tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post1658358048694737596..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: The Coen Brothers and the "Outlawyer"John B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-51336055665869880432008-05-05T07:34:00.000-05:002008-05-05T07:34:00.000-05:00We watched No Country a couple of weeks ago. Well,...We watched <I>No Country</I> a couple of weeks ago. Well, actually, I watched it and Roomie kept leaving the room with each violent scene, until she did not return at all. It is one of those rare movies that I don't have an immediate opinion of, but continue to ferment one over a period of time. Your analysis and the comments above have aided that process. But, I really need to see it again and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-46970339701423352202008-05-05T06:37:00.000-05:002008-05-05T06:37:00.000-05:00Thanks for the plug.As a coda to Doc's comment, I ...Thanks for the plug.<BR/><BR/>As a coda to Doc's comment, I think Chigurh and the like are indeed created by us -- that is his like are the inevitable creation of a society which accepts the postulate that there are no absolutes. It is the realization that he is the "ultimate human" that causes Bell to realize the country is no longer for him and other "old" men.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-77911633867032254542008-05-04T21:47:00.000-05:002008-05-04T21:47:00.000-05:00I did not touch on this when I wrote about 'No Cou...I did not touch on this when I wrote about 'No Country...', mostly because a) I didn't have the time (who ever does?) and b)I linked it to (a tiny portion of)race relations in KC and didn't then -and still don't now- have an apt analogy...<BR/><BR/>I use the term the 'Outsider' for Chigurh. <BR/><BR/>He is what the <I>volk</I> at the tail end of the Weimer Republic were so afraid of that they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com