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@taitjones6310

3 жыл бұрын

I've watched several of these "Explained" videos for this movie, and this is the best one by far. Great job!

@genatorbol

3 жыл бұрын

You sir, just earned a new subscriber

@steelson6137

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome sequence thank you!

@youthnation1

3 жыл бұрын

M Tooth have done both for more recent videos. This video is four years old and one of my first.

@marekcameron4995

3 жыл бұрын

1no

I can't believe I watched the entire movie without realizing it had NO music at all. Just... wow

@unluckyseabird2888

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@haileybalmer9722

3 жыл бұрын

I ran a fever for the whole movie the first time I saw it, and I think that's part of the reason why. I get fevers on occasion when I'm very anxious, and the lack of any kind of music really dials up the intensity.

@Pineapple-hx9ty

3 жыл бұрын

@@haileybalmer9722 music is always better than pure information when it comes to making it easier on an audience This is why horror movies should have the music cut out for uncomfortably long intervals

@zollamark

3 жыл бұрын

The only music in the movie that I noticed was with the mariachi band waking up Josh Brolin's character on the Mexican side of the boarder. I wonder if there is any significance of that.

@reidtyndall4953

3 жыл бұрын

@@zollamark it most certainly has significance. The song lyrics translated: You wanted to fly without wings You wanted to touch the sky You wanted many riches You wanted to play with fire

This movie taught me that if I find a case of cash, always empty it out into a new bag.

@peaceonearth351

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha....but you'd piss your pants first.

@darksim2725

4 жыл бұрын

And NEVER comeback to the place where you found it.

@robertl.fallin7062

4 жыл бұрын

I requimend a common paper sack from a local grocery store.

@Amjadd13

4 жыл бұрын

That sudden urge of absurd conscience to bring water to that guy made the whole plot 😂

@iamtheiconoclast3

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is definitely the true moral of the film.

what I personally learned from this movie is that if you ever discover a bag full of money you must always check for a tracking device.

@FunClockwork

9 ай бұрын

and to not feel so much guilt that you have to return to a crime scene to help a man marked with death

@thanktink4328

9 ай бұрын

I half expected you to conclude on leaving the bag of money where you found it.

@FunClockwork

9 ай бұрын

@@thanktink4328 now what fun would that be

@thanktink4328

9 ай бұрын

@@FunClockwork story moral: does it look like moss had fun... freaking out, on the run, getting shot at, costing other people's lives... that money caused a bloodbath

@FunClockwork

9 ай бұрын

@@thanktink4328 I had fun watching the movie so I'm sure Llewellyn had one heck of a rodeo playing cowboy 🤠

My dumbass didn't understand that the dead guy the camera was focusing on for 10 seconds was our protagonist, so I was just left confused till the film ended lmao.

@royghosn18

4 ай бұрын

Same I was like there no way he’s dead

@koguma.newyork1

2 ай бұрын

same here, I thought it was another "mexican" shootout with more casualties

@George-real

2 ай бұрын

Ya I had to rewind and watch it again. I was so hyped for the showdown that I didn’t even consider the possibility of the protagonist dying offscreen before anything even happened

@imanmaghroun7464

2 ай бұрын

Lol bc the film is just stupid

@BtadBejs

2 ай бұрын

​@@imanmaghroun7464 I just finished it for the first time that shit pissed me off so bad

I think the scariest part of the film is that fact that it has no music. It makes it so much more immersive and real. Real life has no soundtrack.

@ThreeDaysOfDan

6 жыл бұрын

yes it does " turns up my iron maiden"

@jimmydroid7838

6 жыл бұрын

Kelly S Speak for yourself buster. Danger Zone is my life soundtrack.

@knowthycell

6 жыл бұрын

An I tell u what I want what I really really want I wanna uh I wanna uh I really really wanna zigga zig ahhhh

@wadeguidry6675

6 жыл бұрын

Kelly S: I'm a musician, yet I do agree. There really isn't a soundtrack. And it is scary.

@wadeguidry6675

6 жыл бұрын

degree7: speaking of singing bowls. I picked up the heart chakra bowl at a Goodwill store for 99 cents! They didn't know what it was and thought it was some cheap eating bowl that wouldn't stand up right. The heart chakra alone is around 100 dollars.

I love how Anton, Bell and Moss never really cross paths, even the gun battle, Moss never really sees who he is shooting at or who is shooting at him

@sourabhtripathi0986

3 жыл бұрын

but he said he saw the guy to woody harrelson.

@yaboicaden200

3 жыл бұрын

@@sourabhtripathi0986 he got a quick glimpse of him

@manniefresh7354

3 жыл бұрын

@@sourabhtripathi0986 "saw" or came across paths i believe.

@sourabhtripathi0986

3 жыл бұрын

@@manniefresh7354 The point is that he knows what he looks like, contrary to the original comment.

@sinutnaprezidenta5457

3 жыл бұрын

@@sourabhtripathi0986 i was wondering where did he saw him cuz there wasn't s scene in the movie where they met and get to see each other

My favorite little detail in this movie is when Bell goes into the hotel room finding the vent open with the coin that Anton used to unscrew the screws off. The coin was heads up just like with the coin toss in the gas station. A nod to that 50/50 chance he had and Bell got to live.

@mitchdakid4214

2 жыл бұрын

Anton left it for bell bc it was now his lucky quarter

@samarrenvelexian9592

2 жыл бұрын

Another good thing about this movie is that they keep u wondering

@PatrickRyan147

Жыл бұрын

It's 'blow your mind' time! Maybe Bell goes into the hotel room but Chigurrh is actually there and he kills the sheriff.. but because of quantum immortality, the sheriff's soul leaves his body and immediately reattaches itself to that version of him that is still alive elsewhere in the multiverse and that other version of him is the one who arrives, say, five minutes later and enters the motel room after Chigurrh has left (and this is what we see). This new part of the multiverse is perfectly identical to the other part of the multiverse except for this one detail. This is theoretically possible, apparently 😯 Edit: grammar

@suparibhau

Жыл бұрын

@@PatrickRyan147 fictionally? yes

@swagkachu3784

Жыл бұрын

@@PatrickRyan147 weed really got stronger

The matter of fact death of the protagonist Moss has to be one of the most jolting events in movie history. It demolishes all your preconceptions and the unwritten laws of movies. it leaves you completely hanging in the wind. Pure chaos.

@thanktink4328

9 ай бұрын

Yes. same as the sudden and grossly unexpected death of Leo De Caprio's character in The Departed

@susurrus5047

8 ай бұрын

​@@thanktink4328Seriously?? What a way to spoil that movie for me

@thanktink4328

8 ай бұрын

@@susurrus5047 Are you saying that I spoiled it for you??

@MauriAllure

8 ай бұрын

@@thanktink4328yes that’s what they were saying

@thanktink4328

8 ай бұрын

@@MauriAllure who?

The gas station owner's role is way underrated in my opinion - even if it's just one scene. 100% believable character.

@Xarithus

5 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about that too. Fantastic actor.

@phero2

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. What an actor.

@locrianphyrigian3779

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can really see all his desires and past in how he acts, at first curious, then indignant and prideful, then fearful, and finally... acquiesces that this is a wolf right here in front of me, and while I'd like to think I'm a tough guy, I know I have a better chance to hide than to fight.

@Barney-ii1no

5 жыл бұрын

1000000% agree! you just got me think about the scene and how good it was.

@alexanderreid976

5 жыл бұрын

my first thought as well man made it feel real as hell

I like how you let the car crash jarringly interrupt you mid sentence. Nicely done.

@Alfamoto8

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a surprise as good as the movie one... Very well done..

@Nah_Bohdi

3 жыл бұрын

(Not ending that with "mid sente-...")

@AskforQAli

3 жыл бұрын

No matter how many times you watch this movie and tell yourself this scene no is coming. It gets you. Every time.

@drewinsur7321

3 жыл бұрын

aaaahhh OP lost the chance to say "well done"

@Agent1W

3 жыл бұрын

Better than the obnoxiously loud hotel telephone ring, because wait for it...wait for it... *PPHHZZNNT*

The unraveling of the snack wrapper is one of the most brilliant sources of building tension I’ve ever seen in a movie.

@josiahanderson9328

Жыл бұрын

I was quite surprised to find that scene was taken verbatim from Cormac McCarthy’s book, even down to the unraveling wrapper.

@Mr47CRO

7 ай бұрын

Can you please explain it, I didn't understand the meaning behind that scene

@ericlane3256

7 ай бұрын

@@Mr47CRO aluminum unraveling is an unnerving sound and it’s meant to add to the tension already established in the scene. It’s simple, yet thoughtful and effective.

@brownbabygaming94

7 ай бұрын

💯💯

@Phil-For-Reel

2 ай бұрын

@@Mr47CROI always viewed that scene as Anton Chigur coming across a man of his complete opposite and being disgusted by it. Anton has principle, standards, determination and most of all he's competent. The old man is purposeless, thoughtless, lacks principle and standards. It's the reason he spontaneously chokes on the candy. He is disgusted with the fact that the old man takes no control of his life and only has the place because he married into it. Anton doesn't respect that he doesn't make his own path-As a symbol of "fate" Anton makes the old man do the coin toss as to let chance decide whether he'll die or have opportunity to live and perhaps change. (I would compare it to the scene in Fight Club with the convience store guy.) Anton is first abrupt with him because the old mentions he saw he "was from Dallas". Anton's stolen car had Dallas plates so he couldn't over look the guy was a "witness" as he asked small talk questions. Anton couldn't risk being identified by authorities so he simultaneously risk given the guy a chance to live or killing him for being a witness.

For me the most intense scene was when Carson was going up the stairs thinking he had a productive day and achieved something just to realize that Chigur was behind him. Who then said “Hello Carson, Let’s Go To Your Room”. Carson didn't even had to look behind to know that the angel of death was there for him. he knew it out of pure intuition.

@demonicspecter7039

Жыл бұрын

And how Carson is visibly sweating and scared when talking to Anton.

@brendan2386

Жыл бұрын

Or he just recognized his voice

@lukew7343

Жыл бұрын

How did Anton track Carson down?

