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Contexts
Context of Production
Films are shaped by the contexts in which they are produced. They can therefore be understood in more depth by placing them within two important contextual frames. The first involves considering the broader contexts of a film at the time when it was produced – its social, cultural and political contexts, either current or historical. The second involves a consideration of a film’s institutional context, including the important contextual factors affecting production such as finance and available technology.
Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 novel No Country for Old Men was subject to adaptation very early on after its release. Scott Rudin, a producer for Paramount, obtained the rights to the film adaptation and suggested it to the Coen brothers as their next mainstream production. The brothers had not released a mainstream film since the Tom Hanks vehicle The Ladykillers in 2004 and apart from two short films were looking for their next project. The brothers saw potential in McCarthy’s script and wanted to look at how the film played with conventions and appealed to their desire to make a film in Texas. They took on the…
