr]

I was hoping Woody Harrelson would put up a better fight...😃

[@greyfells2829]

​@@HenryWeems-kr9wr that's the thing, badasses die quickly in the real world too. There's always someone more dangerous.

[@humboldtharry1289]

Bill Hader is right, the old man in the gas station coin toss scene was so believable. Just a perfect performance

[@connordebruler3264]

Cormac McCarthy came up with the car explosion scene for Chigurh after watching the cheapo horror film Hallow Gate in a motel in Las Vegas, New Mexico, the same hotel where the shootout scene was filmed by the Coen Bros in the movie adaptation. That same motel was used by John Carpenter during the filming of Vampires in the 90s.

[@mayorofbagtown9097]

Neat!

[@jimbozium]

Good stuff. Always love any extra trivia.

[@deo44x]

dope thanks

[@gasjet2000]

Is the movie called "Hallow Gate" or Hollow Gate? What year is it from?

[@connordebruler3264]

@@gasjet2000 Hollow Gate (1998)

[@Regdor]

Bill Hader's movie IQ is truly awe inspiring.

[@Flowering_Glume]

Bill Haders everything is everything inspiring. Isn't he something else?

[@MrOtistetrax]

One of the few movies I would describe as being utterly perfect. Flawless from start to finish.

[@QED_]

We all agree it's good. But have you read the book (?) The character and sub-plot that I most admire in the book . . . is entirely missing in the movie. So it's just _possible_ that the movie could even have been better. That may contradict what you've said. I'm not sure . . .

[@gootubesucks9390]

this movie was so bad it gave me AIDS you have trash taste ghosts of mars is better than this swill

[@gootubesucks9390]

this movie was so bad it gave me AIDS . trash taste. ghosts of mars is better than this swill lol

[@gootubesucks9390]

One of the few movies I would describe as being utterly worthless lol ghosts of mars was better lololol

[@MrOtistetrax]

@Cool. That’s a valuable opinion, I guess.

[@the7percentsolution]

I could listen to Bill Hader talk about movies every single day. I love how great he is as an actor (he cracks me up in so many of his roles) and that he also REALLY knows about film. It's always incredibly refreshing to know when an actor isn't just an actor but also a fan like the rest of us.

[@dadcooks1347]

The audiobook for this is so cool, adds another layer of character development to the story. The guy who voices it is epic

[@rhettwilliams9877]

I watched the movie. Several years went by. I read the book. Several more years went by. Then I listened to the audiobook. All are so great in their own respects.

[@BigChutes]

I enjoyed how Hader dominates this interview. He continues on with his thoughts right through the little verbal interruptions so common from interviewers.

[@ProfessorBoswell]

One thing I think is important and really a credit to the Coens---in the book Carla Jean calls the coin flip. This works in the book, but in the movie her decision not to is an amazing, strong, pivotal moment, and helps pull the themes together. It was a really smart thing to change, and not one that most people would have thought of. They took a near perfect book and made somehow made a near perfect film, and it's very different and very similar all at the same time. It's staggering.

[@dantallman5345]

Now I gotta read the book!

[@cynthianaslim]

Kinda how I feel about their take on True Grit.

[@QED_]

The book and the movie are each at a high level . . . but the plots are somewhat different. For example, the character and sub-plot that I most admire in the book . . . is entirely missing in the movie.

[@Flowering_Glume]

I think it's important too. Coens make wise decisions as far as the eye can see. I have a friend who can't stand them. I wonder what the polite way to get out of the frienship is. Coens > Most shit

[@samwallaceart288]

That's my favorite scene in the movie. After all this shit, it's the little Christian housewife that rattles Chigur.

[@BiteSized_]

The moment in the desert when the lights turn on is about the scariest moment in any movie I’ve ever seen. It makes the hair on your neck stand still

[@reservoirdude92]

If his directorial work on Barry is any indication, Billy is gonna be a hell of a filmmaker ❤

[@esanch29]

It's asking alot but I hope he keeps acting too. He's the best impressionist in the world!

