The Coen Bros.

The Cannes film festival is currently in full swing and the Coen Bros. upcoming film No Country for Old Men based on the Cormac McCarthy novel recently premiered there. I'm a huge fan of the Coen Bros. films and quite enjoyed this novel too when I read it last year. I can definitely see how the dark elements of their previous films like Blood Simple and Fargo can match up well with McCarthy's novel.

The early word from Cannes is very good on the adaptation. Variety critic Todd McCarthy's review says, "A scorching blast of tense genre filmmaking shot through with rich veins of melancholy, down-home philosophy and dark, dark humor, "No Country for Old Men" reps a superior match of source material and filmmaking talent. Cormac McCarthy's bracing and brilliant novel is gold for the Coen brothers, who have handled it respectfully but not slavishly, using its built-in cinematic values while cutting for brevity and infusing it with their own touch is one of the their very best films, a bloody classic of its type destined for acclaim and potentially robust B.O. returns upon release later in the year."

I can't wait until it's US release in November.