Book · 2006 · Drug traffic
No Country for Old Men
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This is which also is part of the reason why I like No Country for Old Men so much which I felt was a great great great movie even better book.
Josh Barnett · Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2021 Listen at 2:07:45 What they say about it
- Movie adaptation and comparisons“adapted from novels respectively by”3
- Mentioned by Josh Barnett“Cormac McCarthy in No Country for Old Men”3
The best things said about it
And when he started drifting away from that when he wrote No Country or Furlough Men or The Road and great books on their own but I kind of miss the way he used to write.
Cormac McCarthy in one of his novels, I think it's No Country for Old Men, he says that people reach a stage in their life where they've lost so much that they focus on it and they don't see what else is going out the door.
No Country for Old Men is an adaptation that, like, that book kind of already feels like a movie and was written as a screenplay or stage play before that.
Clint Bentley The Book Review · Feb 2026 Then he moved to things like No Country for Old Men and The Road, which is stripped down and just the opposite of everything in his first career.
No Country for Old Men and True Grit are adapted from novels respectively by Cormac McCarthy and Charles poris and and they're very scrupulous adaptations.
And it just made me think of Cormac McCarthy in No Country for Old Men you know uh you know you can you can change your name you can do this.
Josh Barnett The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2020 Where and when it comes up
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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy is a bleak, violent western thriller about a drug deal gone wrong and the relentless hunter pursuing the survivor. Josh Barnett mentioned on the Lex Fridman Podcast that he liked the movie and felt the book was even better. David Perell discussed McCarthy's writing style on How I Write, contrasting his later novels with the mysterious quality of his earlier work. James Sexton cited the novel on The Mel Robbins Podcast to illustrate how people focus too much on their losses. Gilbert Cruz mentioned the book on The Book Review in relation to its Academy Award-winning film adaptation, and David Perell referenced it again when discussing cinematic perspectives with Noah Hawley. Bill Burr spoke about the novel and film on the Monday Morning Podcast, sharing that getting older made him feel like Tommy Lee Jones's character. Clint Bentley noted on The Book Review that the book felt like it was already written as a screenplay, while David Senra briefly discussed reading the novel on The Tim Ferriss Show.
Every mention
Josh Barnett and this is which also is part of the reason why i like no country for old men so much which i felt was a g… 3
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“and this is which also is part of the reason why i like no country for old men so much which i felt was a great great great movie even better book”
Discussed
“and it just made me think of Cormac McCarthy in No Country for Old Men you know uh you know you can you can change your name”
Discussed
“and it just made me think of Cormac McCarthy in No Country for Old Men you know uh you know you can you can change your name you can do this”
David Perell And when he started drifting away from that when he wrote No Country or Furlough Men or The Road and great… 2
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“And when he started drifting away from that when he wrote No Country or Furlough Men or The Road and great books on their own but I kind of miss the way he used to write”
Discussed
“So, as you're watching No Country for Old for Old Men, as you're watching Fargo, what is it that you're looking for to try to understand what's going on?”
A.O. Scott No Country for Old Men and True Grit are adapted from novels respectively by Cormac McCarthy and Charles po… 1
Discussed
“No Country for Old Men and True Grit are adapted from novels respectively by Cormac McCarthy and Charles poris and and they're very scrupulous adaptations”
Ben Bowlin No Country from Old Men. Anton is cool as but he's by no means good. 1
Discussed
“No Country from Old Men. Anton is cool as but he's by no means good.”
Bill Burr You know, the older I get, you know, when you age, you start to feel like Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for… 1
Discussed
“You know, the older I get, you know, when you age, you start to feel like Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men, which I still maintain is one of the greatest movies of all time.”
Clint Bentley There or there are exceptions to that like No Country for Old Men is an adaptation that like that book kind… 1
Discussed
“There or there are exceptions to that like No Country for Old Men is an adaptation that like that book kind of already feels like a movie and was written as a screenplay or stage play before that.”
David Senra The Road, No Country for Old Men. I saw the movie, first saw the book. 1
Discussed
“The Road, No Country for Old Men. I saw the movie, first saw the book.”
Dean Koontz Then he moved to things like No Country for Old Men and The Road which is stripped down and just the opposi… 1
Discussed
“Then he moved to things like No Country for Old Men and The Road which is stripped down and just the opposite of everything in his first career.”
Dwight Garner so you've got me trying to remember but in the first sentence of No Country for Old Men a character is sent… 1
Critiqued
“so you've got me trying to remember but in the first sentence of No Country for Old Men a character is sent I believe to the gas chamber in Texas”
Gilbert Cruz No Country for Old Men which the Cone brothers directed the Cormack McCarthy novel which came in number fiv… 1
Discussed
“No Country for Old Men which the Cone brothers directed the Cormack McCarthy novel which came in number five one best picture.”
James Sexton And Cormac McCarthy in one of his novels, I think it's No Country for Old Men, he says that people reach a… 1
Discussed
“And Cormac McCarthy in one of his novels, I think it's No Country for Old Men, he says that people reach a stage in their life where they've lost so much that they focus on it and they don't see what else is going out the door.”
Joe Rogan I think it's kind of like no country for old men. Sometimes it ends and it's just you're like damn, I want… 1
Discussed
“I think it's kind of like no country for old men. Sometimes it ends and it's just you're like damn, I want to know more.”
Jonathan Keeperman Sure no country for Old Men as an example, but it’s not self-consciously right wing, right. I doubt, the Co… 1
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“Sure no country for Old Men as an example, but it’s not self-consciously right wing, right. I doubt, the Coen brothers would call themselves on the right. And I don’t even know if Cormac McCarthy, who wrote the book. It’s based on.”
Shaan Puri have you seen the movie no country for old men no um so it's like a movie i've heard of it but you know wha… 1
Discussed
“have you seen the movie no country for old men no um so it's like a movie i've heard of it but you know what it is that name to me sounds so boring that i will never click on that no it's not a boring one at all”
Steven Rinella you know in the end of no country for old men yeah 1
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“you know in the end of no country for old men yeah”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“This is written and directed by the Coen brothers based on the Cormac McCarthy novel. And I had forgotten how unbelievably good that movie is.”
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“McCarthy, who died in 2023, is the author behind books as popular and traditional as No Country for Old Men and All the Pretty Horses, and as ornate and knotty as Blood Meridian.”
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“Like that dude from No Country for Old Men.”
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“He did of course No Country for Old Men, which is one of my favorite films of all time with the Cohen brothers and the road, which is also uh directed by John Hillote.”
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“it reminds me of the scene in No Country for Old Men right where uh sugar is talking to the gas station attendant sugar”
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“and then I remembered Anton sugar in No Country for Old Men it's essentially they're they're kind of saying”
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“No Country For Men yeah”
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“then he goes into sort of the last part of his career which is No Country for Old Men the road”
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“brian arthur was friends with cormac mccarthy the author who wrote all the pretty horses and no country for old men and cormack helped shape the pros in that piece”
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“and but they also shot one of my favorite movies of all time no country for old men and i want to drive around and look at some of those shooting locations like the motel where they shoot brought they killed josh brolin and all of that type of stuff”
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“No Country for Old Men is one of my favorite movies they did that there they did that there”
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“and when everyone kept saying to the psycho there you don't have to do this and he's like everybody always says that right that was the same thing someone said why would you come here”