[@vingasoline5068]

I still can’t believe he directed all of Season 4, he did such an amazing job when’s his damn horror movie coming out damn it???

[@heli0s2003]

He's got the mojo, the talent, and the magic eye. The trifecta of brilliancenessly

[@Flowering_Glume]

OH and it is too, is it not? Dood! The Ronny/Lilly Episode MIC DROP~! Tarantino should bow down to that shit. 'Barry ' is the finest, most underrated piece of television since Breaking Bad, or even Twin Peaks, as far as I'm concerned (Psycho fanatic for both, so I don't say that lightly).

[@heli0s2003]

@@Flowering_Glume I need to watch Barry again, right now

[@wallacehoward2792]

Oh, man. Everytime I think about this movie, I want to see it again. And everytime I see it, I find/appreciate new details. Such a brilliant film. Oh, and I enjoy listening to Bill Hader talk about movies. He's a funny, insightful guy that doesn't waste time on pretensions.

[@K_H_0621]

One of the greatest movies ever made. Such a fantastic movie.

[@MrJackal43]

The black marks on the linoleum floor showing the man’s struggle for his life is just… great cinematography. Crazy.

[@auguststafford]

nice. Bill Hader is a pretty thoughtful film critic. would love for him to host his own podcast.

[@nickhorn8296]

sounds like he has much bigger aspirations. Cant wait to see him direct some films!

[@raleighsmalls4653]

Bill is a huge cinephile. He needs to courage up and direct. He's high stress so maybe he can't do it.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Louis CK is an exceptional film critic too

[@pacfdaworld]

@@bigpictureguys8415yeah but he’s a prev and is a jerk to fans I heard

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

​@pacfdaworld Not only a jerk to fans but also jerks in front of unsuspecting women too

[@NoirFan84]

The "call it" scene is up there with the greatest ever film scenes. Subtly menacing & ingenious.

[@christofferjenzen78]

Yeah,it sums up Antons philosophy perfectly while making you scared for this old man you just met. The suffocating intensity is so palpable.

[@flamethrower40]

Go look up Kevin James "sound guy" for that scene. It's great.

[@CAP416]

‘Subtly menacing’ is what Bardem really nailed in this role. He was like the Terminator with a creepy smile and a bowl cut.

[@samwallaceart288]

My favorite thing is how Chigur is a split-second away from murderous rage OR childish pettiness. "Will there be anything else?" _"I don't know, WILL THERE? . . . . . . . . ."_ is simultaneously cutting the tension with some sass AND a genuine death threat

[@christofferjenzen78]

@@samwallaceart288 Well said. And the cherry on top for me is how this deranged serial killer who doesn't really even attempt to be part of the world and isnt fazed by anything,he only speaks slaughter and coin yet he shows a bit of interest in the clerk,attempting a bit not to come off as so incongrous.... And fails two seconds later, gets shook to his core so deeply he almost chokes to death on a peanut,the very concept of the old man being the woman and marrying into it was when he truly was done with humanity forever.

[@djstarsign]

Editing out everything except for the occasional Chris Ryan punctuating Hader’s commentary with “yeah” just hits pretty perfectly.

[@JiMuKai]

Don’t forget the chuckles lol

[@analogpowered]

Yeah! 😆😆😁😁😀😃😃😄

[@marshmellow3110]

Two of the best movies ever filmed in the same town at the same time. Pretty incredible.

[@markfrascinella8707]

Haha I was thinking about if DDL would’ve made No county better if he was in it and then this fact popped up. Maybe he did by walking on the same ground 😂

[@pjamdragon1]

Sgt. Pepper’s & The Piper At the Gates of Dawn happened at Abbey Road at the same time

[@DoogleLawless]

Between the inspiration from No Country For Old Men, and the Cronenberg films he's talked about before, it's no wonder that Barry turned out as wonderful as it did. Hader's take on action and violence was definitely his own, but he still managed to frame it with a level of absurdity and cinematic flair that is remniscent of these huge directors. I'm so excited to see what Hader does next. He's one of the most engaging minds in TV and film.

[@daver1975]

Agreed, Barry was absolutely fantastic.

