I know I'm more than a couple of years too late to jump onto this bandwagon...but I got to see " no country..." only this past weekend! You must be wondering what is this crime-thriller doing on a decor blog with a motto that urges you to 'live beautifully'...but strangely this bleak, scary and relentlessly violent movie...left me with images other than those of just blood and gore. It is a gripping tale indeed and I will not critique the storyline or the cast and their performances.( which were superlative, by the way)...what really left me spellbound was the cinematography, the shot composition and beauty of the unforgiving desert landscape of West Texas..
From the opening scene, when Moss ( Josh Brolin) stumbles upon some dead bodies and a stash of cash, I couldn't take my eyes off the beautifully barren landscape and to add to the stark beauty of it were the Ford pickups in the most gorgeous of colors...this apricot - hued one, for instance...
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I love how beautifully the above image translates to this glamorous room....there couldn't be a greater contrast in the feel of the two images despite the presence of same colors down to the little hint of green from the grass in the above image mirrored by the foliage in the vases below....
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This collage of images from the movie depicts all the beautiful hues of blue and turquoise contrasting vivdly with the reds and orange... you can spot a couple more pick-ups in this image...a red and a soft turquoise...
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.. and if it were a room..It could end up looking a lot like this....
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Finally...check out the color of the door of the motel room..what is it called...aqua-teal? It is gorgeous...I just couldn't get it out my head..and had to do a great deal of research until I found.......
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....this...I dare you to find a closer match......I love the stunning contrast it makes with the red...really gorgeous..
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Since my husband, who was also watching the movie with me, did not notice any of these details till I pointed those out to him..it is quite possible that blogging has made me hypersensitive to finding beauty and inspiration in everything....even in places where one is least likely to go looking for them !
