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The tiny west Texas town, Marfa, population 2,400, hosted back-to-back shoots of the Coen Brothers’ No Country

The tiny west Texas town, Marfa, population 2,400, hosted back-to-back shoots of the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men, and then Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. Marfa, TX, is still better known as the location where George Stevens shot Giant, with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor. 14 months later and Marfa turned out to be quite the mascot: both films are now considered masterpieces.