No Country for Old Men

(Note: This review refers to the Blu-ray version of the DVD.)

Winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director(s), Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, the Coen brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel is their masterpiece. Josh Brolin stars as an easy-going Vietnam vet who finds a fortune in drug money in the Texas desert and becomes the prey of methodical mercenary Chigurh (Javier Bardem). But the story is really about Tommy Lee Jones' laconic Sheriff Bell, a dedicated lawman following the trail of the corpses left in Chigurh's wake and becoming more disillusioned with the world with every death he's unable to prevent. Cinematographer (and Oscar nominee) Roger Deakins gives it the feel of a primeval frontier with his simple, stark images, a world neither compassionate nor cruel, simply harsh and indifferent and unforgiving of stupid mistakes and overweening arrogance. There are no random elements, just those details we don't yet know, and that's far more dangerous. Woody Harrelson and Kelly Macdonald co-star.

The film was previously released on Blu-ray, but new to this edition is Brolin's cheeky "Behind the Scenes of No Country for Old Men," a wryly funny featurette subtitled "an incredibly unauthorized documentary" that "exposes" the intimidating tactics of those nasty Coens, and a timeline featuring more than five hours of video and audio interviews with the directors and actors. Collected from special screenings, TV programs and radio interviews, you won't find a bigger collection of Coen brothers interviews in a single package. Also features a digital copy of the film for portable media players. All of these supplements are also available on the three-disc DVD set.