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The fact that Javier Bardem did not speak English well, was against violence and also at the beginning did not want to be in the film makes it so ironic to the point that it was literally being named the most realistic film depiction of a psychopath by an independent group of psychologists in the Journal of Forensic Sciences for his role as Anton Chigurh
Anton is a complex psychopath who lies to himself by saying he is an agent of fate to justify his crave for killing (it's why he uses the coin on the store clerk). In the last scenes where he kill's the wife, her rejection to play by his fate role extremely distraughted him, as she made him take responsibility for the killing, forcing him to acknowledge the lie and realizing that he does not kill because he is an agent of fate, but rather, he kill's only because it is his desire. The scene of the crash after directly continues this, showing that he too is a subject of fate.
I wouldn't say it was his desire to kill her....more like his desire to adhere to the principles he constructed for himself regardless of how horrible his actions were. She one upped him by adhering to principles of her own. The only goal in his mind was to finish the job which he did, but this time with maybe a hint of remorse. She put a huge dent in his core beliefs - which the car accident that follows that scene symbolically represents. A significant portion of his armor or façade was damaged, just like he was in the crash.
@@DavidTMSN I just saw another vid on here explaining that he represents death and moss is the hero. It’s based on a much older story of how a man is chosen to sit and play a game of chess with death. With one exception however, you lose you die. Thus implying that even if you don’t know what to win, you must play the odds and try anyways to take the upper hand. That is why Anton kills all who do not play, he is the reaper but still has morals to the rules of fate. The little canister and cow gun he Carries is in place of the reapers scythe. I love this movie because it shows that even tho moss was a hero and had good intentions, he could not cheat death. I hate movies that play out “hero hurts villain not bad enough to kill but enough to stop and because meh morals” nah Anton took his ass out OFFSCREEN
@@prophecy5886 Hannibal isn't walking around and always had a purpose, Anton was just death... worse part is he acted like he had nothing to do with it, like an outside force just moving you along.
Yeah,thats an accurate description of a psychopath. Except the movie didnt portray how most of the times they get their ass whooped by law enforcement or other thugs. Theyre only fearless because theyre too stupid to correctly assess their situation.
The fact the movie protrays that at the end of the day he's only human. He talked about "knowing to a certainty" about how things will turn out and ends up getting into a car accident at the end of the film. He knows himself to be calculating and smart, but even he could not have predicted the accident.
He sees himself as death, like an unstoppable force. The car crash, as well as the girl’s refusal to play his game, is basically an ego check for Anton and the audience - he’s subject to the same rules everyone else is, chance, fate, luck, whatever you want to call it.
@@KompadoodleLEL it either means "do you see me" like are you gonna tell anyone what happened or what he looks like. or it could be "do you see me" literally as in if he sees him he is dead, and he sees him.
@@KompadoodleLEL the accountant stated “ i see” then he asks if he’s going to shoot him. Anton replied “that depends, do you see me?” Meaning that if said yes he was going to die if he said no he wouldn’t kill him..
I watched the film recently and Carson infers to Llewelyn in the hospital that anyone who sees and identifies Anton has died. In my opinion Anton would kill this guy regardless of his answer.
Anton is fascinating because it's like there's something occupying a human body that isn't a human soul. Whatever is driving him to act is a force of pure evil, not motivated by hatred or anger or any kind of human emotion, just sheer malevolence and wickedness. It's not his surface appearance or mannerisms or even his actions that are disturbing, it's whatever is underneath him that is motivating him to do these things.
Chigurh isn't the antagonist, Chigurh is merely the effect of a cause. attachment (desire/ignorance/dishonesty) is the real antagonist, and the cause of Chigurh. death by Chigurh is the end result of attachment. you can run, fight, or hide, but Chigurh shows that there is always an unstoppable force coming for your attachments. nothing lasts, no good man wins in this world. Chigurh is a reminder of impermanence.
well he did say he will and he keep his promise actually who kill Carla Jean is not anton but his bf he let her die for just fucking money fucking money :(
I love the way he casually walks away from the car he just blew up to get everyone's attention in the store while he steals a bunch of drugs from the back to treat his wounds. It really felt like there was no emotion behind his actions. Like he was more of a force of nature than a man. Truly an amazing character.
a few peoples realize that Anton represent Death, he goes anywhere, struck when he wants, can threaten everyone, doesn't have emotions. fact that I like : when you see the mc trying to hide the luggage full of money, he's really struggling, while Anton only use a penny to open the ventilation grid
@@n11ls we can depict him as a Death himself, but he is very vulnerable in that book/film. I think it’s more honest to say that Anton is trying to be Death, but he is still suffers from accidents. Death is essential, he is not!
