Re: A comment on "No Country for Old Men"

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

> the
> question [is] what this film, and film in general, has to say about the
> human condition, and particularly the human condition at this
> critical juncture in time on this planet; what does the film have to
> say about the individual facing the contradictions and violence of
> modern society, coping with the ever-increasing material and social
> inequality and constraints on a stable and meaningful life posed by
> neo-liberal, late-stage capitalism, and the concomitant ecological
> collapse; what does the film have to say about the individual's
> struggle against the very real violent and dehumanizing authoritarian
> and mass social forces in a time of rapid change; what does the film
> have to say about the search for community in a time of
> homogenization; what does the film have to say about the individual
> confronting the age-old forces of time, fate, change and death, and
> making a meaningful personal peace with them? Apparently very little.

does every film have to be a message film?

the film does say something about the decadence of Southwestern US society.
--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) --  Karl, paraphrasing Dante.