Powerless world

Clifford 2021-10-13 13:05:36

At the beginning of the film, there is a lengthy, chattering narrative of sheriff-telling about the public security situation in the old time--at the end, sheriff said that she woke up from the dream, and the movie stopped abruptly.

The abrupt halt was a bit unexpected-there are still many uninformed lines, whether the old police officer caught the murderer, where did the murderer escape, whether the cowboy's wife died, etc.
The ending and the beginning without any follow-up in itself makes people feel a sense of powerlessness, an uncontrollable feeling.
Title :no country for old men,I think it might means that the world is changing so quickly for people to understand and many things happen occasionally, totally overwhelming of your logic thinking and out of your control. Efforts may have no effect on the things happening..

This a longlasting theme:Every man becomes old and every man has no way to change the reality that they are growing older and older.
World changing,no country for old men.

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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.