I had see this before but I had do it again to analyse a few things.
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| This is a poster for Japan, I liked it. |
The Coen brothers know how to make genre films. They take thrillers or westerns and make them their own. Not everyone can do that. (Not even Tarantino). This film has elements of the western but it's mainly a thriller. The best thing about it is the pace of the suspense. They are masters of handling information, deciding who knows what is key to this. They also know how to pace things. For this they use sound as their main tool. Technically, the film is impeccable but what's most important is the way the resources are used. It's not that the sound is loud and huge, it's just simple. It's got a lot of silence, moments of anticipations... and then something unexpected might happen. Perfect example of managing saturation and silence.
The actors are well chosen for their role. Nobody is over the top, just simple performances, you'd imagine that carefully led in a simple way. You aren't sure who's the main character because they all seem as important (they are clearly defined in who they are and what they want which never fails to engage the audience.
The film is so well put together that you forget it's an adaptation and not written by the Coens. I think that's what most impressive. No matter how good they can be with adaptations (and remakes) I'm not interested in their version of
The Ladykillers.
No Country for Old Men
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