Depicts the sun rising over the mountains in the desert in which the movie takes place. Stays in the general color palette of the movie, using light tans and blues. It is during the first scene of the movie, where the initial vibe is given off, setting up for the rest of the film
Foreshadowing scene. It depicts the main antagonist, Anton being escorted to his arrest in handcuffs. It foreshadows Antons violent killing spree, or at least that he would be a criminal character and likely an antagonist.
This scene depicts a good example of the color palette throughout the film, as well as the setting. The wide open desert with the mountains in the background. It also plays into the mood of the film, which is very ominous. The absence of buildings and activity gives it a lonely and ominous vibe.
This scene depicts Anton bleeding from his face peering through a broken car window. This is one of the many times Anton is committing an act of violence, attempting to kill someone.
In this scene, Llewelyn Moss is running away from Anton Chigurh, who is chasing him down in a car. The two are battling, and Chigurh has the advantage as he is in a motor vehicle.
This image depicts Llewelyn returning to his vehicle, after uses binoculars and other tools searching the desert scenery. He is carrying a rifle, in case there are others in the area, also after the drug money fortune.
Within this image, Anton is having a conversation while holding his cattle gun. This builds on his violent but reasoning character. Although his is a complete psychopath, he still has morals and reason and wont just kill anyone any time, although he may come off as so. He does have a gun to his head, but for him not immediately killing him is showing.
Within this image, Llewelyn is holding a pistol, in the midst of a battle. The serious face shows his serious but psychopathic character. For example, if it was Anton in the situation, his expression would be different.
This image depicts Llewelyn waiting in a dark room, waiting for Anton to pull up. He is waiting by the door, shotgun ready, knowing that Anton was likely to pull up. Eventually, knowing he was there, shot through the door.
This scene depicts the few police officers in the small town, on the hunt for the men causing all the violence in the area. They are aware of violence, and drug money in the area. With little resources, the must act as detectives as well figuring out crimes by themselves.
In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.
The film takes place in a desert, some scenes in a small town, and some in the barren landscape of the desert. The film uses a color palette of lots of tans/ browns, as it's in a desert, as well as mellow blues/greens. The desert and violence give the film a ominous, dark mood using suspense to intrigue the audience. The film takes place in the 1980’s in Texas, giving it somewhat of an old western vibe in some aspects, while still having (somewhat) modern day technology.
The concept is a moving scene of the desert/ mountain background a lot of the movie takes place in. It then switches to a scene of the cattle gun frewuently appearing in the movie. This gives the violent and lonely vibe of the movie.