[@calvatronic]

One of the best movies ever

[@miked1869]

It's hard to pick a favourite scene from this terrific movie, but I really love the one towards the end when Ed Tom visits cousin Ellis. Ellis sums up one of the main messages of the story, and why Llewelyn doesn't die a hero's death on-screen: "You can't stop what's coming. It ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity."

[@Mrtz1992]

The film is incredibly deep and straightforward at the same time. So many lessons about life

[@davidgilbert5048]

"not in the sense that you mean" is the funniest line in the movie

[@jackflash8218]

I try to use that line whenever I can. Also, "You should just accept your situation... there would be more dignity in it."

[@Saberlus]

I loved the fact that the characters didn't seem to know everything that was happening, and it was like they were experiencing it for the first time as well, not like they have done it all before like most action flicks. this story was about humans and life, and violence not any one of the characters.

[@tdward23]

Not knocking your comment. The movie is GREAT because of all the things you listed. Good eye! This movie is rare.

[@BOKtober]

My favourite film ever, absolute masterpiece. I love the almost complete lack of music score and there’s actually a lot of comedic moments throughout

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

Fucking awesome that they had Bill Hader on the Rewatchables, one of the best movie podcasts imo, they always have some great discussions about film on there, No Country is one of the most lauded movies and Bill still finds a new way of explaining how good it is and why.

[@masterofallgoons]

I fell off with the rewatchables. I feel like those discussions generally really shallow and surface level, and they stick to their silly categories and segments in lieu of really discussion. It's really only worth listening to when there's a good guest like Bill Hader.

[@sinnombre5466]

It made sense because Bill did a Voice Cameo

[@abdalhadifitouri131]

​@@masterofallgoonsthe pulp fiction episode was great

[@masterofallgoons]

@@abdalhadifitouri131 - good to know. I've got them downloaded but haven't listened.

[@LoveAndService]

Such a classic, one of my top favorites. Crazy that this and "There Will Be Blood" came out the same year and were shot near each other at the same time. What a year, and how far Hollywood has fallen since then!

[@WalterBurton]

It's all about giving that final scene the incomparable weight of the mundane. The mass of the mundane is the only thing that can hold up the true profundity of that very last scene, so it had to be rendered exquisitely. That's the strength of the book, faithfully brought to the screen.

[@FMCTJR56]

Nietzsche -the unbearable lightness of being

[@jackflash8218]

Only when we sit in silence and stillness, can we gain even a sliver of comprehension about the enormity and longevity of our existence. A masterwork depiction of the human experience.

[@montecristo1845]

I’ll admit I didn’t get this film upon first viewing. My mistake was confusing Plot A with Plot B. I thought the main plot was the hit man being hired to retrieve the money. But that’s merely incidental. The story is about a sheriff who is seeing his world and understanding come crashing down around him because it’s 1980 just before the drug trade between Mexico and the United States really takes off. He doesn’t yet know how corrupt things will get after he retires, but he can only do his best while he can.

[@wormskull2454]

This is like watching interviews of my favorite bands talking about how they love my other favorite bands. It’s validating & weird. This channel fucking rules!

[@birdorienteering]

Is this channel original material or is it reposting of other people's stuff? Seriously wondering

[@myel8531]

​@@birdorienteering It's clips from various podcasts, that as far as I can tell the creator is not affiliated with. To their credit, they do a good job editing in footage from the movies, and always link the source they got the clip from in the description. I don't know how I feel about that $1 Patreon they're putting some videos behind though...

[@nedcassley5169]

No one is better than the Coens at scenes involving a main character and a "civilian" performing his job by his usual script without knowing what we viewers know about the character and his situation. Jones, Brolin, and Bardem do scene after scene with actors whose names are known to almost none of us. "Burn After Reading" and "Fargo" are filled with those scenes, and they are delightful.

