GITS Script Reading & Analysis: “No Country for Old Men”

For our next GITS Script Reading & Analysis, the screenplay is No Country for Old Men, screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy.

You can download the November 28, 2005 draft of the script here. It is 122 pages long.

With this script, we cover two areas: The Coen brothers and noted novelist [and recently turned screenwriter] Cormac McCarthy.

The schedule:

Monday, June 25: General discussion
Tuesday, June 26: Structure
Wednesday, June 27: Characters
Thursday, June 28: Themes
Friday, June 29: Dialogue

Also note we will have a live Tweet-Cast on Wednesday, June 27 at 8PM Pacific. You are invited to get your DVD or Netflix set to play the movie at precisely 8PM, then join professional screenwriters Tom Benedek [@TomBenedek], F. Scott Frazier [@ScreenWritten], John Gary [@johngary], and myself on Twitter for live commentary. This interactive approach to analyzing a movie in real-time is a lot of fun and led to some great insights into the films we have reviewed. Hashtag: #NCFOM.

I believe this is our 20th script in this series. And you know how important I think it is to read and analyze screenplays. Here’s your chance to dig into a Coen brothers script.

NOTE: THE USE OF THE SCREENPLAY IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Comment Archive