No Country for Old Men

Yeah, watched it last night and thought of "No Country..."; especially when they reach the motel in Mexico. I've not read the book of "No Country..", but I've heard that the film follows the book very closely. Perhaps Cormac McCarthy is a fan of the movie too...

Another Peckinpah movie, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, also reminds me of No Country for Old Men a great deal, although I think the Coens' movie is better than either Peckinpah (I'm a much bigger fan of the latter's westerns). Lots of fateful, greedy decisions going on, and these towns in Texas are really distinct and evocative.

As to the comment about Cormac McCarthy's having been inspired by these movies, I doubt it, personally, although I'm sure the Coens were. McCarthy is a bit of a crank (a genius, but a crank), and I can't see him looking to Hollywood for inspiration.

What do you mean The Getaway isn't famous? It was the biggest commercial succes of Sam P's movies up to the realease of Convoy in 1978! It was Steve McQeen's biggest hit since Bullit. Non of his later movies broke that. Big media attention at the time for several reasons, and a real block buster in theatres! I guess you just weren't born at the time or living on another planet.

Never tought about Getaway and No Country reminding of each other. But I agree they sort of fit in to the same genre.

You got it pal.

"One hand washes the other...both hands wash the face."-Sam Giancana

*shrug* I've never seen any connection between the two. Maybe No Country For Old Men reminds you of this movie because NCFOM had that kind of "70's feel" to it. I was 4 years old when The Getaway came out, but I saw it sometime later during the 70s several times; it was a favorite movie of my dad's & mine. Then I saw NCFOM when it came out, and I liked it because it had that 70s feel even though it took place in present. It reminded me of a LOT of cool action movies like that from the 70s, movies they just don't make all that often anymore, but I did not specifically think of The Getaway anytime I watched NCFOM. So maybe you're just feeling the 70s "vibe" of NCFOM and this is the only movie you relate to it. There are plenty movies of people on the lam with a big ol' bag o' money, so The Getaway isn't at all unique in that aspect.

Plus, I get the feeling that Llewelyn Moss, the character played by Josh Brolin, was a much kinder type of guy than Doc. Llewelyn could have truly had a clean getaway if he just wouldn't have gone back to check on the shot guy in the truck. He had a conscience; not that Doc didn't, but hell, he was a hardened ex-con who'd been in jail for bank robbing. Llewelyn Moss was just this down-and-out broke dude. Doc had to have more of a meanstreak in him just for having done time.

Besides, who wouldn't go mad, working in that textile mill with all the machines screaming day in, day out?!

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Being a Coen Bro probably means watching everything ever made and absolutely: so many connections! One of the great things watching older movies is the 'oh, so thats where that came from'.

Also, the hotels in the two movies had the same name: Laughlin. The hotel was empty at the time of filming since it was about to be demolished.

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