No Country For Old Men Scene Analysis

This is the Coin Toss Scene from the film No Country For Old Men. This is the scene I am going to analyse.

The opening shot is a extreme wide-shot. It shows a desolate, isolated petrol station with a convenience store. It is set in the 'Wild West' and is in the remote desert with very few people. We then enter an old and dark convenience store. A tall shadowed man enters in a suspicious manner. He has a strange haircut which gives us a sense of false security. The man who enters is hostile after the shopkeepers first demand. It also gives a sense of death, as behind the shopkeeper there is hangman's nooses all lined up and hanging behind him.