The similarity and differences of "No Country for Old Men" and "Dead Man"

The films of No Country for Old Men and Dead Man attempt to reveal uncertainty of life. No Country for Old Men is a murder mystery written by Coen and Joel, but it is based on the McCarthy narrative. The story revolves around three main characters; Llewellyn Moss, Anton Chigurh and Tom Bell, a psychopathic killer. The story begins where Anton Chigurh is paid by his boss to find the stolen money, which the boss lost in the failed drug deal. In short, the film is filled with mysteries and uncertainties of life; thus, the name No Country for Old Man. Similarly, Dead man is a movie that was directed by Jarmusch Jim, in 1996. It is a storyline of a young man’s adventure both mentally and physically into the strange land. William Blake starts his journey to the western frontiers of America and he encounters with an odd and an outcast Native American known as ‘Nobody’. The encounter with ‘Nobody’ helps William Blake to overcome difficult through situations, which were in turn hilarious and brutal. Therefore, the movies No Country for Old Man and Dead manare fulfilled with darkness and uncertainty; thus, both directors of the two movies try to reveal the uncertainty of life.

Similarities
There are varied similarities revealed in both films of No Country for Old Men and Dead Man. First, both films are filled with darkness and uncertainty of life because both directors reveal issues of violence, murder and coldhearted villains. These act as the main roles of the central characters in both movies and their lives are full of obscurity. Both directors ties these aspects of uncertainty and darkens with pessimistic belief that there is little one can do about these uncertainty aspects of human life (McCarthy 34). There is a lot of evil in both films because the directors keep reminding the viewer about the inherent evil of human beings in every scene. For instance, the marvelous expressionless humor is one of the darkest aspects in the film of No Country for Old Men. For instance, Chigurh is one the characters who has dreadful characters because he engages in violence issues.
Moreover, both films reveal the mysterious dead as the only certainty and at the same time reveal greatest mysterycases and violence. For instance, the adventure story in the Dead Man film represents certainty of life to William Blake. Consequently, the journey is a long-lasting ceremonial to the person known as‘Nobody’ because his intention was to save Blake and bring him back to the spirit-level of the human race. The non-western viewpoint about Nobody was that life was seen as unending cycle; thus making the significance of the film title ‘Dead Man’. Both filmsreveal cases of violence, some of which contributes to death. For instance, in the film of Dead Man, nobody helps in leading William Blake through situations most of which turns to be violent and on the same time hilarious. Contrary to Blake’s personality, Blake turns to be a criminal, a murderer and vicious man whose physical being slips away gradually. Both novels portray characters most of whom are violent and engage in the world of cruel, brutal and chaotic.
Secondly, both films are filled with darkness and uncertainty of life because the major themes revealed are evil and fate. Most films of western genre are full of evil and fate; thus, many characters play part in evil things in the society. Both directors acknowledge the evil practiced by the power-hungry rich men who dominates the weak, and innocent people are used in order to enable the powerful achieve their needs. For instance, most crimes are committed in both movies and many people end up being the victim of evil because the crimes committed are beyond measure (Raff 61). The powerful people use the weak and innocent citizens in order to fulfill their needs.
In addition, the theme of fate is revealed and it is the cause for violence cases because every character in the movie wants to reach his or her destiny. For instance, the film of Dead Man is about a young man who sets the journey and hopes to reach his destiny in order to accomplish his missions. Fate is also revealed in the other film whereby we see violent cases taking place right from the beginning after Chigurh left the house where Carla lives. The violence cases take place in several scenes because every character aims to fulfill a certain mission (Nelmes 51). Each of the main characters in both films hasa twofoldunderstanding about the global world. In other words, there is an inevitably a sense that the world moves on its way; thus it does not have much to do with the desires or concerns of human beings. Hence, the characters beliefs that they have to contribute to their inevitable future with every choice they make and their work they perform. Perhaps the evil things that they commit are associated with the future, which they are looking; thus, their past determines their fate.