@tsonny1104

Жыл бұрын

I thought nearly everything involving Carson was pretty weak and not very well explained

@AleHunterAle

Жыл бұрын

Bro said “oh fuck GG”

Theorists: "Never kill the protagonist off-screen." Coen brothers: "Challenge accepted."

@andersonolb1793

3 жыл бұрын

Sheriff Bell is the true protagonist of the movie.

@burnthetrolls5971

3 жыл бұрын

@@andersonolb1793 so few people know he is

@fp8575

3 жыл бұрын

@@burnthetrolls5971 true, it's literally in the title

@burnthetrolls5971

3 жыл бұрын

@@fp8575 amazing story telling, amazing book, AMAZING MOVIE

@zenara2180

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't even like the protagonist to begin with.

The greatest coming of old age films ever.

@thatnikkakris2339

3 жыл бұрын

No country for those guys

@cosmologicalturtle9528

3 жыл бұрын

So wholesome

@KiidBow

3 жыл бұрын

*opens eyes and can’t sleep “it can’t be. there’s is no way” *proceeds to check cash for tracker because he’s been found out every time

@Aaron-fe6le

3 жыл бұрын

Was going to correct you and say coming of old age and realized you already put that. There was no point to this comment.

@samfoley5466

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aaron-fe6le there's no point to this comment, either

The fact that No Country for Old Men gave the feeling of dread and impending doom in every scene without a score or soundtrack says a lot about the creative ingenuity and masterminds of the Cohen brothers. I love how the villain was portrayed as having the same 50/50 chance of life or death doing mundane, everyday things like driving a car through an intersection just like the rest of us. It gave me a feeling of much needed relief actually.

@FunClockwork

9 ай бұрын

or that the main character who was so competent died to some basic thugs and not even the "main" antagonist, so anti-climatically might i add.

@michaelscott-joynt3215

3 ай бұрын

​@@FunClockwork But the MC wasn't competent at all. He was greedy, senseless, and gambled with his life. He clumsily ran from consequences, kept secrets, told lies. His view of paradise was riches (vanity, a sin). He ran to a senseless death. His choices led to self-destruction and more death, like he stumbled upon in the intro. The antagonist is Death, a creature without vanity or reason, a black hand of consequences who all must respect, which is why he kills the girl who refuses to partake, a way of saying that no one can play by their own rules. There are many videos to explain this film because it's too ambiguous and cheesy (a coin? a traffic light? really?) in how it explores concepts. However if it is an attempt to explore the question of faith in God and life itself as a gamble, then it's a rather gross exploration at that, and a oversimplified, demoralizing way to look at the modern world. It seems senseless, thinking of all the killing in modern times, but it's ignorant to suggest there were ever peaceful times. It's more like bubbles floating through the air. Bubbles burst and weak people have to come to grips with reality. Humans are sinful, corrupt, chaotic people who need to get together and struggle every day to make it, and to do that you need to believe in something. But don't place your bets, especially with God. Hopefully that's not the takeaway from this film.

@ogsloppnbiscuiitz1108

26 күн бұрын

@@FunClockwork*It didn’t go like the million of times their movies or shows.. refreshing isn’t it? Regardless of yours thoughts on it*

I think his dream was meant to say that good men like Bell and Moss have always existed in spite of the world, and his memory of his father carried the torch like the old timers before him and his own memory will one day for who comes next.

@youthnation1

2 жыл бұрын

“Waking up” is left ambiguous and can also be read as waking up from the dream to reality of his own existence. The fire isn’t just a dream it’s his father calling to him and it’s the fire which his father has built for him in life which wakes ED Tom from his slumber

@skxlter5747

Жыл бұрын

@@youthnation1 great explanation, what happened to you? You stopped posting for a while now

@TheMasterofComment

Жыл бұрын

@@skxlter5747 he passed away

@dracomessup

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMasterofComment I saw a few comments below saying that as well. Sad to hear.

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." Blaise Pascal

@youthnation1

6 жыл бұрын

Well said. You got to love Pacal's perspective and writing.

@goose33

5 жыл бұрын

Damn

@davidtrevino5211

5 жыл бұрын

SailfishSoundSystem THANK YOU... Finally somebody is speaking TRUTH.....

@bossabassa364

5 жыл бұрын

This is immediately refuted by sitting in a room alone lol.

@taylormurphy2840

5 жыл бұрын

We can until we get hungry/horny

I agree with a previous comment that Carla Jean did not lose. In the novel she is just another hapless victim, but that must not have felt right to the Cohens. Without consciously doing so, the movie's creators make CJ into a hero--even a Christ figure. She exposes Chigurh, calling him a liar and pointing out that all his murders are his choices. Chigurh believes he is a godlike personification of fate, an implacable and unstoppable force of nature. CJ strips him of this delusion, though she must sacrifice her life to do so. She reveals him to be--like the chigger his name resembles--a tiny, soulless parasite. The scene between them is the real showdown where the innocent hero takes on the villain and triumphs even in death. Chigurh leaves thinking he has won, but he is now stripped of the aura of invincibility and experiences the result in the car crash. When we last see him, he is as Satan is portrayed in the Bible--abroad and still dangerous, but a wounded, crippled foe whose days are all too obviously numbered.

@odanemcdonald9874

4 жыл бұрын

This comment should likewise be at the top.

@holysmokes4493

4 жыл бұрын

@@odanemcdonald9874 I concur.

@odanemcdonald9874

4 жыл бұрын

@@holysmokes4493 Let us make it so

@JasonNewsted420

4 жыл бұрын

Well said, mate. Well said

@christopherbeyer1037

4 жыл бұрын

im loving the comment section of this video

I diverge with this take of the ending between Chigur and Carla Jean. Like Typologetics states in another comment, Carla Jean doesn't acquiesce to fate or give in to Chigur's game at all. By playing the coin toss game she would essentially be losing, not physically, but morally and spiritually. This is the real "showdown" if you will, like all the old westerns. And not with your typical gunslinger alpha-male like the other characters, but a sweet young woman. One who starts very child-like in the beginning and has one of the largest character developments in the movie. By the end she's wise and brave: against the literal face of death no less. And it's so subtle you wouldn't even notice like other movies attempts at "subverting your expectations." By choosing not to call the coin she essentially breaks the horrible cycle of Chigur's game. And you can see the abject terror in his eyes for the first time because his facade of fate is unmasked. He is just a horrible killer portraying himself as a hand of fate. I've always seen Chigur as a supernatural figure in the movie, but watching that scene makes me realize he's just a huge bully. He threatens and murders people much weaker than him, and who better than a motherly woman to call him on being a bully? He still kills her in the end but you can see the failure and disdain in his eyes. Carla Jean makes her last stand, like all the great drifters of the old west. But she does so with principles and character, instead of physical weapons, and Chigur has to face who he really is.

@Gielderst

Жыл бұрын

I think Anton doesn't care if the person wants to call the coin or not. He's just trolling them. To see what kind of luck or if they'd want to play that stupid coin game lol. He simply don't care. He'll kill em anyway if they refuse to play or don't guess the coin right. Lol. It's simple as that. Lol. He's a troll. Lol

@scrotoschannel6709

10 ай бұрын

He has principles and character just different from hers, also i agree she was wise and brave.

@Tobythecatrocks

8 ай бұрын

Said a whole lot of nothing. Good job

@TehChanChannel

8 ай бұрын

love this interpretation

@Poodlestroop

8 ай бұрын

Well written. Carla Jean dies with more dignity than she would have with a gun in her hand in a quick-draw duel.

I didn’t watch No Country for Old Men until last year, I was so angry no one told me just how damn good it was.

@sentry8535

2 жыл бұрын

I would have told you back then that this movie isn't just Good , It's Damn Good

@tincupco

Жыл бұрын

If you liked this another Coen Bros movie Hell or High Water is of equal quality

@phasechange9789

Жыл бұрын

Most good movies never really get attention sadly

@hotsauce0606

Жыл бұрын

How come you didn't tell me how good the cheese was?!

@lvfhgevxgkpo

Жыл бұрын

@@phasechange9789 What are some good ones you know of?

The message of the movie is "The moment you know you are old is the moment you no longer recognize the world around you, and the world has no place for you in it."

@cathleenrocco4804

3 жыл бұрын

underappreciated comment. I feel this very keenly - started when I turned 45. I think it will happen to people at a progressively early point as the world keeps speeding up.

@ObsoleteFox

3 жыл бұрын

@@cathleenrocco4804 you're not wrong, I'm only 19 and already so out of touch with everything of my generation lol. I feel like a 50 year old man

@jessicageerligs339

3 жыл бұрын

I think that is why God insists that the people that choose to love Him not become too ingrained in the world. "In this world you will have trouble but I have overcome the world" Also to know this about death " Man must die or he will live in his sin forever." Also that there are no guarantees in life because of the brokeness of the world through sin "God causes the rain to fall on the just and the unjust." However life might be easier if you avoid unnecessary trouble " Suffer not as the thief suffers" Finally God is in control and ultimately working things out "God causes all thing to work to good for those that love Him" The only thing good God can offer is Himself not health or wealth "All is vanity under the sun"

@patldennis

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicageerligs339i think you meant to say the Hebrews that made up the god that you happen to worship because of the geographic location in which you were born and reared...

@oanabalaci1107

3 жыл бұрын

@@ObsoleteFox literally same

Chigurh isn't some embodied cosmic principle of death. He just thinks he is. He's really just a person who kills other people. Carla Jean points this out to him... and he kills her. She didn't lose the game. She got killed for not playing it. That doesn't mean she should have played it. I think that her refusing to acknowledge Chigurh as some sort of divine agent of death was the most courageous act depicted in the movie, and I think it shook him badly, which is why he got in the car accident. But her courage didn't SAVE her. Nor did God intercede on her behalf. Goodness and moral courage do not equate to victory. And that's why it's no country for old men.

@youthnation1

5 жыл бұрын

Of course, Chigurh is just a man in the movie. But he also isn't a man because this is a story created in the mind of several authors. So on one level, Chigurh is just a man who thinks he's playing by the cosmic principle of death and on another he's actually the story's symbolic embodiment of death.

