Spanish actor Javier Bardem suffered from "full-blown depression" after having his hair styled into a bizarre 1970s-style bowl-cut to play a sadistic killer in Oscar-nominated movie No Country For Old Men.

Filmmaking siblings The Coen Brothers have ruled out ever making a science-fiction movie - because the idea of spacesuits baffles them.

No Country For Old Men and Juno triumphed at The Satellite Awards on Sunday night, taking home two gongs each. Ethan and Joel Coen's Western thriller, No Country For Old Men, was awarded Best Director and Best Drama, while Juno was hailed as Best Comedy.

Filmmaking siblings the Coen Brothers were forced to spend a small fortune shipping specially-designed fake blood from England to their No Country For Old Men set in New Mexico - to keep predators at bay.

Josh Brolin was surprised to receive a detailed telephone message from Tommy Lee Jones praising his performance in their new movie No Country For Old Men earlier this year. Jones was so impressed with his co-star's acting in the Coen Brothers film, he left him a lengthy voicemail critique.

Gory movies such as ''30 Days of Night'' and ''Saw IV'' come and go without much of a fuss. Directors Martin Scorsese and Joel and Ethan Coen can throw buckets of fake blood across the screen. But when video-game companies indulge in graphic violence, watchdogs go ballistic.

In Paris, Je T'aime, celebrated directors from around the world, including the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas, have come together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined.