Mom and Dad

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introduction of the main characters

 The first of the main characters to show up in the film is Sheriff Bell. He is only there as a voice over and he talks about how his father being in law infotainment. He talks about how crime was more simple and how its changed. their used to be a motive for a murder and now its almost like theres no reason  for some murders. This shows ho out of touch the sheriff is with the world of crime.

Anton Chigurh opening is very strange. Its almost like he doesn't fit in this world. At first sight this film would be a western and its like Chigurh is from a different genre of film. From the way he dresses and the way he looks and the how he carry a gas tank with and him and  just the way he acts its just all strange. The first thing you see him do is kill a police officer. Just before he does it you see him in the shadows slowly approaching the officer in the shadows like hes a monster in a horror movie. You get a good look at him  and its from the side is a really strange way to introduce a antagonist. The next proper shot of his face we get is when he stops a man on the road . Hes got a very awkward smile which just highlights how weird this character is meant to be. He asked the man to hold still and just kills him with the gas tank.This is meant to be a shock for the the audience but also gets rid of the confusion for why hes carry the tank around.

Llewellyn Moss is shown straight after Chigurh repeating the line  'hold still' but hes trying to kill a deer. This is to create a connection between these two character. When you look at moss you can see that he fits into this world of the film. With his hat, and his cowboy like clothes. The colour of his clothes also match the colour of the background which is a more literal way of saying he fits into this in this film. You see that he doesn't kill the deer which contrasts Chigurh who you've seen already kill 2 people. Mos finds the drug  shoot out  and you can see that the way he walks round its like hes seen something like this before and you do find out later that he is a Veteran. You see he is very smart and capable As hes able to figure things out very quickly.He finds out very quickly that there is money  left over. Moss doesn't use a lot of words which can contrast Chigurh and Sheriff who both talk a lot in the film.

character analysis of cowboy, sheriff and killer

No country for old men is a film that wants it audience to think that it follow a regular film structure when at the heart of it , it doesn't . The set up of the film and the characters follow the structure of a normal western. You have the noble and brave cowboy running a way from the almost unstoppable killer while the sheriff investigates and is on their trial, but what the film does with this concept it completely subverts the audiences expectations.

The cowboy

 The cowboy (Llewelyn Moss) is meant to be the Brave out law with genial morals and who is quite skilled. Moss fines a large amount of money left over from a shoot out with a group of two revile drug cartels. He finds himself on the run from this killer. He uses the money he has to do his best to stay a head of the killer. This character is presented as the protagonist ,this is because of his dislodge. He's confident,witty and he has almost all of the funny one liners in the whole film. The killer finally finds moss  and they confront each other and they both were able to get a shot of each other. Moss escapes him a barely. Hes bleeding out and while watching this you think that he'll    die even though you can see him bleeding out ,limping and struggling to stay conscious because he is the main character that we've been following and rooting for .Later on the film takes a complete left turn by killing Moss off screen. This completely subverts the audience expectations. This character we've been following for the whole film is just killed off screen  and not even by the main antagonist but by the Mexicans. This is a huge risk done by the directors but it adds a sense of realness to film and shows how sometimes the good guys don't always win.

The Killer

The killer (Anton Chigurh) is shown to be a very mysterious character. The only things we know about this character  is that he is very organised and very easily annoyed .He will not hesitate to kill anyone and is also to be really intelligent. This pretty much all we ever find out about this character and with out getting a backstory, your not able to sympathise with him and it creates a disconnect with him and the audience. He is just a pure villein with no redeeming quality and no way to see things from his point of view , he is just evil. He kills moss but I don't believe that that makes him the winner at the end . At the end of the film hes gets in a car crash and is injured and he just walks a way. I think this shows how the thing hat he won in this fight s that he gets away with his life barely.



The Sheriff

The Sheriff (Ed Tom Bell) is shown to be very capable but its almost like he struggle to keep up with the changing world . When Moss died you realises that the real protagonist of the film is actually Bell. Sheriff bell is meant to be one of the old men mentioned in the title and how this world is constantly changing and Bell is struggling to keep up with this unorthodox crime. This is No country for old men only the youth which is why he eventually ends up retiring in the end because he doesn't understand this crazy world.