Not really since “you stand to win everything” is more of a “you stand to loose everything” It’s like Russian roulette, only way to secure win is not to play Dumbass
Love the bit where he shoots at the crow. Never read the book, but it feels like in the movie Chigurh sees himself as an agent of fate. Crows are associated with bad omens often. So it's like he's saying "I'm already here, no need for you" Maybe, maybe not, but it's a great touch, better even that he misses and it flies away, unharmed.
@@Bob_99.1 Totally agree. He styles himself as something far grander than what he really is, which is just a very competent serial killer. It's honestly kind of brilliant in my view.
@@crazypantz3492I reccomend you read the book. It's literally the exact same as the movie but there are some dialogue that was cut. For example, Anton's speech to Carla about why he is the way that he is. It's a beautiful, elegant speech with complex sentences and poetic wording, and it's all just a cover up for the fact that he kills because he wants to. Because he's evil. Because he's a psychopath. No amount of eloquent speeches will change that. Its a phenomenal book.
I feel like Anton is meant to represent the indifference of chance, he's a force of nature in his eyes he's not necessarily good or evil he's just following a set of cold logic.
Yes, but no matter how much logic there is, it makes no sense for you to say that it is not something to be taken into account in determining whether something is good or bad. He uses very simple gadgets to kill people, he dresses in a very simple way that doesn't attract attention, in fact, the only thing that attracts attention is how calm his voice always is. The first thing that stands out in a Machiavellian person is a relaxed tone of voice but with emotional ups and downs and tension when explaining themselves, because they try to give a confident image of themselves, it is an obsession with themselves to seem immune to anything. All because they feel emotions in a way that we wouldn't understand (all at once). They seem human, but they lack empathy. We have no right to judge anyone by appearance, that's just my opinion.
Even after watching the movie, Anton is still a difficult character to read/understand. It's really unstoppable no one stops him He has no friends, there are no allies It's him and his victims when they take away something that belongs to him. I even feel that Anton talks so many strange things to his victims before killing them because he is so lonely. Even a psychopathic hitman like him must need to talk while alone to avoid falling into absolute madness. Unless I have some contact, I think Anton died at the end of the movie. The bone was sticking out of that broken arm. If he didn't do something soon, logically he should have died. On the other hand, there are people who believe that Anton does not really exist. It is the old policeman's imagination of what this guy must be like. because we really don't even know anything about him It's like it's from another planet...
Film starts with words "My father was sheriff", so whole film is the sheriffs story. But he never saw Anton, only evidences. Chiken truck is the best example of "police version" of the story.
I swear movies before 2010 were so amazing actually cinematic, had great themes, and actors were on point the world was so much simpler then I suppose.
I say Children of men too. Not cause it's similar in terms of story. But that movie has a real good depiction of violent conflicts like wars in countries that are at the brink of collapse. The street shootouts, random bombings, assassinations all feels like well thought out scenes like this one. Real good focus on realism while still being very dramatic. The only similarity is that the action scenes feel very realistic in both movies. Plots are way different be warned lol.
It’s really trashy if you think about it. You lack the ability to do anything special so you result to foolishness and inability. Anybody who is aspired by these people aren’t abandoned they’re just too stupid to reach out to others to find meaning. True failures
it's been 5 months, im still not over how amazing this is. I want to go back in time to when we studied this in film at school and show my teacher. You helped bring to life even more how amazing Chigurh is. Thank you.
Anton embodies everything that makes humanity scary, specifically he is the human embodiment of action and preparation. Each and every thing he does is in effort to move to his next goal. No music, no talking, no outside distraction, I remember reading a fan theory that Anton is most likely ex military in some fashion. Due to his natural obsession with details and environment. The motel attack was a great example.
@@chickenspheres7582 Here is the literal definition for humanity, "humaneness; benevolence. - "he praised them for their standards of humanity, care, and dignity"' do these characteristics sound anything like anton?
Chigurh shooting the crow was always so interesting to me. It seemed to me like since he thought he was some kind of soldier of fate who needed to always be in control, he felt the need to eliminate what could be a symbol of his own demise. The crow did not in fact die, and fate did indeed catch up with him.
interesting, it looked like he missed but that's even more humiliating, for an agent of death failing to kill a crow is quite embarrassing. It shows us that Anton isn't some robotic terminator and will fail at one thing or another.
@@kenthefele113 So i didnt watch , does he kill them for reason ? like coin travelled to the gas station he said in one video ?so reason or he just does it ?
