Chapter 249: No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men
"No Country for Old Men" is the title of Chen An's new script.

A crime thriller that has been called a neo-western.

At the 96 Cannes Film Festival, the Coen brothers' film won the Jury Prize instead of the Best Director Award snatched away by Chen An.

This movie is also known as the culmination of the Coen brothers' work!
A bloody murder caused by two million US dollars is so complicated that when you analyze it, it can be expressed in just two words: logic!

But not literally, but the other way around.

Anti-logic!

Unlike other movies with meticulous logical lines, the main feature of this film is one reversal and jump after another.

Tell everyone that so-called logic is the shackles that God has placed on human beings, trapping human thinking in it. Real life is composed of random accidents.

For example, it is normal for people to brag online in 96 or 97. There is no need to keep cursing from February to April. You are all trapped by the so-called logic!
"Chen, aren't you hot?"

Naomi, who was eating ice cream in the sun with a sun hat and a fan, asked curiously.

In the crew, Chen An was communicating with the photographer, lighting and others.

But the sun is shining brightly, and the North American sun in August is just as hot as oil.

Chen An, however, was wearing a western cowboy suit, leather shoes with gears on the heels, denim trousers, a white T-shirt on the upper body, and an extra layer of stiff sky blue sleeveless denim jacket, and also a cowboy hat!

He was wearing a holster on his waist with a revolver inside. Its silver-white texture reflected the sunlight!
"It's hot!" Chen An said without turning his head when he heard Naomi's voice behind him.

In fact, a layer of sweat had already formed on my forehead, and it was unconsciously sliding down my face.

But since I have had the opportunity to try out this type of film, I also want to give it a try.

"You won't take off your clothes if it's hot. Your head is sweating all the time. Eat some ice cream."

Naomi walked up to Chen An, who was sweating profusely, and fanned him with a fan, and handed the ice cream in her mouth to him.

Chen An took it and immediately put it in his mouth to feel the cool feeling.

He took off his hat, revealing his wet hair. “You don’t understand. I’m just experiencing the feeling of being filmed.”

"You are a director, not an actor. I'm afraid you will faint from the heat during the filming."

“You’re not the director, so you don’t understand.”

He certainly wouldn't say that he wanted to dress to look cool, but now he's too hot to express it and is trying not to, so he's forcing himself to pretend to be an experiential director, a fabricated image.

Naomi was speechless. She seemed to be so excited that she was talking nonsense.

After eating Naomi's ice cream, Chen An felt much more comfortable. Just then a breeze blew, bringing a little coolness.

It feels very cool blowing on my sweaty face.

Then Jerry, who was wearing the same clothes but in a different color, a earthy gray denim suit, came over. He looked even more disheveled than Chen An. He kept fanning himself with his hat and was sweating profusely.

White people have the worst heat dissipation ability and can't stop sweating profusely.

"Naomi is here too. Brulin is almost ready. How are the arrangements going here?"

"It's almost done. We just communicated again. We can start filming after the paving is completed. Texas is really hot, even hotter than California!"

This time the shooting location was chosen in Texas, just like in the previous life, and it was extremely hot.

Jerry took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Chen An. "We're just two steps away from Mexico. It's so hot anyway, why not choose Mexico?"

Hearing that the other party still wanted to go to Mexico for filming, Chen An took the cigarette and said undeniably:
"After the last shoot in Africa, I vowed that I would never go to such a bad place as long as the production budget was sufficient."

Then he took out the revolver from his waist, turned it around, and pulled the trigger to light the cigarette. The whole set of movements was smooth and fluid!

Jerry did the same thing, took out the revolver from his waist and repeated Chen An's action to light a cigarette.

Seeing this scene, Naomi couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. She didn't understand why Chen An and the others were still wearing these clothes even though it was so hot.

"Just like a little kid." Naomi said to herself with a snicker. "Mexico is a little worse, but it's not like Africa, right?"

"There are more guns than the United States, and it's not dangerous enough. I don't want to go buy a Coke and get shot in the head for no reason."

Jerry put his hat back on after hearing Chen An's words. He felt that Chen An's words were ambiguous, but he couldn't find an opportunity to refute.

In Chen An's eyes, the security in the United States is already dangerous enough, even wealthy people like Bruce Wayne's parents are in danger.

Not to mention Mexico, which is a higher level, it feels a bit lacking in firepower if you go out without an RPG.

Only when you go out to buy groceries in a fifth-generation fighter jet can you feel safe.

After finishing his cigarette and stubbed out the butt, Chen An said, "I'm not going to talk to you anymore. Let's get ready to shoot. Let's shoot Naomi's segment first."

Although Naomi is the heroine, she doesn't have many roles in this movie, just like in "District 9".

You can finish shooting in advance.

Then we walked towards the filming location.

Javier Bardem wore the iconic mushroom-shaped haircut of Anton, the killer in the movie, and said in pain: "Director, I won't have to wear this haircut for two months of filming, will I?"

In his opinion, the hair was extremely ugly and looked weird with his face.

Chen An chuckled and shook his head, "No need."

"Will it change later?"

“Maybe just over a month.”

Chen An first gave the opponent a little hope and then delivered a fatal blow.

Seeing the other person's painful expression, director Chen An comforted him, "What's wrong with that? This will make your image in the movie more impressive."

This is a chance to steal the spotlight that you've been begging for. Once your mushroom-headed head shows up, no one else will be able to see your role.

Although this is a villain role, Chen An did not consider whether Anthony Hopkins, who plays Dr. Hannibal, would scare his wife.

Anthony Hopkins, who played the classic film and television villain Dr. Hannibal, was so good that his wife divorced him because of his excellent acting skills.

Because he invited his wife to a cabin in the woods for vacation, his wife felt like Anthony Hopkins was going to eat her.

This is also a unique treatment for Scorpion Papa.

Javier Bardem felt that it would be better if this ugly look was not so noticeable, but the script made him unable to refuse.

Patting the other person on the shoulder, Chen An began to say: "Adjust your state, the shooting will start soon."

There is no time to make the other person feel uncomfortable, the shooting is about to begin.

As someone who has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor, he must adjust his status as soon as possible.

Javier Bardem sighed and had no choice but to accept this look.

Having read the script countless times, he began to quickly adjust his state.

Chen An also took the walkie-talkie and told the crew to start preparing. The pipeline was already being laid.

The aperture starts to be adjusted in front of the lens.

Naomi sat in front of the camera and began to adjust her state, not wanting to let Chen An down.

Another main character of the shoot, Javier Bardem, also quickly got into the mood, letting go of his emotions and not letting the wig on his head affect him.

Anding, the incarnation of a perverted and paranoid killer, sits on the sofa in a dim room with a funny and weird smile on his face, and the dim background is full of repressed fear.

The first scene shot by the crew was the one where the killer Anton dealt with the protagonist's wife who was hunting him down.

After everything was ready, Chen An sat in front of the monitor and said on the intercom, "Ike, wake up!"

(End of this chapter)