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Good story this week in USA Today, which profiles Marfa, Texas, where both No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood -- both nominated for Best Picture -- were filmed. It was hilarious to hear what the locals had to say from this ranching town, whose population hovers around 2,000. They still prefer the 1956 James Dean classic Giant, which was also shot in the desolate West Texas town. My favorite quotes were from local resident W.E. "Chip" Love, whose grandmother was an extra on Giant. The Coen brothers talked him into being one in No Country for Old Men. "They said all I had to do was get killed with a stun gun and fall down," the 50-year-old president of the Marfa bank told USA Today. "I figured I could do that. I could fall down." But a two-minute scene involved a lot more work than he thought it would. "They must have had me killed eight different ways. Heck, I had a stunt double — for falling down. It's funny how much it means to movie people." |
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