"No Country for Old Men" desert scenes in NM... Where specifically? (Albuquerque: 2015, hotel)

[Clutch718]

I really digged the scenery in the opening parts of the movie, as well as the location of the great shootout.

Where can one find this kind of terrain? I hear it's around the Santa Fe area? Is that true?

[ibarrio]

IMDB list these locations:

Eagle Pass, Texas, USA

Garson Studios, College of Santa Fe - 1600 Saint Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (interiors) (studio)

Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA

Marfa, Texas, USA

[Merlander]

I read that many of the downtown scenes were shot in Albuquerque.

[jsc23]

Originally Posted by Clutch718

I really digged the scenery in the opening parts of the movie, as well as the location of the great shootout.

Where can one find this kind of terrain? I hear it's around the Santa Fe area? Is that true?

The opening sequence was shot in Arroyo Hondo- west of Taos.

here's a link to NM Film Office data on the movie

http://www.nmfilm.com/filming/filmography/filmography-item.php?id=654 (broken link)

[Rich Cabeza]

The motel scene at the end was filmed on San Mateo I think. When watching it I wondered why it looked more like Alb when it was supposed to be El Paso.

[threecats407]

Not that film but I found the Wild Hogs vulture scene a few years back, Exactly.



[IMG]hogs by SouthWestDreams , on Flickr[/IMG]

[Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by Rich Cabeza

The motel scene at the end was filmed on San Mateo I think. When watching it I wondered why it looked more like Alb when it was supposed to be El Paso.

I thought it was actually East Central; the fast food restaurant gave it away.

(Interior scenes could have been at a different motel, though)..

[funkymonkey]

Originally Posted by Zoidberg

I thought it was actually East Central; the fast food restaurant gave it away.

(Interior scenes could have been at a different motel, though)..

That was the Desert Sands motel on Central, near San Mateo.

[ABQConvict]

The 'suburban' redidential neighborhood scene at the end was filmed in the neighborhood east of Old Town, south of Central, and as funkymonkey points out, the hotel was Desert Sands. For years they kept the mismatched room number plate on that door (#7 or 9 if I recall) and it was clearly visible when driving or walking past.

[ashpelham]

One of my absolute favorite movies. Scenery, acting, story, visually it was everything. My other fave is There Will Be Blood. Obviously, the West has an appeal to me. And strong acting and even stronger story. Those two films just really strike a cord with me.