candidate to Oscar "No Country for Old Men" 2007

Detective / drama / thriller

Director: Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones (Sheriff Ed Tom Bell), Javier Bardem (Anton Chigur), Josh Brolin (Levelin Moss), Woody Harrelson (Carson Wales), Kelly McDonald (Carla Jean Moss)

Why yes: In fact, "The old man is not the place to" put on the books pulittserovskogo laureate Kormaka McCarthy is the same "great American novel", one of the main prinosheny culture of the New World - the world culture. Do not compare with the gift of the writer William Faulkner and Herman Melville. Coen managed to completely surprise move that spirit in his film. U themselves Koenov an Oscar already have - for best script for "Fargo." There is yet another nomination - for the script to "Oh, where are you, brother?". But that film twelfth brothers was one of the best in their filmographies, something is yes - directors of whom rarely recognized classics in life, able to go on rising. The award would enable the painting to gracefully withdraw from the Academy predicament - stress undervalued Koenov Merit for nearly a quarter-century since the break "Just blood," taking advantage of yield absolute favorite of the majority Film year.

Case is not only a visual picture of perfection, powerful and quiet rhythm total absence of music, which together create a fascination impression, and not in the final frame, where the hero Tommy Lee Jones tells his sleep, and which could be included in the list of world cinema best finals . The fact is that Coen, following the latest Tarantino's films have done very difficult and important job of "closing" 90 - x - once ruled the irony and absurdity no longer simply samotsenny outlook, as a tool of high tragedy. Sam Tommy Lee Jones playing in yet another year of significant films "In the Ela Valley" - the same reason. Generally, the acting of "The Old Man this is not the place reminds some deadly ballet. I metaphysics-killer Javier Bardem, and the old sheriff Tommy Lee Jones, and free man Josh Brolin played not so much character, but the very destiny. Why not: Koeny rather spoil the reputation of their latest comedy - with a popular novel genre came shameful and embarrassing. "The old man is not the place" - an obvious attempt to return the position, simply repeating the old tricks, once had success. But this return to the old artistic principles, and may not meet understand - it may academics regarded as a lack of "cooperation" and the desire to remain among the marginalized rather-spacious than like Scorsese, retrain honest toiler in the industry. A principled marginalized "Oscars" do not give. A busy and confusing philosophy rather rastrepala movie plot - Jones hero, a helpless witness to the horrors perpetrated around, eventually cease to be a party to the actions being replaced on the sidelines, and, rather than reflect what is happening along with the audience, dissolves almost to transparency. A lack of music - it's just dishonest: if everyone will remember how Hollywood composers will pay on loans?