@sandspar

5 жыл бұрын

"Goodness and moral courage do not equate to victory." How can we know that "Death" ( which actually is not a verb, rather the absence of one; Life ) is not the victory? Tomorrow always brings the possibility of immense suffering, so to transcend this may be the victory. Life itself is No Country for Old Men, perhaps...

@wmichaelbooth

5 жыл бұрын

There's no sense at all that Chigurh was rattled. He doesn't get in the accident because he wasn't paying attention; he gets hit because the other driver ran the light. There's no reward for following the rules. Carla Jean might have been brave, but she was also stupid. Chigurh came there to kill her; he didn't come there to flip the coin. He decided to flip the coin; it was the most mercy he could show. If she wanted to live, she should have flipped the coin. In a way Chigurh did get hit by the car because of Carla Jean though. But to accept that interpretation, you have to also accept that Chigurh was the embodiment of random chance and death. By refusing to play and forcing Chigurh to choose to kill someone he wasn't required to kill, he is stripped of his power and falls victim to random chance himself.

@John_Notmylastname

5 жыл бұрын

John Harmon god damn John.

@tomazbevilaqua4966

5 жыл бұрын

very well put, John Harmon. but like Michael Booth said, I also believe Carla Jean unintentionally made Chigurh get inside the loop to which he was seemingly an acting force.

In the book you find out that Anton allowed himself to be apprehended in order to see if he could escape through force of will. The book also explains Anton’s motives and principles however vaguely. Easily my favorite film.

@km09.

3 ай бұрын

What was Anton’s motives? Is he described as a psychopath as the film shows him to be one

@freewill5059

3 ай бұрын

@@km09. He is a complete professional because he is totally apathetic and answers only to his own set of principles. In the book he took the job retrieving the money to the investor in order to establish his credibility with the financier of the deal. Great story, great book, great film.

@km09.

3 ай бұрын

@@freewill5059 interesting how the cohen bros changed Anton to this senseless psychopath murderer who’s only principles is based on a coin toss lol other wise the film was phenomenal still. I need to read book

@TerlinguaTalkeetna

2 ай бұрын

Few comments mention Cormac's great detail to create these characters. Every one, except Anton I have met in west Texas for many years now. Amazing book and the brothers almost filmed it as it was written, genius! Your comment is my favorite one!

@whitesface8283

24 күн бұрын

When I read that part in the book I was thinking "What a legend" because I had seen the movie first and remembered the beginning of the movie

Carla Jean uses the choice not to play to expose the fact that Chigurh is not the hand of fate. Placing the choice directly into Sugure’s hand and Chigurh then chooses to kill her. This invalidates the toss, which is the only real pleasure Chigurh is allowed and dissolves any super natural aura surrounding Chigurh. In doing so Carla Jean shows sugure that he is only a person, and is in control of his actions which humanizes him. This is displayed in the next scene when fate issues him a blow and exposes his own mortality. Carla Jean is the only true hero in the movie she looks death in the face and welcomes her fate with open arms through righteousness I feel Chigurh is weakened and his power illusion or true up to that point as death is destroyed. Showing that righteousness destroyed evil but not death as no man can ever truest conquer death only postpone the inevitable.

@TrolololololololoMan

2 жыл бұрын

👍

@mightysprocket

Жыл бұрын

If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

@DSAK55

Жыл бұрын

@@mightysprocket Yes

@Rick-tj5iq

3 ай бұрын

In the film yes, in the book she loses the coin toss.

@williewilson2250

3 ай бұрын

Two years late, but yeah The first thing that came to mind when his bone was sticking out was that he was exposed and now vulnerable in some way

“We are the inheritors of the forgotten dead and will soon be dead ourselves” Damn that’s deep

@ommm89

2 жыл бұрын

So heres an interesting take-that sounds like a morbid statement. However it could just as easily be liberating in its implications. “We all will feed the worms and trees. So don’t be shy..” is another way of saying -explore what you’re willing to possibly die for and you’ll likely find yourself more fully alive.

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

cf. the last page of joyce's "the dead".

@markmarion9887

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great epitath for a tombstone (or in my case urn).

@hubster4477

Жыл бұрын

Thats life.

@bidensdiaper394

3 ай бұрын

It's how I live

"This is the world as it has always been, not how we like to remember it." That hit different.

@Chuked

2 жыл бұрын

@Lachlan Thompson what

@graylyhen9490

Жыл бұрын

hits different XDDDD bussin XDDDD gas gas XDDDD

@skxlter5747

Жыл бұрын

Since the dawn of man it's always been like this... Uncertainty, envy, betrayal, regret, aspirations and unavoiding the inevitable

@Little-rb6rb

Жыл бұрын

@@skxlter5747 says the thirteen year old to the other thirteen year old

@tomalan6519

Жыл бұрын

"I like to remember things my own way . . . not necessarily the way they happened." - Fred Madison in Lost Highway.

One thing you pick up on when you watch the end of this movie is the exchange between Anton and the 2 kids after the accident. His tone of voice noticeably changes. He sounds panicked and shaken. Things you never hear at any other point in the film. He asks the teenager for his shirt to make a sling. He needs his help. Anton’s entire belief system has been turned upside down, just like Sheriff Bell. The fact that he is a pitiful older man in the eyes of two teenagers accentuates this. It really is no country for old me, even for an agent of death.

@bksfinest9582

25 күн бұрын

Great perspective

Although Anton had no way of knowing it, while he was sealing Carla Jean's fate, she was sealing his. Had she done anything differently than she did, whether it was saying more words, saying less words, begging for her life, running, etc., Anton wouldn't have been dead center in that intersection at the precise moment to be t-boned.

@paleo704

10 ай бұрын

That’s stretch

@dankrhino

9 ай бұрын

Imagine Anton fumbled his keys trying to start his car!?!? Ya lil bit of a stretch

@thanktink4328

9 ай бұрын

Yes. haha t-boned... more like tomahawked lol

I don't know how you couldn't mention the author of the book, the movie was almost word for word from the book. I understand the Cohen brothers did a good job making it a movie but Cormac Mccarthy wrote it.

@zanichbug

3 жыл бұрын

I've read it several times and am ready to do so again. That, and Blood Meridian, are American masterpieces.

@ricksflicks-

3 жыл бұрын

Good call. Cormac doesn't get enough recognition. Guy is one of the best American authors of all time.

@zanichbug

3 жыл бұрын

@Barry Foster I can't agree with "terrible" as his style. I think Cormac was influenced by Faulkner, who for me, is/was America's greatest novelist, so maybe my opinion here doesn't count. I especially liked the "voice" Cormac gave to Ed Tom Bell, and had to restrain myself from using that. I also write (nonfiction), and I like a good yarn, which I think "No Country" is. But I've read all of Cormac (and Faulkner) so I do not represent the disinterested third party. Anyway, happy reading whatever you like.

@Leonards-leopard

3 жыл бұрын

@Barry Foster no country is a masterpiece, perhaps you should read it again. everything about it is intentional

@jas_bataille

3 жыл бұрын

@Barry Foster Just because academicians deem it "terrible", doesn't mean it is, and just because others say it, doesn't mean you should think the same. His writing is true to how people talk, act and think; just because it's "terrible" by whatever academic standards, or because some university professors deem it that way, doesn't mean it is. It's different, that's all. Of course since it breaks their rules, but they can't say that it's bad - because it's just that good - so the academicians who likely never wrote anything significant will say that the writing is "terrible".

This movie is so different from most movies it doesn’t have a clear ending and it doesn’t leave you feeling satisfied at all. There is so much of a deeper meaning behind it than most other films.

@edwelndiobel1567

2 жыл бұрын

Im sure the audience just wanted Tommy Lee Jones to turn into a transformer and blow up Anton.

@frankuraku5622

2 жыл бұрын

@@edwelndiobel1567 Nah i was expecting a spaghetti western shotgun duel.

@herptek

Жыл бұрын

It is done in a way as to deliberately frustrate any attempt to find meaning in the plot.

@JJSOFLO

Жыл бұрын

When i finished this movie for the first time i got up out of my seat like “what the fuck is that??!” Pretty frustrating lol

@phasechange9789

Жыл бұрын

Like Lovecraft

I've watched this video essay atleast 20 times over the past 5 or 6 years. Rest in peace Matt! You will be missed!

@Farquad76.547

9 ай бұрын

The guy who made this video is dead????

@Desh727

9 ай бұрын

@Matt19019 Yeah, he was battling cancer for a couple of years.

@demonjmh

6 ай бұрын

@@Desh727 damn... That's kinda wild given the content of the video.

@Desh727

6 ай бұрын

@@demonjmh if you say so 😀

@TCthaCrisis

6 ай бұрын

​@@demonjmhRight. My mind is blown.

Sure. But the coolest part of the film is till Chigurs silenced shotgun.

@goldiewings6864

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna see more silenced shotguns in movies

@HGQjazz

3 жыл бұрын

It's not a shotgun though.

@the1HLT

3 жыл бұрын

Haywood Giles what is it then?

@MADelectriCITY

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3iqz8ZpnsjUh5M.html This is the shotgun from the movie

@HGQjazz

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, I was thinking of his captive bolt gun. That was the memorable weapon for me.

I’ve seen the movie a dozen times and never noticed it had no music!

@adriantrejo6696

4 жыл бұрын

Because a movie like this doesn’t need music to intensify what’s going on, you’re too caught with the storyline

@robertstallard7836

4 жыл бұрын

I wish more movies did that. Music usually just gets in the way. Sometimes it adds to a battle scene (think "Battle of Britain" or "Apocalypse Now"), but very often it's just arty farty musicians trying to show off. I wish they'd put the dialogue and the music on separate tracks so you could switch off the damned music!

@robertstallard7836

4 жыл бұрын

As I said, in some scenes it can add drama, and Jaws is a good example, as you say. Still too much music in general, though.

@bochiecole

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't either, that is crazy.

@youngster796

3 жыл бұрын

Then why was carter burwell credited for the music? Was there music in the end credits?

I saw this movie when it originally hit theaters. It was winter, and cold outside where I lived at the time. Within minutes I was in West Texas. The Coen's always do such a great job of capturing the feel or the location and the time of the story. The cars, the motels, the restaurants, the gas station all feel so authentic and familiar. They also do a great job capturing the accents and jargon. Great film. One of my favorites.