Thirdly, both films reveal the major themes of crime of theft and variant moral perceptions. The film of “No Country for Old Men,” crime of theft centers on a man who stole $2 million from a drug contract. Thus, immediately after the money was stolen, the pursuit follows and this results to his death. The film is a chase or pursuit movie, but is centers on both the crimes and detective narratives with an aim of finding the stolen money from the drug deal. Most characters in thisfilm are criminals of theft something contributes to death of other characters. For instance, Llewellyn Moss is the champion of the movie, an ordinary figure who commits crime of burglary in extraordinary circumstances. The viewer is able to view Moss’ burglary as rational rather than reproachful. Peebles Stacey admits that“later that night after the theft took place” Moss made adecision to return and help the wounded man who had begged for help (King, Rick and Jim 81). This statement clearly depicts the way crime of theft is rampart in the film, which contributes to deaths of many people; hence, the movie revealsuncertainty of lives.
Moreover, Moss also believes that leaving the money behind in the chase would be unimaginable; thus, he asserts, “it is only the ageing people in the story who have lost their money” (Lees-Jeffries 717). Moss takes the money which he found in the desert and acknowledges that by doing so, he will sacrifice all those he loves; thus the movie is a murder mystery where many characters finds themselves. Furthermore, the Dead Man film also is full of crime theft and this is revealed whereWilliam Blake, anewly orphaned accountant who leaves home to find a job in another city and involves in crimes. Upon reaching the factory where Blake was going to find the job, he was told that the job position has already been filled. Blake enters into a nearby bar and spends his night with one of the bar prostitutes. In the process, the violent alternation with the lover of the woman breaks and this leaves Blake as a mysterious murderer and fatally wounded. Eventually, Moss flew into the wilderness where he found the man known as ‘Nobody’ who promised to guide him into the spirit world.
Lastly, both films are thrillers because they reveal murder mysteries, adventure stories and the stories are full of suspense. The thriller narratives are the wide kind of literature or films that employ suspense, anxiety, adventure, enthusiasm, mystery murder and other considerable elements. The directors of both films employed varied elements of a thriller genre such as murder mystery. The cases of murder are reveled in both films where many characters involve in the murder cases and others are found death. Moreover, the directors reveal adventure stories and other varied aspects, which leaves the viewer in suspense trying to think what happens next. This thriller films are exciting, but on the other hand, they are scaring especially where murder cases takes place. In the Dead Man story, Rosenbaum (32) reveals the mysterious and adventure stories of Blake especially his journey into the spirit world. The other film is full of thriller elements starting from murder cases arising due to crime of theft to tension created between characters; thus entertaining movies that one can enjoy watching.

Differences
However, despite the similarities, there are varied differences in both filmsof No Country for Old Men and Dead Man. First, the author of Dead man film can be characterized as an inconspicuous filmmaker unlike the authors of No Country for Old Man who are noticeable or apparent. This is because the Dead Manfilm often shuns the traditional narrative structure and lacks clear plot progression (Rosenbaum 61). The filmis characterized as a western genre film, which is open to the metaphor and its roots evolves from classical narrative forms of literature. In most cases, western styles are most common narratives involving journey into unfamiliar territory. These types of films are often shaped around varied themes such as redemption, tragedy and retribution. Although, this film is not a traditional western film, the genre was only used as departure point with the film being more of mood and character development than plot progression. The film is full of lonely adventures and the director always describes men characters as the conmen and thieves.
Moreover, the Dead Manfilm is different from the western films because it is filmed entirely in black and white. The director of this film decided to make the film black and white from the very beginning because of varied reasons. One of the primary reasons is that the director wanted the film to align with his theme of writing the story, which is about the man who takes a journey that takes him far away from familiar things (Kollatz 22). The color of the film mostly in landscapes connects with the viewer with those things that they are familiar with their tonal values. It is also because the narrative was set during the 19th century; thus inadequate information about the color is one way of gaining some noteworthy historical facet. It also seems that films that were directed in the late 1950s to early 1960s employed western genre styles, which seemed to be black and white. Therefore, it is entirely an up-to-date comedic take on the western; however, one can find it being unquestionable and strange at times.
