A more complete explanation of "No country for old men" (人心不古)

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"Old Nowhere" Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:00
Nowhere to live ( No Country For Old Men), just like its translated name completely separated from the movie story, it made the public who watched the movie very confused. Especially at the end, everyone would make the urge to find something and kick it the first time.

But since it won the Oscar, it must have a popular science explanation to the public. The

movie has a lot of wonderful dialogue and details, which can not be mentioned at a point. It is just here to discuss what the movie is talking about. It is not a film review, nor is it. What unofficial explanation, initiate brick nothing.


began -

the movie is mainly about the story of three and a half characters, played by Tommy Lee Jones Sergeant Bell, history killer cells (Chigurh), picked up the money Moss (Moss ), and the half-character is Moss’ wife, Carla Jean. The

story happened in the early 1980s. Two old black gangs traded viper for black and black, leaving behind a pile of viper and millions of cash in the desert. Moss . Si picked up the money, and naturally attracted the gang to chase him. The gang sent a few people to chase him, including the super invincible killer Shi Ge, and Sheriff Bell came to handle the case and wanted to protect Moss. Of course, common movie routines are Anyone who is greedy for money has to die, Moss is still killed, and the money is naturally returned to the owner. A negative propaganda film that is not ignorant of gold, of course, has a positive meaning. The result of ignoring gold is really sad. The plot of the movie is as simple as that. But at the end of the movie, the old sheriff started talking about his two dreams, and then suddenly ended. WHAAAAATTTTT??? The


first and most critical question is, is there any real assassin Shige ?

Understand this question, you can understand why the story of this movie is about Sheriff Bell. In the story, someone is desperately chasing Moss, and there are several people. One way is a very powerful killer, and he killed Many people use oxygen tanks, not necessarily, but it must be something similar to shoot high-pressure gas. What is the Shige in the movie? Does it have that funny face and that funny hairstyle? It should not be. He is. What Sheriff Bell fears.

Bell’s father is an old pol.ice, Bell’s idol, he is upright, and enforces the law impartially. Although Bell did not do bad things, he is facing an increasingly degraded society and increasingly rampant On the dark side of society, he gave up resistance. This is also saying that society is going bad not only because there are more bad people, but also because there are fewer good people, and good people don't dare to stand up.

You must question why I said Shi Ge did not exist. , Or Bell’s imagination. The simplest evidence is that in the hotel room where Moss was killed, Shi Ge and Bell confronted. Before Bell went in, the movie gave another shot, Shi Ge hid in the room. With a gun, but after Bell went in, the bathroom window was locked well, and there was no one at all. Bell sat down and saw that the money had been taken away. It means that the killer XX had come, but he just took the money and left. If in the room, based on his previous behavior and his abilities, he has no reason not to kill Bell. So Bell was in a psychological struggle before opening the door, whether to go in and face the killer, so I cut this shot, implying that Bell "feels history". The grid is on the other side of the door". In the movie, Shige is so unimpeded and sees the mountains open, it is actually a kind of submission in Bell's heart to the evil forces in society. They are too powerful, so I can't help it. Shige appeared precisely. It is used to show Bell’s weakness.

Going back to the previous oxygen tank and contacting Bell and Moss’s wife Cara’s "true" story about killing cows, we will understand why Bell added this weapon to Scott because Bell saw it. When the door lock was

opened, it was associated. And at the beginning of the movie, he also made such a foreshadowing. Scott and Bell sat in the same place and drank the same bottle of milk, which also hinted at their connection. From the appearance, Shi Ge has so many hairs that it is a bit uncomfortable, and Bell is a bald old man.

To sum up, Shi Ge also represents the dark side of our world, greed, violence, etc.


How did Moss die? Why is his death portrayed so carelessly in the

movie ? In the movie, there was a scene of Moss flirting with the woman by the pool, and then it was cut until Sheriff Bell came to the hotel and saw Scenes of corpses all over the floor. The audience was knocked on their heads. Didn't the movie always revolve around the money in Moss' hands? Why did the shootout suddenly be cut? Because in this scene, there is no Scott and Bell, in other words The shootout has nothing to do with Bell, so the film deals with the plot from Bell’s first point of view. In a word, the movie tells the story of Sheriff Bell.

How did Moss die? First, he called His wife came to meet and wanted to give her money, and he planned to fight the gang to die. Then, his wife Cara took her mother to come here, and her mother was tricked by another group of Mexican gangsters to get the hotel address where they met. , It was the moustache in the suit who rushed to help her carry the suitcase. This group of people first came to the hotel and killed Moss, but they were too rushed to find the million dollars. The money was still in the air conditioner. Lie down. At night, that very powerful killer who uses coins as a screwdriver (note that it is not Shi Ge, at least not looks like Shi Ge), came, took the money, left, and then Sergeant Bell came Now...


Sike did not kill Moss’s wife, Carla? Does the car accident have any meaning?

Of course it was killed. The original novel clearly wrote this sentence. In the movie, Scott looked at the shoes and also hinted that he was determining the soles of the shoes. There is no blood.

