Comments on: No Country For Old Men - International Vs. Domestic Posters

By: Andrew James

Andrew James — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:40:01 +0000

Wow I really like that Asian version! I love the tiny little icon of James Brolin running.

Great style and color scheme. Nice find.

By: Glenn@StalePopcorn

Glenn@StalePopcorn — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:41:57 +0000

I wrote about the Japanese poster as well. I actually think it’s the best design I’ve seen for the film. Something has always been a bit off about the designs - like they were trying to make it as unarty as possible (which makes sense), but then just ended up creating dull posters that ripped off Saving Private Ryan.

By: Burbanked

Burbanked — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:38:39 +0000

I love the movie, and you’re exactly right that it’s damn hard to convey its themes, complexity and depth of meaning in a poster - let alone a poster for an international audience who will likely get even less out of it if the film’s cultural themes don’t translate well.

By: Larking

Larking — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:25:54 +0000

> At first I thought it was a pretty terrible cliché, an unfair and silly reduction of the movie’s themes.

That is actually a fair criticism, especially considering that the movie has been dismissed by some as being “just a genre movie” or “just a western”. I disagree with these criticisms myself and I wouldn’t want the poster to reinforce them.

I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about these posters, and generally being unhappy about them. I think in the end the problem is that I’m not even sure what I want from them. Perhaps the fact that I really like No Country means that no poster is ever be good enough. It’s not an easy movie to convey in an still image.

I certainly liked the first poster a lot more before I saw the film.

By: Burbanked

Burbanked — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:43:54 +0000

Bull skull = quickly translated identification of American Western Movie.

At first I thought it was a pretty terrible cliché, an unfair and silly reduction of the movie’s themes. But it’s not so bad; it’s got a kinda nifty death vibe to it, although I wish the image of Chigurh that they used didn’t have to be the same one used in every single promotion for the movie.