Monday, February 25, 2008

Academy Award Winner "Crime Saga"--

Novelist Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men which had become a critically-praised movie has now grabbed Hollywood's top honor with its Oscar win last night. As a movie fan and mystery reader, I'm pleased this violent but good movie won.

Billed as a "crime saga" in one web site I read, the story of No Country is ripe for print or the big screen with the theft of drug money and the chase that ensues. This story follows the thief of stolen money, a psychopathic killer after the thief and the sheriff concerned about both.

A quick check of our library catalog shows the expected interest of this title with a brisk demand for the book and new upcoming DVD by requests following the four award wins at the Academy Awards. I haven't read the book or seen the movie but I'm hopeful to at least see the movie in the near future. Following last night, I am especially interested in seeing the movie with actors Javier Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones in this new critically-lauded Coen brothers production.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

just saw no country for old men; it's unassumingly unconventional and yet (thankfully) never over the top... all in all the Coen brothers deserve their Oscars, well done indeed.