No Country for Old Men

The Coen Brothers adapt Cormac McCarthy's novel with Roger Deakins' stark, naturalistic cinematography capturing the West Texas borderlands. Deakins shot with remarkable economy — only 250,000 feet of film versus the typical 700,000 to a million — using Zeiss Master Primes and Cooke S4 lenses with no zoom lenses on set. Every shot was meticulously storyboarded, with barely a dozen shots excluded from the final cut. The film won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.