[@jodythomas4324]

I absolutely love No Country for Old Men, I think it’s not only the Coen Bros best work and met personal favorite of theirs, either No Country of Fargo depends on what day you ask me lol and O Brother but mainly I would say No Country, either way it’s not only their best work, it’s also I feel one of the greatest, easily top 10 best films of the 21st century so far. It’s also either the first or second best film of what I personally consider to be the best year for films in the 21st century and that’s 2007. That being said, the only true I guess you could say “big” thing that bothered me was Llewelyn, upon coming across all that money and finally gets in his truck and back to his house, doesn’t take the time to empty it out to make sure there’s nothing else in there, like a tracker or some kind of explosive. I mean put yourself in his shoes, he’s simple not stupid, he clearly knows he just stole money from some kind of Mexican drug operation, it was a shootout he found the drugs and the money, keeps the money, if you’re gonna go through with it, you can tell from the shooting these are serious people you’re stealing from, you better make damn sure they can’t find you and with him being a Vietnam veteran on top of being a skilled hunter out in the deserts of West Texas, you would think he would have more a survivalist mindset and make sure they can’t trace it back to me. Hell, I’d get me and my wife out of there that very night, never too return and hire someone to come get her mom in a day or two. I’d also dump the money into my own bag or bags and would throw out that black bag it was originally in on the far side of town or some shit. But ya that’s the only thing that bugs me about an otherwise near perfect film.

[@shikawgoh]

A perfect pairing of one of the best contemporary American writers in Cormac McCarthy, and some of the best contemporary filmmakers in the Coen Brothers. Easily a top 10 favorite film for me. And anyone who enjoys the film should most definitely read the book as well.

[@killbot_factory]

one of the greatest films of the 21st century so far. Thrilling, poignant, contemplative and heart breaking.

[@mr.martyr8573]

One of my favorite writers, director, and actor talking about one of my all time favorite films. Fuck yea.

[@syurjevic]

Excellent rundown of a great movie based on an awesome book that spawned off an incredible show!

[@millea8]

The biggest thing for me about this movie is that I don’t even remember a lot of it…but I remember the feelings it gave me during and after I watched it and it was wild! So so good

[@spawklebawkle9037]

Greatest part of this movie is tommy lee's expression, when he takes off his hat when Carla jean arrives at lewellyn's murder scene.you cannot teach that . Amazing!

[@adamjenkins190]

That movie is incredible

[@Tyeskee]

Great year for movies.❤

[@Stikkelsbær]

Easily one of my favourite movies.

[@MrStrangeSensation]

Didn't realize the connection between this and There Will Be Blood. Two of my favorite movies with 2 of the best "bleak" endings of all time.

[@christopherpaul7588]

Javier Bardem is one of my favorite actors. He was brilliant in this!

[@chaos4316]

Javier was so believable as such a ruthless and fixated psychopath. This movie is definitely in my top 3 all time favourites.

[@roncinephile]

damn, editing on this sucker is top notch.

[@NAILL1982]

One of my favroite films and great job talking about it

[@robg8758]

Bill Hader is a cinema national treasure

[@linkfloyd4908]

Bardem IMO plays TWO of the greatest villains of all time with Anton and Silva. What an actor, good lord.

[@sbwification2]

It's one of the most perfect movies ever made.

[@traviscoates6878]

No Country & The Departed are my two favorite movies. And they came out two years apart

[@joshmaxwell7968]

Nicholson knew DiCaprio was a rat the whole time.

[@SerenityNoww]

They'd be my two favourite films if I had masochistic tendencies. As it was, I found them both similarly frustrating.

[@PoppieLand]

@@joshmaxwell7968 i dunno, cause frank was helping the FBI not the police

[@billybobtexas]

My friends and I basically have had a years long discussion about this films that fires up every once in a while. Its just pinnical film making. That moment in Barry, first episode I think. He tells the guys to put their guns down its quiet in the street. Thsts very No Country. Bravo. Now I have to watch it all over again to see the nods in the film making. So good.

[@hydro3672]

i think understanding the legends of the written world is the biggest way you can emphesize detail in your work the coen brothers understood this when they made this movie

[@peterjonas4971]

I keep loving Bill Hader more.

[@DonJaKobe]

I think he’s right about the futility part. But the most important part of the whole story is Sheriff Bell’s monologue at the end. You must try to carry the light through the hopeless darkness.