@DSAK55

Жыл бұрын

a year of preparation by cinematographer Roger Deakins

In the book Moss picks up a 15 year old hitch hiker who offers to sleep with him but he refuses. The dialogue between them is superb. When the cartel find Moss, she is taken hostage with a gun at her head so Moss lays down his gun and is killed. Also Bell goes to interview the two boys who find the gun, Carla Jean calls the coin toss in the book but guesses wrong. Anton also explains to Carson how he was arrested in the beginning, he strangles a young guy in a cafe who insulted him and Anton wanted to get arrested just to see if he could escape the handcuffs.theres so much in the book that adds to this film, Read the book, it puts flesh on the bones of one othe best films ever made

Through the whole movie they're wondering where God is and why they can't hear him, and through the whole movie you can hear the wind blowing.

@peteshea155

4 жыл бұрын

the answer my friend is blowing in the wind

@madnessrecords364

4 жыл бұрын

@@peteshea155 Can't see it, but you know its there ;)

@peteshea155

4 жыл бұрын

@@madnessrecords364 'i always figured that when i got older God would kinda come into my life somehow,,, but he didn't.' Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind ... God is there all along fluttering throughout the winds of time and change. as is the Devil. the cunt-tree of knowledge of Go(o)d and (D)evil.

@trentmasefield1719

3 жыл бұрын

John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the spirit.

@Baddknewz

3 жыл бұрын

Pennywise Wadford Ur just pitiful

"Where'd you get them guns?" "The gettin place".

@ersatzmachine5732

3 жыл бұрын

As a southerner those words struck me as the most genuine and legitimate bit of dialogue in any movie I've ever watched. *THE REALISM*

@LIVERZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@ersatzmachine5732 what do those words mean where you're from

@Jonesy_Ripley

2 жыл бұрын

That's where I got mine...

@treebeard7140

2 жыл бұрын

LIVERZ "don't worry about it" where I'm from.

@LIVERZ

2 жыл бұрын

@@treebeard7140 Alriight, i get you. Nice 1 for getting back to me 🙂

Lessons learned: 1) never return to the scene 2) check the cash / bag for trackers

A very good study of the film. Using the car crash to interrupt/punctuate your “nothing we do…” line was superb!

I always thought Carla Jean may have been the first person to ever refuse Chigurh's coin toss game. She's probably the first person he encounters who's more fed up by his shenanigans than actually afraid. Chigurh killing her of his own volition, as opposed to delegating the decision to "God" or providence as he normally did, upset his "alignment with the universe" and is ultimately why he gets into a car accident. If nothing else, you have to think, had the conversation with Carla Jean been a few seconds longer, or a few seconds shorter, or maybe if she had won the coin toss and Chigurh never even killed her, or maybe she lost the coin tossed and died faster, Chigurh would never be driving through that intersection at the particular time and completely missed the accident. In a way, she unknowingly sets him up to be driving through that intersection at the moment that he does.

@Kamamura2

3 жыл бұрын

This explanation has two flaws. First, Chiurgh did not need the coin toss to kill her. He killed plenty of people without giving them any chance, without even talking to them, or looking their way. He was obviously a psychopath and killing brought him joy. The coin toss was not a crutch he would need to "justify" the act, it was just an expression of his beliefs, and as a fatalist, he offered their victim a chance to escape just by pure luck. So buy refusing to call it, Carla did not deliver no "moral slap in the face", because Chiurgh not share her concept of morality - no shame, regret, guilt, he just offered her a gift, a chance to stay alive, and she threw it on the ground, so he let his inner psychopath loose and that was it. And she was plenty afraid, she just tried to appeal to something that did not really exist. Second flaw - you presume there was some "divine plan" that resulted in that car crash, as a punishment for what Chiurgh did, but no, it was just a random crash that did not even incapacitate him, let alone kill him. Sure, he was wounded, maybe even seriously, but he stayed on top of the situation and walk away. What "God" punishes series of murders with "potentially serious injury"? That's kinda ridiculous as a punishment. It's just a blow of the blind Fate, a coin toss that went wrong, and Chiurgh understands it that way, does not complain nor whine, does what he needs to to stop the bleeding, walks off. He is not yet an old man.

@nitrobyname

3 жыл бұрын

Holy Shit. Never thought of that.....

@blanktrigger8863

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kamamura2 Your explanation is actually the one that's flawed. Chiurgh doesn't need to share her concept of morality to be affected by her refusal to play the game. He gets into the crash because he's obviously affected. Further, pointing to the fact that he killed other people without giving them the chance to play the game disregards the fact that he DID her the chance, so the comparison fails because you're ignoring context. In fact, the first time that we see him play the game it's with a man who married into his position as a store owner: so we see that there's a reason for the coin toss. Further, you presume that the car crash wasn't because of a divine plan, yet to what end? The OP's conclusion fits into the narrative quite well. As one commenter wrote, the film makers actually changed the story from the original book to make Carla more dignified in her death. This means that she obviously does stick it to Chiurgh, otherwise she would have been portrayed like she was in the book. So having Chirugh be distracted and thus getting into the car crash isn't just blind chance: it's designed to occur for a purpose. The purpose is that Jean is correct, that she blows up Chiurgh's worldview, and that he for the first time becomes subjected to the same Fate that he subjected everybody else to, but not by Carla's hand. The hand is immaterial. As far as what kind of God punishes a series of murders with "potentially serious injury", the God of the film makers. The point isn't to give an emotionally satisfying ending.

@spaceglitter3033

3 жыл бұрын

in that way, she was his bringer of fate in that moment. chaos even comes for the messenger.

@marinko6450

3 жыл бұрын

I like your point. Also consider that Anton stated the coin traveled with him, all the way to this moment. So it's almost like, whenever he feels like he doesn't have the absolute right to kill; be that if he respects another person like the booky in the office who only said what was needed, or the desk lady who stuck with her rules; he let's fate decide. Confirming in his own mind that he indeed doesn't kill of his own accord (people keep telling him he's crazy, and at all those moments you can see the question marks in his eyes like "How am I the crazy one?") but rather because they were destined to die. Simple as that. Like cattle to be slaughtered. This is also indicated by the use of a cattle gun by Anton to kill his victims: wether he sees himself as better or not is not the point; what IS the point, is that he thinks he serves a purpose by killing those who either don't fit his convictions - or, are destined to die by his hand. Anton and the coin that traveled with him, are, in both Antons mind and in the more theoretical window of the whole movie, the bringers of fate. The conclusion to the coin toss then, will always be what fate had in store for the victim. And as such, both indicating and confirming Anton's belief of being a bringer and helper of fait, and not a psycho killer. However, and this is where your original comment hooks in nicely, the lady shook his convictions upside down. No longer does he kill because the people didn't fit his morals; no longer does he kill because people were destined as indicated by the conclusion of the coin toss; but simply because they rocked his world. She didn't do the coin toss and stated what we as the viewer knew all along: the coin toss is a mere excuse for either not or actually killing someone. He is a man of morals, of conviction, and as such, he must follow the coin. But that, precisely that, is what he convinced himself off. Indicating its all a lie. And just for a moment, he must have realised that. His view of the world shaken, him no longer being the bringer of fate, but exposed for what he is... he quite poeticly finds himself to almost die of mere chance. However, much like the coin, there's a flipside: the fact Anton survided, might just as well reinforce his belief of fate. If he was destined to die, he would have during that crash. Seems the universe did a sneaky coin toss on him and he won. Finally, as for the title: I think it's quite simple. The whole movie is about death and chance. Most dead people in the movie took a chance and paid the price. People who generally don't tend to take chances? Old men. Drug traffic violence is outgrowing the sherrif. His sherrif collegues also state they don't know what the world is coming to. The time of the old, unarmed sherrig is gone. This ain't no country for old men no more.

This movie is so profoundly good it almost hurts to comprehend it.

@kota86

4 жыл бұрын

I literally cry almost any time I think of this movie, lol.

@TheBatmobeale

3 жыл бұрын

Disagree, When I first watched this film I thought it was too in between the lines and shit. After watching this video it confirms my original thoughts. Too much, way too overdone, total shite.

@TheKep

3 жыл бұрын

TheBatmobeale look out we got a smooth brain over here.

@TheBatmobeale

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKep I haven't read the book which seems pretty integral to enjoying the film

@jamesschultz7032

3 жыл бұрын

It's an amazing film, imo. If you don't feel the same, there's nothing wrong with that.

Earned a lifetime subscriber with this. Incredible video and amazing perspective. Perfectly put together. Thank you for making this!

I didn’t even realize the movie had no music. That’s how good it is.

About Anton's psyche and motivations, its interesting to consider that Anton at the end stated the coin traveled with him, all the way to this moment. So it's almost like, whenever he feels like he doesn't have the absolute right to kill; be that if he respects another person like the booky in the office who only said what was needed, or the desk lady who stuck with her rules; he let's fate decide. Letting fate decide confirms, in his own mind, that he indeed doesn't kill of his own accord (people keep telling him he's crazy, and at all those moments you can see the question marks in his eyes like "How am I the crazy one?") but rather because they were destined to die. Simple as that. Like cattle to be slaughtered. This is also indicated by the use of a cattle gun by Anton to kill his victims: wether he sees himself as better than his victims or not is not the point. What IS the point, is that he thinks he serves a purpose by killing those who either don't fit his convictions - or, are destined to die by his hand as embodied by the coin toss. Anton and the coin that traveled with him, are, in both Antons mind and in the more theoretical window of the whole movie, the bringers of fate. The conclusion to the coin toss then, will always be what fate had in store for the victim. And as such, both indicating and confirming Anton's belief of being a bringer and helper of fait, and not a psycho killer. However, the Mary Jane at the end shook his convictions upside down. No longer does he kill because the people didn't fit his morals; no longer does he kill because people were destined as indicated by the conclusion of the coin toss; but this time, the lady died simply because she rocked his world and didn't play along to his game. She didn't do the coin toss and stated what we as the viewer knew all along: the coin toss is a mere excuse for either not or actually killing someone. The fact that he did kill her regardless, proves her point. We shouldn't forget, he is a man of wicked morals, of conviction, and as such, he must follow the coin. But that, precisely that, is what he convinced himself off. Indicating its indeed all a lie which he thaught himself. And just for a moment, he must have realised that when Mary Jane challenged him. His view of the world shaken, him no longer being the bringer of fate, but exposed for what he is... he quite poeticly finds himself to almost die of mere chance at the end in the car crash. I mean think about it: crossing an intersection irl is a gamble every time. The green light in no way ensures your safety. Much like the coin itself, there's a flipside for Anton's crash: the fact Anton survided, might just as well reinforce his belief of fate. If he was destined to die, he would have during that crash. Seems the universe did a sneaky coin toss on him and he won. Finally, as for the title: I think it's quite simple. The whole movie is about death and chance. Most dead people in the movie took a chance and paid the price. People who generally don't tend to take chances? Old people. They walked the path of life and have a desire for calm waters. For a fire at the end of a long cold hike, or ride on a horse, if you will. Taking chances is for young bucks who still understand the ever changing world. In particular drug traffic violence is outgrowing the sherrif. His sherrif collegues also state they don't know what the world is coming to. The time of the old, the time of unarmed sherrifs is gone. This ain't no country for old men no more.

