A SERIOUS MAN & THE BIG LEBOWSKI
July 22 - 27 (No Fridays)
BLOOD SIMPLE & NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
July 29 - Aug 3 (No Fridays)
$12
ticket is good for both films playing as a double feature during the
course of a week. The two weeks require two different tickets. You may
choose to attend either a double feature on a single night or two
individual screenings.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (122min, USA, 2007)
Narrative
Based
on the acclaimed novel of Pulitzer Prize winning American master Cormac
McCarthy, and featuring a cast that includes Academy Award®-winner
Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive), Josh Brolin (Grindhouse), Academy Award®-nominee Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Academy Award®-nominee Woody Harrelson (The People Vs. Larry Flint) and Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting).
The
story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) finds a pickup truck
surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million
dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he
sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the
law–in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Jones) – can
contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers–in particular a mysterious
mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Bardem) – the film
simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its
concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily
contemporary as this morning’s headline.
BLOOD SIMPLE
Dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (99min, USA, 1984)
Narrative
The
Coen brothers made their directorial debut with this taut, small-town
neo-noir. Surprisingly serious and brooding, Blood Simple nevertheless
deals with themes that would become central to their work. Starring Coen
staple Frances McDormand (marking the beginning of their nearly
three-decade partnership) and character actor extraordinaire M. Emmet
Walsh, this tale of double-crosses, deceit, and murder echoes some of
Hollywood’s greatest crime capers. Shot on a shoestring budget cobbled
together from nearly two hundred private investors, Blood Simple became a festival favorite, garnering the Coen brothers instant notoriety.
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