9/26- Jackie Dowd

Today in class we continued the film No Country for Old Men. We picked up at an intense scene between Chigurh and Moss battling it out. When Moss tried to make a run for it by hitch hiking, Chigurh stopped him dead in his trails by killing the driver of the car. Chigurh ends up getting shot in the leg by Moss and gets away alive. The film then shows (in gruesome detail) how Chigurh cleans out the wound after stealing medication from a pharmacy by blowing up a car outside. This helps characterize how tough and heartless Chigurh is by showing how easily he handles the pain of cleaning this wound. Moss then is determined to kill this merciless killer when he sees a threat to his wife which shows Moss's companionate and protective time when it comes to the ones he loves. Yet, things take a turn for the worst. We ended our day at a very low point in the movie where the sheriff finds Moss, along with a few others, dead at a hotel. In the scene three men are scene rushing out of the hotel in a pick up truck carrying guns. The sheriff quickly pulls into the hotel to find chaos and Moss shot dead. This opened my eyes to how brutal people can be over something as simple as money. All this death in the movie was all over one brief case that contained a huge amount of cash. A once normal and innocent man was dragged into the horror of death all due to greed and drugs.
This film causes the viewer to be tense throughout the movie, while occasionally throwing in a scene here and there for comic relief. This is seen right after the intense scene of Chigurh and Moss's battle. A mariachi band is playing to Moss, who is covered in blood, a very cheerful and happy song which is ironic to the viewer. So far this movie is very entertaining and intriguing to watch and always keeps the viewer on their toes. This film has helped me also improve my skill at the use of mise-en-scene. I am able to watch this movie and notice what the film makes me feel and why it makes me feel this way. In the picture of Moss below it makes you feel anxious to know if he killed Chigurh or not. The blood and focus on one single character helps emphasize the danger of the situation,