Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen
Year: 2007
Book by: Cormac McCarthy
Adapted by: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
I never get tired of this film, ever since the first time I saw it in the theater, I've been blown away by the conciseness of the filmmaking by the Coen Brothers, and especially considering that the film doesn't tie up all the loose ends. It ends on this philosophical dialogue, like Fargo, the only one of their films that impresses me more than this, and their most recent release, A Serious Man.
I don't know how much to credit to McCarthy's original material, but the characters and dialogue here are spectacularly fleshed out, and the rhythm of the story, the shots, the editing is masterful. The Coens keep you guessing, and always allow for the mysteriousness and unpredictability of real life.
I really enjoy the meditation on death here, and the confusion of the good sheriff trying to make sense of the mad, violent world around him.
There's a lot of depth to this film, without having a message, and I love that.
The acting here is top notch by all involved, and Deakins' photography is perfect.
This is a classic film, one of the best in American cinema history, one that I feel I ought to continue to study.
Absolutely MUST SEE.
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