No country for old men is not your typical Western: the hero doesn't win, or even survive, the villiain gets away, and the ending isn't a shootout but rather a slow, calm monologue by a character who was the least involved of the three main characters. The absence of music prevents us from anticipating what is going to happen next. The gas station owner coin toss scene is one of the best dialogues in all of films even though it…
