Buzzing about the internet in December was the fact that Joel and Ethan had mentioned that they had written a western movie. Being the Coens it’s gonna be kinda violent, Joel; ”We’ve written a western with a lot of violence in it. There’s scalping and hanging … it’s good. Indians torturing people with ants, cutting their eyelids off.” Ethan; “It’s a proper western, a real western, set in the 1870s. It’s got a scene that no one will ever forget because of one particular chicken.”

Sounds awesome, bring it on! What genre next? Sci-fi?

Thanks to Kevin, finishdish and Christopher for emailing in.

The Coens are turning into such workaholics! After banging out No Country For Old Men then swiftly moving to to shoot Burn After Reading, younger Coen sibling, Ethan, has found time to write a triptych of short plays. This sums it up neatly;“In the world premiere of Ethan Coen’s Almost an Evening, three short plays unsuccessfully tackle important questions. In Waiting, someone waits somewhere for quite some time. In Four Benches, a voyage to self-discovery takes a British intelligence agent to steam baths in New York and Texas, and to park benches in the U.S. and U.K. In Debate, cosmic questions are taken up. Not much is learned.”

Glenn Kenny from Premiere.com seems to be a quite the fan of No Country For Old Men as he has dedicated a couple of articles to it on his blog. His articles are really informative and contain many screen grabs from his screener DVD (I imagine). Also do read the comments below the articles as it’s just possible Kenny has the most intelligent readership on the net. Spoilers are within so do be careful;

Motel Shots, or Gimme Some Chigurh

Notes on the final quarter of No Country For Old Men

Here’s an interesting article about the scenes in No Country For Old Men involving animals by the American Humane Association.

The script for No Country For Old Men is now OFFICIALLY available for download from the movie’s official site. Go grab it here (in the news and articles section) in pdf format. You can, of course, download it from YKFK too.

Good news for those of you with PS3s- No Country For Old Men is coming to Blu-ray on March 11th! Deakins’ photography will look sooo beautiful in 1080p.

In addition to nice little haul above, No Country is also up for 4 Golden Globes; Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem), Best Director (Joel and Ethan Coen) and Best Screenplay (Joel and Ethan). The awards ceremony is on January 13th.

The awards for No Country For Old Men have started coming in already. There’s a heck of a lot, here’s the list so far;

National Board of Film Review- Best Picture of the Year, Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen), Best Ensemble Cast and Career Achievement in Cinematograpgy (Roger Deakins)

New York Film Critics Circle- Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Joel and Ethan), Best Director (Joel and Ethan), Best Ensemble, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

Boston Film Critics- Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

Washington DC Film Critics- Best Picture, Best Director (Joel and Ethan), Best Ensemble, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

San Francisco Film Critics Circle- Best Director (Joel and Ethan)

New York Film Critics Online- Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

Gotham Awards- Gotham Award Tribute (Javier Bardem)

Chicago Film Critics- Best Picture, Best Director (Joel and Ethan), Best Adapted Screenplay (Joel and Ethan) , Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem)

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) has awarded No Country For Old Men a 15 rating with this caveat;

“It was felt that a ‘15′ rather than an ‘18′ certificate was sufficent as there was a lack of both clear detail of injuries and prolonged focus on the suffering of victims.

This feature also contains two uses of strong language.“

This months Empire magazine has a 13 page article about the Coen brothers movies called, The Complete Coens. There’s a two page interview with our favourite siblings about No Country For Old Men and a page dedicated to each movie (except the last four which get half a page each). In addition there’s a section about the three forthcoming movies, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man and Hail Caesar. Well worth picking up however, This months Empire magazine has a 13 page article about the Coen brothers movies called, The Complete Coens. There’s a two page interview with our favrourits siblings about No Country For Old Men and a page dedicated to each movie (except the last four which get half a page each). In addition there’s a section about the three forthcoming movies, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man and Hail Caesar. Well worth picking up however, for me, there’s too much time wasted discussing subtext.for me, there’s too much time wasted discussing subtext.