[@spencerkindra8822]

This was the first episode of the Rewatchables I ever listened to. Which was good because it's Bill was great on it, I thought Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan were really entertaining and informative about the movie so I was hooked pretty much instantly. It's one of their episodes I listen to again every once in a while.

[@mecaback]

Great interview! Great insight on the flick! 👊

[@PedroPetracco]

ok I'm gonna need a series out of this

[@54blewis]

I watched “No Country for Old Men” along with “Hell and High Water”together one night and was taken aback by how (arguably to a degree)similar both films are,with the world weary older lawman who sees the world around him changing and his difficulty keeping up with it , the Southwest and its own moral code,culture and sense of justice, and probably more importantly the lives of everyday people caught up in unforeseen circumstances that have led to them making decisions they would otherwise not have made…fantastic films

[@zmo1ndone502]

1 of the greatest movies ever made

[@ronincomix]

Just rewatched, loved it !!

[@bikeyclown4669]

A classic McCarthy story in his Southern Gothic style. It's one of my favorites as is the movie. I agree with Hader in that the scene in the convenience store is one of the greatest scenes in movie history. It was exceptionally close to the description in the book too. The Judge in Blood Meridian is similar, if not scarier, than the villan in No Country for Old Men.

[@deanwalker7216]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Fargo as well.

[@Wrencher_86]

6:44 "It's just two shots and that's all you gotta do." Yeah, just two shots and some of the best dialog ever written. It's that simple. 😆😆

[@mrsalmon1984]

I could listen to Bill Hader forever

[@go2damoon555]

I just read the book because I was such a fan of the movie. The coens did such a good job adapting it.

[@QED_]

The character and sub-plot that I most admire in the book . . . is entirely missing in the movie.

[@go2damoon555]

@@QED_ are you talking about the hitchhiker girl? Such a good part of the story

[@QED_]

@@go2damoon555 Yes, exactly . . .

[@go2damoon555]

@@QED_ maybe it’s just cause I saw the movie before I read the book. But I like that that part is unique to the text only. I think they kinda compensated for that in the movie with a lady at the motel pool if I’m remembering right. I love how that part shows that Llewelyn is actually a good dude in the book. Probably the best written passage in the book also.

[@QED_]

@@go2damoon555 Props. You got both points exactly right: this sub-plot gives us crucial insight into Lleweyln . . . and the writing in it is brilliant. I'd maybe have a chance of writing big chunks of the rest of the novel myself . . . but not this sub-plot.

[@Flowering_Glume]

Good to know. I did not know this. TOTALLY makes all the sense in the world.

[@robstearns7080]

Kelly MacDonald was excellent in this and she's SO beautiful

[@user-nj4bz9dn9h]

whomever cast Javier Bardem, was a genius. I am not sure anyone could capture that role of Chigurh like him.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

It’s a good talking picture.

[@AlexJEdits]

Nice overview he gave It’s a personal favorite of mine as well It’s masterful filmmaking and yes whenever you see Chigurh you know something bad is gonna take place

[@bigrain2503]

Bill Hader is brilliant

[@sd5458]

I loved this! After Keanu and John Wick, After Dolly Parton, there will be Bill Hader as America's treasure! What a fantastic analysis. Of the other two could tone it down just a little it would have been perfect.

[@joelcarlson1091]

I want to hear Bill talk about the films "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" and "Killing Them Softly". Both based on novels by George V. Higgins.

[@elnegro1238]

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is so good I bought the Blu-ray twice. Love it.

[@kylef2937]

Killing Them Softly was not good, it stinks.

[@officegossip]

@@kylef2937I was severely disappointed in that movie. I bought it on release date and never felt so disappointed lol

[@terencegarcia4193]

This movie was mostly filmed in my hometown of Las Vegas New Mexico. I know the movie takes place in Texas, but it was mostly filmed in New Mexico. Wonderful film.

[@RTPTechTips]

Really an excellent movie !

[@marshallnmoonshine]

The slow zombies have always been the most terrifying.

