Cinema Dissection: No Country for Old Men

February 8, 2025

Under the broiling hot sun, Llewelyn Moss happens upon a drug deal turned massacre, making off with two million dollars in dirty money. This act sets off a violent, nightmarish chain reaction of events. In their adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s acclaimed novel No Country for Old Men, the Coen Brothers returned to the state of Texas for a film that was not only as a spiritual successor to their debut film, Blood Simple, but also their career pinnacle. Not only a major box office hit, the film received universal critical acclaim, and won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem’s chilling turn as capricious contract killer Anton Chigurh.

Join facilitator and SIFF Programmer Dan Doody for a scene-by-scene deconstruction of the Coen Brothers’ masterpiece.

SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this event.

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

SIFF Film Center

10:00 AM

CLASS SPECIFICS
Saturday, February 8, 2025
10:00am–4:00pm PT
SIFF Film Center
$30 Sustainer | $25 Regular | $20 Member

ABOUT CINEMA DISSECTION
Cinema Dissection affords film lovers an exciting opportunity to dig deeper into the films that they love. Inspired by Roger Ebert's annual Cinema Interruptus in Boulder, CO, attendees will participate with a facilitator in a six-hour scene-by-scene, and sometimes shot-by-shot, deconstruction of the featured film. While the facilitator will certainly share their thoughts, anyone in the audience may call out "Stop" and either ask a question of the group or make an observation around a certain shot or moment in the film.

Dan Doody

About the Instructor: Dan Doody

A Seattle-area native, Dan Doody received a degree in English from Western Washington University, and began working for the Seattle International Film Festival in 1999. He programs both features and short films for the festival, serving on the WTF! committee and as the festival's lead coordinator for its Oscar® qualifying ShortsFest section. He is an enthusiast of the gothic in both film and literature, the pagan-haunted pastorals found in English ghost stories, and the seedy streets of film noir. He could quite happily live in a crumbling castle so long as it was within walking distance of a neon-lit diner on a rain-slicked city boulevard.