No country for old men.

No Country for old men was released in 2007 and directed by the Cohen brothers. I was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture. The scene is set in west Texas in the 1980’s. There are some fabulous establishing shot of the desolate scenes of the landscape, here is no sound which creates the tension as a sense of mystery is involved.

The next scene is of a man being arrested by a police officer and being placed in the car. The Officer is a very stereotypical, as he has aviators which is a type of symbolism. This man is very vague to the audience and causes us to be assuming this man is very suspicious, we are then shown a phone call from the arresting officer to the sheriff about a oxygen cylinder confiscated of this man. In the back ground of this phone call.
The man is taking his hands from behind his back and walking to the officer. The strange man is next strangling the policeman with his handcuffs and the last shot of this scene is off the feet of the strangled police man with just the black skid marks of the soles of his shoes.

This opening scene is an amazing tone to start on, the range of shots used and how they create a mood so quickly is incredible.