[@nicolasgasquoine]

Bill Hader’s admiration for the Coen Brothers is palpable!

[@zackdavis9654]

Barry was like no country but with a bit of humor. Bill Hader distroyed that role. I only now see the similarities. Brilliant

[@jirden]

Josh Brolin's death felt cheap when I first watched this movie as a kid, but watching it years later, my takeaway is that even though you're the main character in your story, you're a no-name side character in 99.9% of everyone else's story.

[@beckyleonardis6331]

I just listened to Bill Hader on The Rewatchables with Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan. They covered No Country for Old Men. Bill Simmons brought up a very good point. They had tracking devices in suitcases during 1980?!

[@twobirds01]

It’s a perfect movie

[@jaidinj]

i was 11 and my mom heard it won best picture and took us both. first time she ever apologized when we got out and said it wasn't what she thought it was.. but no foul play cause I loved the movie.

[@QED_]

Yeah. That's hard when you start seeing that you legitimately understand some things your parents don't . . .

[@felldoh9271]

Could listen to Bill Hader talk about film almost every day. My gosh though, imagine if the Coen Brothers or Denis Villeneuve adapted Blood Meridian.

[@uriah9559]

it was a great year for movies

[@WaitsForTheMoon]

It was the randomness of the car accident at the end, and his fixation, his obsession with chance.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

That we got No Country for Old Men & there will be blood the same year is insane

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

People say this movie has no ending therefore it's not good. So what? I was thoroughly engrossed and entertained the whole time

[@kdbrown777]

Bill Hader is so funny, but I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for how smart and insightful he is.

[@nextbizzy]

I never drew the connection between barry and this film... Now i cant see how i didnt notice it. Love them both

[@jedcarr3410]

No Country for Old Men is the single most thrilling crime film ever made

[@rooster4450able]

Bill haders part in Pineapple Express will always be my favorite

[@jrm2fla]

I loved Hader since the first time I saw him do Vincent Price on SNL… I thought, “I’m old, I get it, but are these young viewers going to get it?” But it was funny on so many levels, it worked no matter what! But then when I saw him on Tropic Thunder, wow, hilarious! I wish I could see his thank you very much show but I don’t have any access to his new work…

[@Flike245]

The Coens treat action procedurally. Blood Simple is the same. Think about having to reconstruct the action in your film like a crime scene. How much time would he have to get from here to here. The bullet travelled from where to there. De Palma said the same thing: you have to understand the space that you're in and where everybody is at all times. While shaky cam judiciously used can bring a lot of energy to an action scene, the reason people complain about it is it gets treated as a shortcut to get around all this stuff.

[@jLeeSym]

bill just making me wanna rewatch a movie I wat he'd a dozen times, already lol

[@earlsimon8474]

Cormac McCarthy was one of the top writers of the past 100 years.

[@ChrisWilliams-j4n]

I bought a paperback copy of All The Pretty Horses in a thrift shop in downtown Colorado Springs while on a carless, solo backpacking trip to Pikes Peak. One of the most memorable reading experiences of my life. A great "road" novel.

[@carltonashwood6280]

@@ChrisWilliams-j4nisn’t it glorious?

[@Largentina.]

No question.

[@SgtWicket]

It’s also a morality tale about greed. Llewelyn is the protagonist but in the end he chose money over safety. The corrupting power of money is also driven home in the scene of wounded Llewelyn crossing the border and the ending scene with the two kids who give Bardem the shirt.

[@ChrispiTheInFallible]

His last lines in this video hitting harder and harder every gd year yeesh

[@TheSavageBountyHunter]

The other dude after bill says anything: "yea.."

[@Billturby]

9:10 the kids are selfless… until one of them gets some money.

[@masterofallgoons]

Yes. An important point.

[@rustincohle2135]

The money was actually meant for both of them to keep quiet. The shirtless kid got greedy.

[@canobenitez]

@@rustincohle2135 he did lose the shirt though...

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@@canobenitez I contend they should buy him a new shirt then split the difference. Then all would be well with the universe.

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@@rustincohle2135 you might have a point