@jasonbuhariwala5288

2 жыл бұрын

Very well written

@pepinillojr.4781

2 жыл бұрын

nice

@brian.mp3924

2 жыл бұрын

one of the best descriptions of this movie I've seen

@117Industries

2 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant. But can I add to your bit about old men being those who sought the fire at the end of the long cold hike? Doesn’t this suggest they sought comfort rather than exploration (deliberate and purposeful navigation of the unknown)? And might not that be the fundamental separation between sheriff Bell and his father in the dream (which serves as a metaphor), in that while his father “carried the torch” to navigate the dark ahead, all he could think about was the refuge of the warm fire-side and the comforting patriarchal presence of his father. Perhaps there’s a subtle suggestion that sheriff Bell is a coward of sorts (who fails to arbitrate a path steadfastly through darkness, as his father does in his dream, and as the young buck does when they enter the cabin). Is there perhaps a suggestion of a failure to accept one’s role and responsibility within a chaotic world, as harbingers of light? Does it speak maybe of a waning masculine force and light, perhaps personified by Bell and his fear and trepidation? And so this is no country for these Bells, these ‘old men’, but for younger, braver, brighter souls, whom dare to step forth and cast fire into the darkness of the world.

@UToobUsername01

Жыл бұрын

It's also not for middle aged guys since his car crash is a way of saying one day he will become sloppy and screw up and anther guy replaces him as assassin. (like the "rule of 2" amoung the sith in star wars lol)

Napoleon once said ""don't bring me great generals bring me lucky ones"" I think this kinda sums this film up in a nutshell..

@snoopybollox1485

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbaas4011 no what??

@the_polish_prince8966

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbaas4011 explain

@the_polish_prince8966

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbaas4011 Ah yes, it all makes sense now.

@the_polish_prince8966

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbaas4011 What I wanted you to explain was WHY you don't agree.

@peteshea155

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbaas4011 no?

I scrolled pretty far down through these comments, yet nobody mentioned Ed Tom's visit to Uncle Ellis near the end of NO COUNTRY. I consider their scene together to be "pure" Coen Brothers, magnificently scripted & shot, pregnant with philosophical meaning but not without humor. One of the finest scenes under 10 minutes long ever filmed.

@matthewkliessendorff1247

7 ай бұрын

I love someone else noticed that no one ever talks about that scene besides you and this video

I just watched this movie for the first time and I can see why so many held this in such high regards, I couldn’t stop watching and it made me wonder and think about all that I didn’t see. Makes the mind work and most movies can’t do that today.

"Hell's Bell's, they even shot the dog."

@baybydilly742

5 жыл бұрын

*Bells

@lawliettloy5058

4 жыл бұрын

Out of this 9 minute review I read this as the narrator recites it aloud.

@colegilliam2379

4 жыл бұрын

IS - BE “AGUA, AGUA, POR FAVOR”

@cedarbay3994

4 жыл бұрын

“What am I supposed to do, put out an APB on someone who has recently drunk milk?”

You’re supposed to take a chance in life, even if the risk means being hit by a car, chased by cartel, or killed. You’re not supposed to live long enough to dwell on the past and feel unfulfilled as the sheriff who played it safe does. That’s why it’s no country for old men.

@xXArseni

5 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Morris beautiful

@TrossDolfei

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great comment.

@freeKick185

5 жыл бұрын

Oh shit

@nossasenhoradoo871

5 жыл бұрын

"You’re not supposed to live long enough to dwell on the past and feel unfulfilled as the sheriff who played it safe does." And isn't that what everyone tries to do, live on past memories? And all memories are fake; they get wiped out (good or bad) and you begin again.

@robertrossi9364

4 жыл бұрын

@@nossasenhoradoo871 love it

I've just stumbled on this. I loved your interpretation here. Interspersing Ecclesiastes with true modern art - fantastic. I'm subscribed and am looking forward to working my way through your content.

Bro that was deep, thanks a bunch for clearing some things up, congrats on 100k, just subbed

This has to be one of Tommy Lee Jones' best roles.

@j.dragon651

3 жыл бұрын

agreed

@shaegraber2496

3 жыл бұрын

Probably his best performance ever if we are being real

@shawncox6719

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaegraber2496 yeah. He was good in Lincoln too

@donc7984

3 жыл бұрын

I like em in the first men in black movie and a few others.

@ironmonkey1512

3 жыл бұрын

He's always great but this role fit him like a glove.

Oh, Moss' death is the result of a character flaw. He had the "moral failure" of grabbing the money. Greed leads him to his death. Greed is what fuels this whole bloody showdown. But this movie has an aspect I've not seen anyone discuss; It's about the agent of Order (Bell) and the agent of Chaos (Chigurh) squaring off. In the end, Chigurh accepts that he can't overcome an underlying Order ("I got here the same way the coin did.") and Bell can't overcome an underlying Chaos ("I always thought when I got older, God would come into my life. But he didn't."). And when Bell's uncle says, "What you got ain't nothing new," it's always been this way. A timeless struggle between Order and Chaos, wherein neither wins.

@maberti

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting analysis and definitely true in the context of life. But it doesn't seem like that's what the Coen brothers were trying to say in this film. It seems you analyse the film from the classic good guy vs bad guy perspective, white hat vs black hat western, order vs chaos. While it is true that each aspect holds a part of the other, I would disagree in defining the sheriff as the classic good guy fighting the bad guy here. Llewellyn Moss is set up as the good guy fighting Chigurh, not the Sheriff, and in the peak moment, where this classical showdown is supposed to happen between the two, Llewelyn dies off screen. And Chigurh and the sheriff never confront each other. So this classical dichotomy is built up just to be torn down by the Coen brothers, leaving us with a sense of confusion. Here is where the sheriff is revealed to be the true protagonist, after Llewelyn's death: our sense of confusion in trying to grasp at some structure we are used to but doesn't explain the world around us mirrors his. Culture has changed and there is no country for old men. I just saw 3 different analyses on the film (including this one) and I'm mixing them up, so sorry if I inadvertently just repeated what Logos already said. I hope this is a fit response to your comment :)

@smw1193

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting interpretation Jordan Peterson lol

@salvadordali6290

5 жыл бұрын

He jinxed himself when he motioned his dead mother to his wife.

@Timboslice475

5 жыл бұрын

Ahura Mazda I disagree, I believe his compassion killed him. If he hadn’t gone back to the shootout site to give the last cartel member water, he would’ve gotten away with the money Scott free. Yes the tracker was still there but he probably would’ve found it well before the cartel, Americans, or Chigurh got on his tail.

@dcul8812

5 жыл бұрын

Marka Biti you just copied what the narrator said in the vid

Man I almost cried in that last part of the video, excellent job!!

@logos Made Flesh well done! I appreciated your slow paced explanation. Taking time to give your input to certain scenes/characters.

I dream of my father, though I’m now 20 years older than he ever was... he’s the younger man. Woah.

@nowthisis2stupid

4 жыл бұрын

That hit me too, I never paid attention to that part before. The part about building a fire in the cold and dark, and his father waiting for him there. That's good writing, anything that evokes thought is good writing.

@simoncenteno2755

4 жыл бұрын

Only a decade of years before and you would be the father and your father is the son...

@the_polish_prince8966

4 жыл бұрын

@Chakra Zero I think you're reading into this comment too much

@leedesrosiers3382

4 жыл бұрын

@@nowthisis2stupid Cormac McCarthy should be considered one of the great American writers, and quintessentially so. His novels barely have to be reworked to make great films. I'm waiting to see if they'll ever be able to make Blood Meridian.

@smoozerish

3 жыл бұрын

@M. Jacobson true

Though the video states Moss had no moral failure, his inability to resist the temptation of the drug money resulted in his own death as well as the deaths of many characters including his wife and several others. He was aware of the danger yet carried on. Is that a "moral' failure? Humans are flawed and often led astray by desire. Notice even the two kids at the end as they begin arguing over money.

@amirhb7531

Жыл бұрын

Did his wife die i mean we didn't see it

@Alreboot314

Жыл бұрын

​@@amirhb7531 His wife was killed by drug dealers because Moss took the money. Coens did not show us Llewelyn's body in the morgue and Ed Tom observes a dead mustache man on the crime scene from far away(he does not visit crime scenes anymore and does not understand criminals as he tells us). At the cemetery - Carla Jean watches her _mother's_ burial. She died from cancer. Moss rushes to his wife - but he is too late. Drug dealers killed her because money was not found. Just rewatch the movie with the following in mind: Anton Chigurh did not kill anyone. He never existed Here are a few hints for you: boots and socks, weapons, Carson Wells's behavior, storyteller perspective, ending. There are more - find them yourself.

@HeadToSoles

Жыл бұрын

@@amirhb7531 she refused to play his game. How else could it have ended?

@cranberrycanvas

Жыл бұрын

you could also say all of of this was brought on by him deciding to do the good deed of bringing a dying man water...