Shi Ge chooses the coins for Kara, why Kara refuses to choose? This is actually a hint of her fate in the movie, she actually has no chance to choose,

Why did Skr say that Moss had a chance to save Cara but pulled her in to save herself? Because Moss wanted to give Cara the money so that even if he was chased by the killer, as long as he didn't have the money, he wouldn't die. But as long as Cara was caught Pulled in, it has something to do with the money. She is also dead. As far as the movie is concerned, the killer represented by Shi Ge took the money, but the people on the Mexican gang still did not find the money in the hotel. Si is dead, who else can they find? Of course it’s Kara. They would think that only Kara knows where the money is. So Moss called and said to give Kara the money, which was actually the "mapping" of his previous dialogue with Si Ge," I'll give you a chance now to save your wife." But Moss chose no, he killed Carla. So Carla had no coins, Moss chose her for her.

You must ask, it was not Scott who killed him in the movie. Carla, isn’t that a bunch of old Mo? God, you still don’t understand. If Shi Ge is not a real character, isn’t the movie acting like this to convey a message? What about

the car accident in which Shi Ge was hit last?

Obviously, this is also a case. A very interesting plot, conveying a message that has been expressed in the movie, the world is controlled by an invisible force, just like that coin. If Moss hadn't been foolish to deliver water in the middle of the night, wouldn't he be so unlucky? Where Ge and Bell drink milk, the lens has been shooting the curtains blown by the wind. The wind has always been an invisible and intangible force. It represents the destiny of each of us.

Shi Ge represents the world. With evil, greedy, and bad forces, they will be teased by the hand of fate just like everyone else. They will get out of the car accident inexplicably, but the wonderful thing is that he still escaped. How did he escape? The kid who bought it even started quarreling immediately because of the uneven distribution of the spoils. Isn’t this our reality? What do


the two dreams about the father that Bell talked about at the end? The

first dream, Bell's father and Bell are in When I met in town, my dad gave Bell some money, but Bell lost it. This dream said that Bell's father is a good pol.ice, and Bell wants to inherit his father's business and be a good pol.ice for a lifetime, but he I still lacked courage and retired, so I felt that I didn't inherit my father's mantle, and I lost his father's "money".

The second dream, Bell dreamed father holding hands "horns installed fire" than Bell, go somewhere fire, Bell said if he went there, you can see Dad.

The second What is the dream saying? What does this horn of fire represent? First, the white horns like moonlight represent a kind of righteous power. Secondly, fire represents the order of society. We need someone like Bell's father. Willing to stand up and put those flames (negative, evil forces in society) that want to run wildly into the good pol.ice of the horns, and they have to go to other places to light fires, face them, and control these "fires" Bell knew that if he chose to fight against these black forces, he would be able to "see dad" just like his dad, but the reality is, "I woke up". Bell did not see his dad because he chose Escape, this society is getting chaotic.

Bell's previous conversation with his uncle Ellis (that is, the old man with a litter of cats) mentioned how Uncle Mac died in the past. He bravely came out to face 7 or 8 Indian horse thieves, although Was killed, but the bad people saw his courage. As long as there are good people who dare to stand up, society will have hope, but now?

And at the beginning of the dream, Bell emphasized that his father was 20 years younger than him when he died. , Here is the implied meaning of "old man", the old man does not mean that he is old, but his heart is dead, he wants to retire, he wants to escape, Bell is an "old man" (escaper), this society does not need such an "old man", What is needed is "young people" who dare to stand up.

By the way, Shi Ge's name, Anton Chigurh, rearranged it, it is Caught In Horn (literal translation: installed in the horn), so Shi Ge is here to say "fire." , Represents the "anti-order" in society, the forces of evil, in the age of Father Bell, the righteousness was still able to suppress the evil, and the fire was put in the horn.


Final words

Going back to the name of the movie, No Country For Old Men, the background of the movie is around 1980, when the viper trade on the U.S.-Mexico border began to be rampant, it was also the beginning of the invincible beginning of the film. The old man represents the tradition, correct The value of justice, the power of justice, and the message that runs through the film is that the entire society has become greedy, surrendering to money, violence, and viper. The former "good guys" are too powerful because of the power of bad guys, compromise, and even escape, the degeneration of society. From this.

Therefore, "No Country For Old Men" is not at all old and no one to rely on, but is closer to the meaning of unforgettable people.


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No Country for Old Men quotes

  • Anton Chigurh: Would you hold still, please, sir?

  • Carla Jean's Mother: And I always seen this is what it would come to. Three years ago I pre-visioned it.

    Carla Jean Moss: It ain't even three years we been married.

    Carla Jean's Mother: Three years ago I said them very words. No and Good.

    Cabbie at Bus Station: Yes, ma'am.

    Carla Jean's Mother: Now here we are. Ninety degree heat. I got the cancer. And look at this. Not even a home to go to.

    Cabbie at Bus Station: Yes, ma'am.

    Carla Jean's Mother: We're goin' to El Paso Texas. You know how many people I know in El Paso, Texas?

    Cabbie at Bus Station: No, ma'am.

    Carla Jean's Mother: [She holds up thumb and forefinger curled to make an O] That's how many. Ninety degree heat.