Secondly, Dead man film is different from that of Jarmusch because it is full of racist and morally decadent. For instance, there is racism because ‘Nobody’ was treated differently from the white because he was of a mixed blood, a tribe that was considered as plain Indians (Lalanne 37). Furthermore, varied clues to the meaning of the film are revealed throughout from the beginning of the screenplay up to the end, whereby, the film critics seem to offer the meaning behind the Dead Man film. For instance, Blake sets the journey from America, and passed through the purgatorial land of the dead. This land is where the dead bury the dead because they do not bother to conduct the burial. In the opening scene, the question is posed, “why is it that the landscape is moving, but the boat is still?” (Depp, Robert, Gabriel, Alfred and Stephen 1996); hence creating suspense.Therefore, this alludes to and links with the ending scene that creates an endless loop and reveals varied issues, which Blake experiences such a racist and moral decadent, in America.
Thirdly, although both films attempts to address the issue of traditions, culture and racist, Dead Manfilm is more of an figurative cinematic poem thanNo Country for old Menfilm. The director of the Dead Man film reveals the merging of the customary and traditional iconography of the Westerners. The author succeeds in creating a filmic analogue and the vehemence of its imageries has their roots in the western genre. The film is fiercely ironic and of course the outsider  is able to understand the American culture who is none other than the American Indian known as ‘Nobody’. The film is ironic because‘Nobody’ who plays the role of a foreigner in his own land is regarded as a savage by the white men. Therefore, this is the only film, which is acquainted by the European culture; thus reveals the myth of the American culture (Bortz 28). 
No Country for old Men is among the best movies and is worth of praise because of the way it was produced. Although, some people may find some weaknesses, the director directed the film in a manner that makes it worth and appealing. One can argue that McCarthy’s work is worth to be praised because of the writing styles and skills employed in the novel. Coens carefully selected the most filmic moments of McCarthy’s novel and philosophically came up with appealing film. One can find a cinematic equivalent of the film to that of language used in McCarthy’s novel.
Lastly, Joel and Coen’s film is different from that of Jarmusch because the story was based on the novel of Cormac McCarthy whose main themes included principles, laws and fate. The cinematic style of producing films significantly influenced the directors; thus directing the film based on the McCarthy’s novel. Therefore, the directors employed unique styles of presenting the theme and personified characters in a manner that makes the film highly interesting. The directors further draw attention to cultural perceptions such as gender roles, racism or ethnicity and also explore the landscape of the west Texas. The critics of the movie argue that the movie is the metaphor for the entropy of the current America, which illustrated the 9/11 terrorism and the Iraq rebel era. This is because it is full of crimes of all evils that left many people wounded while others died in the process of chasing money stolen from the drug deal.

Conclusion
In conclusion, the movies No Country for Old Man and Dead man are fulfilled with darkness and uncertainty; thus, both directors of those two movies try to reveal the uncertainty of life. There are varied similarities revealed in both films of No Country for Old Men and Dead Man. First, both films are filled with darkness and uncertainty of lives because both directors reveal issues of violence, murder and coldhearted villains. They also reveal about mysterious dead as the only certainty and at the same time reveal greatest mystery and violence cases, which contribute to loss of lives. Both films are fulfilled with darkness and uncertainty of lives because the major themes revealed are evil and fate. The theme of fate is revealed and it is the cause for violence cases because every character in the movie wants to reach his or her destiny. Both directors of the filmsreveal the major theme of crime of theft and variant moral perceptions. Thus, both films are thrillers because they reveal murder mysteries, adventure stories and the stories are full of suspense. However, there are varied differences in both films of No Country for Old Man and Dead man. First, the author of Dead man film can be characterized as an inconspicuous filmmaker unlike the authors of No Country for Old Man who are noticeable or apparent. Although both films attempts to address the issue of traditions, culture and racist, Dead Man film is more of a figurative cinematic poem than No Country for old Men film.Moreover, the Dead Man film is different from the western films because it is filmed entirely in black and white. Dead man film is different from that of Jarmusch because it is full of racist and morally decadent. No Country for old Men is one of the best films and is worth of praise because of the way it was produced. Lastly, Joel and Coen’s film is different from that of Jarmusch because the story was based on the novel of Cormac McCarthy whose main themes included principles, laws and fate.