@malikretrospecttor7935

Жыл бұрын

@@amirhb7531 yes she did. After talking to her the killer walked out of the house and checked the underside of his boots for blood.

Thank you, this video has just made me realize how unbelievably good this movie is, and has genuinely changed my view on life, you explanation of the philosophy was incredible

The most profound messages always have the most simple of statements. Love it.

Till you pointed it out at 5:23 i never noticed the coin was heads, telling us he won the toss. Damn, good catch!

@birajjj

3 жыл бұрын

holy shit that's amazing

@rainbowcandyfloss

3 жыл бұрын

So he won the toss but he still got killed anyway?

@birajjj

3 жыл бұрын

@@rainbowcandyfloss been a while since i watched the film but from what i remember the toss was to determine whether if the sheriff gets to survive. since it was heads, anton didn't kill him.

@Tom_Het

3 жыл бұрын

@@birajjj I don't believe that Anton literally did a toss for the sheriff. He can't call it for you; it wouldn't be fair. It makes a lot of sense though as a symbol of the metaphorical coin toss the sheriff made by entering the room.

@gotovenus

3 жыл бұрын

i think he just used it to unscrew the vent

I know I'm a bit late but man, this was beautifully interpreted. ''Given the inevitability of loss, the only reasonable action is to bet on something we can win.'' ''Given the certainty of death, the only sensible option is to risk for the possibility of reward. To fight the good fight, to call for life, and to live for the hope we have something in store''. 4 years later, these are still beautiful words uttered by a man who has willfully decoded this film. Whether this may be right or wrong, there can be no lie that these words that Logs shared is an inevitable truth.

@jerryeberts

3 жыл бұрын

The going to church just in case idea only works if there is no other religion with which to reckon. The choice is not 50-50, but hundreds to one. Descartes was dead wrong & his notion is silly.

@jebediahlongtree2958

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerryeberts youre the silly one for being pedantic about a quote that was never taken literally

@democratpro

2 жыл бұрын

that's your truth

@Idontknow-vm1iy

2 жыл бұрын

Faith in something just in case isn’t faith. It’s actually lack thereof.

@Divinemakyr

2 жыл бұрын

@@jebediahlongtree2958 What do you mean take the quote literally? Could you explain? How is the quote supposed to be taken?

Brilliant writing, editing and narration. A+++ 👍😊❤🇨🇦

Thanks for making this great video. Is one of my favourite films, have never really understood what makes it so brilliant but this has helped a lot. Like others have commented, I’ve watched a few times but never realised there’s no soundtrack - works perfectly!

One word: Beautiful. Very well done friendo.

@jgigas9834

7 жыл бұрын

And, indeed beautiful.

@vanmichael6517

7 жыл бұрын

atanu patwary beautiful movie, beautiful video

@PaulA-fp3vs

7 жыл бұрын

He did a good call.

@tr0ubl3mak3r

7 жыл бұрын

Dick Trickle Tow... Tow words... 😂 would have been easier if you used "2"... don't you think!?

@tr0ubl3mak3r

6 жыл бұрын

Starcade 85 talk radio ya got me! 😂😂😂

2:49 "In the end even though **deafening unmastered gunshots** will prevail"

@Guts_Brando

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@bishop2523

4 жыл бұрын

Omg lmao

This has got to be one of the greatest video essays on the platform

I still remember watching "The Seventh Seal" back in the early 80's and being haunted by it. When I first saw "No Country for Old Men" my mind instantly saw Chigur for what he was. Both films are masterpieces.

This perspective is very interesting. I read the book. My wife and I were both extras in the movie. I still have only watched it once. I'll have to see it again to see how this analysis holds up. Thank you.

@RoachAndRizla

3 жыл бұрын

What scene were you in?

@harrybendtsen5147

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoachAndRizla I was in the bus depot while Brolin was on the phone. In the background to the left, sitting, reading a newspaper.

@dagelijksedosisinternet3591

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrybendtsen5147 that's crazy, hope you're well

@lyankhaute7217

2 жыл бұрын

@@harrybendtsen5147 you get paid?

@hisdness1

Жыл бұрын

I can't find you in the credits

I spent 20 years as a Texas peace officer. The first of the movie when Tommy Lee Jones character is talking about the old timey here in Texas those men in law enforcement are giants. The sheriff of the county that I live in McLennan County name is Jack Harwell. Sheriff Harwell never carried a gun he didn't have to. He is the one that brokered the ceasefire at the Branch Davidian compound over the telephone. Think about that he was so respected that the Branch Davidians quit shooting the federal agents with automatic weapons over the telephone! Sheriff Harwell was fond of saying I don't need to carry a gun I have an entire department they will come kill you if that needs to be done. He was such a good man that he himself came and did the notification to my father when my brother was killed in a plane crash in 1985.

@kristyann9912

4 жыл бұрын

Basically he conned them into getting slaughtered by Feds. Great guy. Typical cop.

@detectivejimmymcnulty1676

4 жыл бұрын

kristy ann 3 dipshit know it alls who just watched Waco on Netflix. Thank you for y’alls input

@jollycanna701

4 жыл бұрын

old timey there...

@the_polish_prince8966

4 жыл бұрын

@@kristyann9912 Not a typical cop, just a bad one.

@pete_boy71

4 жыл бұрын

too much info..who cares about that shit ?...right ,noone !!!

I love how, when Bell takes the risk to enter the room, the coin on the floor used to open the vent clearly reflects heads.

"I always assumed that when I got older..God would come into my life-- And he didn't" Damn that one hit.

@TW-fs3fj

Жыл бұрын

Matthew 7:7-8. Can't expect God to do all the work

@jessebartlett3637

Жыл бұрын

@@TW-fs3fj Why the hell NOT? God puts people here who didn't want to be here so he should be expected to carry the water. Would you say as a parent I can't all the work as your kid is being raped by a pscho? The two choice thing is bullshit. I have already given up on the false two choice narrative that governs politics. I have begun to give on both God and the Devil. Let them sort out their own shit.

@Anthony-dk7de

Жыл бұрын

@@TW-fs3fj God can't work in the physical, so what's the point of prayer/hoping? It's like me telling you: "Hey! I have millions of dollars here in this closet, but you can't open it until you pass away". Same thing with God. It's pointless to have the belief, you're just deluding yourself. "I thank God for helping me find a better job" - So God helped you find a job but couldn't have the ability to stop the Holocaust? Suuureee..

@user-mf4gz3sp1q

11 ай бұрын

​@@TW-fs3fj ...typical malignant narcissist gaslighting... ...easily the worst character in all of fiction...

@TW-fs3fj

11 ай бұрын

@@user-mf4gz3sp1q Smells like atheist teenage angst lol, set reminders of these cringe things you say for when you get older. It will make you laugh, trust me.

You could say his shotgun is also similar to a scythe, with its main black form as the staff/grip and the silver suppressor end as the blade.

@noobmaster-mn6rr

Жыл бұрын

Nah you're pushing it with this

@cold5417

Жыл бұрын

@@noobmaster-mn6rr perhaps, but you must admit what suppressor looks like that?

@skxlter5747

Жыл бұрын

He can't be death cuz uncertainty applies to him as well

You cut off TLJ after "God would come into my life, and he didn't." He says "I don't blame him" after that, that's REALLY important.

@MCOult

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but then his friend (cousin?) says (with a fitting dismissing wave of his hand), "You don't know what he thinks," which helps Bell come back down to Earth and stop feeling sorry for himself; a minute or two later, it also provides the cousin with the opening to his short speech that begins with, "What you got ain't nothin' new," and ends with, "You cain't stop what's coming. It ain't all waitin' on you. That's vanity." In a way, it allows Bell to shed his self-pity over failing to protect Moss, and his vanity over having believed he could protect him, and his guilt over having failed." (Remember, he tells Moss's wife to give Moss the message, "Tell him I can make him safe.") IMO, the scene in the trailer with the crippled friend/cousin wraps up the story in ways that nothing else could have, especially the line "You cain't stop what't coming." The dialogue, the setting and the two characters are perfect, as are the two great actors. I can't imagine any two other actors(Jones and Barry Corbin) in that trailer.

@edgepixel8467

4 жыл бұрын

Johan Sigg It doesn't suit his narrative. He wants to sneak Pascal's Wager (lamest apologetic argument ever) in and preach to the viewers, instead of acknowledging the absence of God theme.

@edgepixel8467

4 жыл бұрын

Dmitry Terek So, in the end, you want to be a preacher too. To blame people for the world's evils is like blaming lions for eating meat, or fishes for living in water.

@yvngarmz5984

3 жыл бұрын

Dmitry Terek i found your last comment to be incredibly interesting

@edgepixel8467

3 жыл бұрын

Dmitry Terek Interesting comment. I agree that Pascal’s Wager is ultimately a coping existential tool. But it still sucks as an apologetic argument, which is how it’s often used, and likely not how Pascal meant it. Its main flaw (as an existential tool) is that doubters simply can’t conjure up faith on demand, even if they might want to. As an apologetic argument, it’s much worse that the Ontological Argument, which still sucks. I agree that people need tools to make sense of their (seemingly) meaningless lives, and existentially speaking, that is more valuable than objective truth.

This is by far the best explanation I've ever seen. Props to you.

Tommy Lee as the Sheriff, reminds me of my Dad. They have the similar way of talking and telling a story. ❤️ Thank you to this movie for bringing my Dad’s voice back to me.

Refuse to risk and you ensure your end. Given the inevitably of loss, the only reasonable action is to bet on something we can win. So true.

@johnsmith4630

6 жыл бұрын

David Matuszak the takeaway

@spoonman73

6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the stock market.

@sweetheartsoap7161

4 жыл бұрын

While I agree with its use in the movie I definitely disagree when it comes to the subject of god. Pascal’s wager is very far from something that you should follow

@jwsanders1214

4 жыл бұрын

Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, but whoever looses his life for my sake will find it

@mel124177

4 жыл бұрын

Pascal's wager brought me from atheism to belief. Spiritual pragmatism is way winnable than existential nihilism. And makes sense.

"stepattadecarpleezsir" "what?" "juststepattadecar."

