chooses a movie by just listening to the name, it is very likely that someone will miss a very wonderful movie, and this is "Old Nowhere". Judging from the name of this movie, many people will mistake it for this family life drama. , The story is boring without having to read it. It would be wrong if you understand it this way. In fact, this is a crime movie, but why does it take such a movie name?
For the movie "Old Nowhere", although it failed to win the Oscar film award that year, it was nominated for the Academy Award. The movie was released on August 12, 2007. The story is not novel or unexpected. It is located in western Texas in 1980, and the event of a box of money led to a tense five of cats and mice. People chase stories.
is such a simple story, but from the beginning to the end, many people can hardly understand what the movie is about except for the cold blood of the killer. At the time, it was even said that even the Oscar judges were dumbfounded after watching the movie, and they didn't know what it conveyed. So why is this movie named "Old Nowhere", and what story does the movie tell?
Regarding this point, the story of "Old Nowhere" starts with an ordinary veteran, Lu Aimi, who happened to meet two gangs fighting on the night when he was out hunting, and finally Amy found the gangs on the battlefield. A box of cash and drugs left over. This kind of money that fell in the air made Amy greedy, so he secretly took the money for himself and wanted to take it back, but he didn't know that a positioning device was installed in the cash box.
So Amy was chased by the killer Antong. Although the killer Antong is a supporting role throughout the story, from the weight and impression of the movie, Antong is more like a protagonist. For Anton's Chigurh's perfection of this character, he can be said to be cruel, but he can't see him doing anything cruel. You can say that he is cold, but he seems to have such kindness.
Judging from the whole movie, it is clearly a crime film but it is named "Old Nowhere", and the whole story does not clearly show this theme. First of all, for the word "Old Nowhere", it tells a person who is old. There is no one to rely on, and it seems weak. And also in this movie, what it shows is that in the new era, the new young people no longer have "rules", which makes the old sheriff feel the crisis in the small town, and it is not people, but people who have nothing to rely on. In this society, society has changed, and it has become unreliable.