5 Great Movies With Mind-Blowing Symbolism You Didn't Notice
#2. No Country for Old Men is About Retirement  Miramax
Films/Paramount Vantage  No Country for Old Men is a film about
drug deals, sawed-off shotguns, and bad haircuts. So, why is it
called that instead of something more appropriate, like, say,
Anton Chigurh Kills Everyone? Because, despite being a little
too violent for your grandma to watch, this is actually a movie
about retirement.  Miramax Films/Paramount Vantage "This pension
plan is bullshit."  For starters, freaking everyone in this film
is retired or on their way to retirement. There's Llewelyn Moss
(Josh Brolin), a "retired" welder and Vietnam veteran who spends
his leisure moments hunting. There's Llewelyn's wife, Carla Jean
(Kelly Macdoland), who works at Wal-Mart ... until Llewelyn
comes home one day with a satchel full of money and tells her
she's now "retired." There's Carson Wells (Woody Harrelson), a
"retired Army colonel" hired to locate the aforementioned
satchel full of money.