@tuglife5322

3 жыл бұрын

will you hold still please

@isaacster5027

3 жыл бұрын

@@tuglife5322 poor old dude was clearly suspicious at that point, but couldn't really do anything about it. I always feel bad for folks like that

@tuglife5322

3 жыл бұрын

@@isaacster5027 why? he earned some good money to play a little silly role

@isaacster5027

3 жыл бұрын

@@tuglife5322 i mean the character bro

@michaelmyers1875

3 жыл бұрын

@@tuglife5322 silly role? What a dumb opinion you have, the role was perfect acting and scenary, you better stick to the shitty marvel movies

great summation, One of the best I've seen. Love scene of movie is gas station conv and the candy bar wrapper! Feeling the pressure of Antone's crushing grip during the conversation. When Antone releases wrapper on desk, between the men talking. the wrapper slowly releasinf what life it has left in it, as old man now knows what he's 'been putting up with'.... Antone waits for his answer.... Just a masterpiece at every level!

I think Ed Toms conversation with his uncle and his dreams at the end paint a clear picture reflecting the plot of the movie. The world is chaos and it always has been. It isn't suddenly some inhospitable frying pan, it always has been, illustrated by Ellis explaining this region has always been violent and unpredictable. Bells first dream of losing the money coupled with the plot paints a picture that attachment to money is dangerous and can lead to chaos. The second dream has a clear message to me especially considering the point Bell has reached in the story. The fire his father holds is the ideals and hopes Ed Tom carries of his idea of justice his father carried them to the end and Ed Tom will meet him with them having carried those same ideals and the only real victory is making it to the end with those intact. Ed Toms pain in the final scene comes from his realization that those ideals are just that. A dream and the only true victory is making it to the end and keeping those morals intact. Chigurh is chaos incarnate, but so is Lewellyn. each make small decisions no one could've predicted that vastly effect so many lives. Such as Lewellyn going back to give the Mexican water. The point is life is wild and unpredictable and always will be, and all you can do is do your best to get through it and make it to the other side as unscathed as possible and the older you get the harder it gets to endure and make sense of all the chaos.. hence No Country For Old Men and Bell believing things used to be better when they never actually were. "creating a fire in all that cold and dark" thats is what we all strive to do in this unpredictable and often times unforgiving world

8:33 “Bell could be right, his father may not be waiting, heaven may not exist, this world may never be put right but given the certainty of Death, the only sensible option is to Risk the possibility of Reward, to fight the good fight, to call for Life and to Live in the Hope that we have something in store.” Man, I can relate to this on such a heavy level. Very Well said, Sir. Great content and Thank you for the “food for thought”.

@oldboy9267

2 жыл бұрын

why falsely hope for something greater and everlasting to come when all there is to enjoy, value, and strive for is right before us? You are looking at the greatest, worst, and only thing there is.

@Ludistic39

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldboy9267 everyone has their own opinion and that itself is a belief. No one knows what happens after. That’s a fact, unless you’ve came back from a no pulse.

@independentsistah

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree because that's exactly how I feel about, life after death. Why take a chance we do not know what happens when we die.

@PolishBehemoth

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldboy9267 you are incorrect. Your opinion is invalid.

@SentientHoodii

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with the coin of divine existence and the "win all or lose all" mentality, is it only takes into account Pascal's Abrahamic diety, when in fact you could be losing by betting on that god existing, and not say Anubis, or an infinite number of other gods. Meaning its more like rolling an infinite sided die rather than a coin toss. But we can never actually expect unbiased, logical arguments for religion, now can we?

For me, the one silver lining of the ending is when Chigurh has his car accident. He is established as a man who believes himself to be 'protected' and thus all his actions are the will of some force of fate, but his accident at the end shows him that he is not protected. He is just as vulnerable as the people he has mercilessly mowed to get where he is and just another pawn of fate instead of its servant.

@jimmy5634

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Matthew Pace all your words do not make it so. I don’t know where you came up with all this and since you mentioned no source, you have zero credibility. I said a prayer for you just now.

@Mr_Givik

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Matthew Pace By implication, your religion is evil and perverted. God had no qualms about killing innocent Egyptians or killing people in general for following another religion. No religion is the right religion.

@kelman727

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Matthew Pace Religions are advertising agencies for a product that doesn’t exist.

@Tervamursu

4 жыл бұрын

Although he didn't die, which could enforce his assurance of fate even more. People tend to find meaning in those kinds of things and built a narrative around it for themselves.

@drobon3w962

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Matthew Pace Nobody said anything about “god” or christianity until you did. You are a puppet of your own ignorance.

Props to edit choice at 6:47; disjoining your v/o narration with the moment of impact of Chigur’s (sp?) car wreck!

Please make more videos like this. There’s truly a great need for this kind of content. I would love to donate at a link if you have one.

Nice edit with the car crash (Golf Clap) 👏👏👏

@locrianphyrigian3779

5 жыл бұрын

(guy who tries to raise the golf clap to a crescendo but everyone else isn't very interested so he just kind of dwindles away and goes home and rethinks everything)

@jeremiahdurian-williams2732

4 жыл бұрын

Was gonna say the same thing.

@locrianphyrigian3779

4 жыл бұрын

@The Tribal Funkster It wasn't a heckle. It was a cheerful build on that guy's funny comment. P.S. interpret intentions more accurately.

@shangee2275

4 жыл бұрын

@@locrianphyrigian3779 Less words would make it funnier.

One of the greatest films ever made.

@richardscathouse

4 жыл бұрын

It came out early in Hollywood's bash white men phase! I never saw it assuming it was another hate whitey flick! I may have to go back and see it now!

@i..9339

4 жыл бұрын

@drealmerz7 z ok

@cf3902

4 жыл бұрын

@drealmerz7 z Why do you say that?

@KrisVic91

4 жыл бұрын

@drealmerz7 z then why is it so beloved? Maybe your opinion doesn't mean shit?😱😱😱😱😱

@Truef1ame

4 жыл бұрын

drealmerz7 z obvious troll is obvious

this is a great explanation. Now i shall go back and watch this again! it was a fav movie but I never really understood the ending and the connection with the old film is amazing!

I really appreciate this video. Very well thought out 🙏

I've seen so many good analysis of this movie and it's very good. What a deep movie

@youthnation1

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew!

@jeffersonsteelflex3056

6 жыл бұрын

+Mr., Fanstastic The main bad guy isn't white and every other bad guy is Mexican, and most of them end up dead. No white people in this movie committed any crimes.

@thegreatODEN1

6 жыл бұрын

Jefferson Steelflex Did you... actually watch the movie? If so, I suggest rewatching it. Then delete your comment. Normally I wouldn't respond to a comment this old, but what you wrote is so ridiculous, one wonders if you watched the film.

@thegreatODEN1

6 жыл бұрын

Golden Garrett Llewellyn Moss is white. I distinctly remember him car jacking a guy and taken him hostage. At gun point. Those CRIMES led to the victim's death. Also, I'm pretty sure he stole from a corpse. I don't think that drug money was his. Furthermore, the guy (who is unnamed in the movie) who hires Carson Wells, a bounty hunter, to kill Anton, is a drug dealer. But no crimes were committed by white people.

@ZekeMan62

5 жыл бұрын

Mr., Fanstastic There's nothing deep about a mind that would make either of those two statements. Stating them both pegs you as a bonified idiot.

The final scene pulls the whole thing together. As a man who lost his father in the last few years I cannot watch that without a tear in my eye believing good is waiting for us will triumph over evil and darkness will return to its vile place, wounded and bloodied with a bone sticking out.

@troyroebuck36

7 жыл бұрын

james roe exactly. Unfortunately that's the issue here. While the sentiment is lovely and it's hard to break to people at times, just banking on "faith" or whatever you wanna call it is just extremely irrational. All evidence points towards there not being any sort of higher power but yet you bet on Pascal's Wager?... It's a flawed scenario from the start because you *dont* have nothing to lose and it's *not* just a 50/50 chance. Not to mention, in all areas of your life you *depend* on evidence and reason. Even down to trusting the chair you're about to sit in will hold your weight. But yet suddenly that has to go out the window because you want to be able to lie to yourself to make yourself feel better? Why not come to terms with reality and move forward on that? Find. The solution instead of a bandage. "I'm gonna hope my granny is running in open fields with a perfectly healthy body and nothing but happiness and one day I'll see her again and we'll get to go show our mansions to each other" is just covering up for you not wanting to come to terms with that fact that she's gone. It may sound really nihilistic to y'all but really, I'd just rather live a life where I'm *not* lying to myself and others and then leading them upon a life of lies as well

@chadwickpainter8212

7 жыл бұрын

Troy Roebuck good point but if you're living a life where you're not lying to yourself, then what are you doing? Evidence of this or that is not much more than gathering stones in my opinion. A smarter man than I once said that to live with hope you must accept dispair to accompany it. Whether it be the hope of some almighty power or the hope of humankind's infantile notions of intelligence and evidence, only death will reveal the truth. Only the dead have any kind of chance to know what happens to the dead. Even then, they still may have no idea.

@jamesburkestephenking9333

7 жыл бұрын

Chadwick Painter To buy into a lie or rely on infantile , wishful thinking isn't hope. It's the false hope of a child. We can face our mortality as adults or we can pretend. I have no respect for adults that pretend, especially when it carries with it the poisonous dogmas of organized religion. Religion bleeds into politics and education. If it didn't , I'd have no problems with peoples' imaginary friends.

@danielwells3467

7 жыл бұрын

What evidence is there that points to a 'no god' conclusion? The brightest atheist scholars in the world declare,"you can't prove a negative", meaning you can't prove something doesn't exist. Which is true. You seem to be under the impression that believers make their choice with no evidence or reasoned thought, I wonder how closed off from people you have been and if you have ever visited a house of worship or talked to a believer with position within their faith. It is only on faith that you declare there is no god, just as it's on faith I say there IS a god. I've had personal experiences that have provided me with concrete evidence of God's existence, and no, it can't be repeated and tested so it does you no good, but it gave me the evidence I needed; combined with my studies in psychology, science, and theology to reach the conclusion that there must be a god. Now, I realize we all have our own paths to walk and to each his own, but if there is no god then there is no absolute right and wrong. Right and wrong become subjective. Drowning your mother wouldn't be 'considered "evil", in fact, killing her would be the right thing to do. Periodic culling of the herd staves off starvation and disease. This is an extreme example, but it shows that 'right' and 'wrong' being subjective and tied to the whims of man is disastrous. --- I'm just gonna throw this bit out there. Maybe raising a generation to believe there is no god is why our nation is in such bad shape.

@MuatraMeansFamily

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Wells To foist off the human questions of "What is the purpose of life?", "What is good, and what is evil?", and "Why do we exist?" to an imagined creator is the height of spiritual and philosophical laziness. Those are questions that WE humans are supposed to answer for ourselves, rather than trusting in con-artists of antiquity who sought to control and dominate others by offering them pretty lies. When one asks the fundamental questions, the "prophet" answers: "The purpose of life is to serve God, and I am God's chosen", "Good is what pleases God, and pleases me; Evil is what angers God, and angers me", "We exist to serve God's will, and to worship him - and me, as well". To say that religion can be the only source of absolute, unmovable morality is supremely ignorant, because religious morality shifts as much as any secular morality. When the prophet's will shifts, the morality shifts with it: if Christ came down from heaven tomorrow, and said "It is good and righteous to slaughter your neighbor, and claim his wife as your own" then the so-called "moral compass" would reverse polarity in an instant. But we have no need of the prophet himself for this argument; his hypocritical lackeys throughout the ages, his many hangers-on, prove the same point. The religion has been sculpted and molded for millennia to serve the purposes of those who lay claim to the prophet's authority. It is nothing more than a tool used by clergy to seize such power as they can. When the pursuit of power demands that the religion changes, the "moral compass" finds a new North. From the gilded halls of The Holy See, to the fear-filled compounds of Christian cults, we can see how the faith bends and contorts to the will of those who would seek to enrich themselves and dominate others. To be clear, I take no umbrage with those who ask themselves the fundamental existential questions, and find in themselves the answer: "There must be some higher purpose, and some higher power, that guides our path". I take umbrage when one bases that answer on ancient dogma, forced upon the young and propagated via war and conquest. It is far better to let each person to come to their own faith, or lack thereof, rather than spreading the hypocritical, contradictory, and easily co-opted missives of long-dead charlatans.

At 7:05 it always fascinated me that chigurh was smiling while asking the first half of his question

This is a challenging take that I really liked to hear. Thank you!

Anton puts on a Nick Cage face when strangling that deputy.

@jaredfrost3548

5 жыл бұрын

A Face-Off face?

@unseenufo

5 жыл бұрын

He probably got turned on. The sicko

@juancopete4437

4 жыл бұрын

Castor Troy face! LOL!!!

@soakedbearrd

4 жыл бұрын

Thats the only real time you see real emotion on him aside from the occasional smirk or smile.

@sk8trryan1997

4 жыл бұрын

Ubermenshe

I love the way the movie ends how you just hear the clock ticking in the background while the sheriff is talking about his dream of meeting his father in that dark valley which is the symbolism of the end of the road. The clock ticking is our timeline we live in ever getting closer and closer to the end. It doesn't matter how you live your life one thing is inevitable and that's death.

@denisskenderovic3707

3 жыл бұрын

So enjoy every day, and take nothing for granted. Don't wait for death. Give it a run for it's money!

Never thought about the cattle gun making him a grim reaper of sorts, and now the goofy bowl cut makes a lot of sense. Good video, got what I expected.

She didn't call it not because she was unwilling to take the risk (of course 50% is better odds than 0%), but because she would have lost her dignity by agreeing to this. Dignity is part of the movie's message. When Wells hears that Moss is a fellow veteran, he takes his hat off. In this case he voluntarily concedes some of his dignity to show respect (it's the same with bowing, which is a form of symbolically belittling yourself in front of someone). The other time he takes his hat off is after Chigurh captures him and Wells tries to desperately plead for his life. "You should admit your situation. There would be more dignity in it". Chigurh has clearly no respect for the lucky shopkeeper who survives.

I might be reading too much into this, but notice in the scene where he finds the money and makes the decision to take it, there is a shot of two trees in a field in isolation, and the dead guy with the money is propped up against one of them. This is also probably a reference to the Garden of Eden and the fall from grace. In the garden, of course, there was a tree of life and a tree of knowledge. His taking the money is like Adam being tempted by Eve to eat the apple from the tree of knowledge. It's the coin toss or risk that he takes which is the beginning of the whole story. It's the point where we "become part of the world" to quote Tommy Lee Jones's opening monologue. I don't know, it seems like you have this manichean thing happening between the villain and the hero, which is actually Chigurh and Tommy Lee Jones, and this is a bit like the biblical Satan and God wrestling over the soul of man, symbolized by Llewellyn.. As somebody pointed out elsewhere in the comments, Chigurh in old spanish means "to follow," and of course he follows the coin, or the "rule" he references before he kills Carson. Jones also follows, which he describes in his dream where he's following his father, just as he followed him in life by becoming a cop like he did, like his father before him. One follows the rule of chaos, the other of the law, which is supposed to put put order to chaos. They're both following two opposite paths, good and evil, and they nearly collide when Jones enters the hotel room where Llewellyn was killed and Chigurh is hiding behind the door but slips out without Jones seeing him. In a metaphorical or philosophical sense, both collide in every ordinary person's soul. Llewellyn, if you think about it, is more like the rest of us. He's caught in between the villain and the hero. He's a complicated figure, partially heroic, but partially flawed. He's not the good law man or the psychotic killer, he's the ordinary man who wants to do good but is often tempted to do evil, which is one way to read the garden of eden story which is referenced in the beginning when he takes the money. Throughout, Chigurh is attempting to kill him while Jones is attempting to save him. They are, in a sense, wrestling over his soul the way God and Satan wrestle over the soul of any man. The thing with the guy asking for water and his decision to do the right thing and it leading to his being identified by the drug cartel only underscores this ambivalence as well as the element of chance, just like his being tempted to cheat on his wife before his death. His decision to do the right thing leads to his being hunted by the cartel, his decision not to cheat on his wife at the end, possibly, led to his death because he wouldn't have been in the hotel room where they shot him (maybe). Our good deeds don't save us from death, our evil deeds are often rewarded, as random as a coin toss.

@Mark-yb1sp

4 жыл бұрын

Julius Ebola Excellent!!!

@heartywhistler

4 жыл бұрын

Julius Ebola very well written! Especially the part about good deeds leading to bad outcomes sometimes. There’s an old saying: “no good deed goes unpunished.”

@corbeau-_-

4 жыл бұрын

the struggles are relatable yes. I figure you're right about the 2nd part too. Chigurh kind of felt flabbergasted when he recognized that the man at the gas station married into his situation and he offers the coin-toss shortly after. But I myself also see what you mention there in another light: This story is about morals, codes, believes. Those 'rules' are what causes old men to age badly: they cling to their past, to some belief, to God. And they don't feel at home in our ever changing society. Ellis opens Ed's eyes to this when he let's him know he has no vengeance in his heart. For following such a strong emotion, based in the past, will swallow you whole if you let it. So afterwards, Ed can let go of Chiguhr and quiting the force/retiring. But in the end, we still see that there's no place for him, not anymore. His wife doesn't want him to help out, she can't go with him because she's not retired and he's skittish to tell her his dreams about his father. It's still about him being in the past (underlined by his mentioning his dad being 20 years younger in his mind than he is now). Dreaming to follow his father in his footsteps, to 'find him' - forever bound by the 'rules' implemented in his youth, when the old dudes you wanted to resemble weren't even carrying a gun. Ed even wondered how'd they'd do in this time - yet he's already like them in a sense - romantically nostalgic about the past, while he doesn't get the present. And God hadn't reached out to him, as Ed expected (though he could see why God wouldn't want to reach out to him). I also see Ellis mentioning their uncle being killed 70 years ago as a stab at that romantic image of the past. Humans are always rotten and victim of circumstance, no matter what age. It's what causes so many people to cling to self applied morals... and rules. Moss got killed because he lost sight of what he was doing, sort of in between indeed. Tempted by greed and lust, but a good man at heart. Like the Vietnam veteran basically was. Sent out to do and see absolute horror only to come back to a society that had become averse against the Vietnam war. But still revered by the old lads (like you see when Moss wants to get back into the US - his Vietnam record persuades the guard instantly). When he was greedy, he should've also been heartless... But he's been raised with morals... Well, some. The water screwed him over, yes. He could kind of handle Chiguhr, but fatally lowered his guard when he (as a married man) got persuaded to drink beers with some woman - even when he resisted at first. At least that's how I read into it. And otherwise it would still support the 'full on' part considering morals you mentioned. Being a little honest doesn't work... And Ed was unable to protect him. Both Ed and Moss are basically victims of their past in new circumstances. Chigurh pretends to be above this all, but Carla refusing to take the coin-toss shook his steady belief and made him overlook a car that rammed him. Conviction... Belief. Illusions that can wreck you if you let them. There's so much more, but I guess most of it is interpretation, so I'll leave it at this ;) I didn't look at the trees like that, but you could be on to something there. Definitely forbidden fruit... Though not quite a garden of eden ;)

@teenagecaveman881

4 жыл бұрын

If he didn’t take the water to the dying man, he would have been totally unawares when they showed up at his trailer via the transponder...

@Flipindabird23

4 жыл бұрын

Eve takes the apple though; so I think this is a stretch.

I've loved this movie since it was new but struggled to say exactly why. Now I have a frame of reference. Thank you. In all sincerity, thank you.

thanks for this brilliant analysis, which makes the true meaning of this film become crystal clear.

I recommend to Logos Made Flesh and many of those who made comments on this video to read the book. There are critical things imparted in the interludes regarding Ed Tom that explain a great deal about what Ed Tom is going through, and some of the meaning McCarthy intends in the grander conflict of the story. It's an incredibly quick read. I read it in one sitting so please take that in consideration. The Coen brothers did a marvelous job. It's testament to how solid the book is that they could literally use it as the script.