@@kubilayacar710 There's a plot reason for him being there ; the movie revolves around the protagonist stealing a huge sum of money on the scene of a drug deal that ended in a shootout. Anton is a hired gun sent to retrieve the money and chase the protagonist, so he's expected to kill some people, that's his job in a shady business. But the way he goes about it is devoid of emotion and he does kill more than necessary, using a logic that only he really understands. He seems to try and act like it's justified but it only makes sense in his own head, the viewer or characters never really get to understand him or talk him out of it (despite trying on several occasions), which is partly why he's so memorable ; since his reason for killing is never made clear or reasonable, he's never humanized throughout the movie, and just stays an absolute threat that's always chasing. He can be talked with, but he can never be talked out of anything. Dialogue never leads to any type of understanding with any of the other characters. He does spare some people, but not necessarily because they convinced him, he just happened to find a reason to spare them within his own twisted logic, and they're absolutely clueless about what just happened and what could have.
@@kubilayacar710 He's a through and through psychopath. The coin scene is an example of that, normal people don't go around forcing other people to play coin flips for their life. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem's character) is completely devoid of empathy, remorse, or shame.
He didn't killed him......The accounting guy said,"Are you going to shoot me? he said,"That depends".....Did you see me?.....which tells that he didn't killed him...because if the accounting guys didn't see him he is not going to shoot him...the guy was already afraid...I think he said him that he didn't see him
The irony was that the moment he defied the will of the coin by making his own choice to kill, circumstance put him into a car crash shortly afterward. The doctrine of his killings were shaken and so were his ties as an agent of fate.
Anton sees himself as the personification of death: a grim reaper in the flesh. He gave the man in the suit who asked him if he was gonna shoot him a chance, because he acknowledged Anton's view of his own psyche, which is a tool of death. He gave Anton entertainment and acknowledgement with his question, and replied in turn with a question of his own.
Which mirrors what Carson told Moss. He said, shocked, "you've seen him and you're still alive?" when responding to Moss saying he'd seen Anton. Now, he turns to the unnamed man in the suit after the suited man asked if he was gonna shoot him and responds "depends, can you see me?"
I remember seeing this edit for the first time, it was something incredible, the editor of this video did an exceptional job not to mention how incredible and good this movie is.
0:39 that part no matter how many times I watch it...that will give me goosebumps and make me say to myself "Oh damn that guy was just unlucky too meet Anton at the same exact road"
It's so horrific. That shit gives me goddamn shudders. Guy does nothing wrong, and for his trouble he blindly walks into the abyss. It stirs my soul in a way I really don't like.
I don’t know what it is about this movie, but every scene perfectly fits the aesthetic of a smoggy small town suburb. The yellow daylighting, the houses with no lights on, the way all the characters speak in hushed, intimate tones, the old wallpapers. I realize it’s an old movie but still, it fits an aesthetic I find hard to put my finger on, but one I’ve never seen in any other movie.
Yeah, I'm glad someone noticed. Also the scene before when he says "pick the one right tool" the song then goes " I turn to ask the question" and the accounting guy asks will he shoot him.
I love how Anton leaves the story limping, in pain, dazed with both body and confidence shattered. That which he sought and exploited throughout the story, control, is taken from him in a second, and it absolutely terrifies him. That "force of nature" aura is stripped bare.
@infuriated9167 phycopaths are very interesting and complex people, I'm not a professional but I have done some research on them There's afew reasons as to why someone is a phycopath One of the most obvious is they were born with it, the part of the brain that is responsible for emotional regulation and impulse control is underdeveloped However there's also lots of enviomental factors. Alot of phycopaths aren't blood hungry like their always portrayed, there's cases of phycopaths that have a normal life and even start familys. However if a born pycopath is for example abused as a child, then the negative envioment plus with their struggles of their undeveloped brains can lead to them being very violent, and possibly becoming serial killers. However sometimes phycopaths aren't born at all, they are created from either mental trauma or physical trauma By mental trauma I mean having severe trauma (usually trauma from childhood, like being abused by parents) that leads to them developing phycopathic elements like lack of empathy By physical trauma, I mean something like a blow to the head. Sometimes if you sustain damage to your head (especially as a child) it can damage the part of your brain that's responsible for emotions and thus leading to become a phycopath. They are very fascinating people and are sometimes misunderstood
It’s because he’s a living ghost. All the important parts that makes a human a human had been eroded away, presumably from trauma induced sociopathy or epigenetic psychopathy or both. It’s like watching a walking trauma response running on autopilot who’d been weaponised into a killing machine
Anton is a scary character because people like him truly exist in our world and people like him will show their true character/form to you when no one is looking around.
@Abrar is what your meant to believe except at the end of the movie the whole point is to show that while Anton is a very different individual, ultimately he is just a self absorbed asshole who kills for his own ego and he isn’t better than the rest of us
@@hugglepuff1 But he only did it so the kid would keep quiet about Anton being there because he didn't have time to dispose of them. If he did have time, he would've killed those kids without a second thought. Thinking otherwise is madness.
This movie didn't sell me on the whole most believable psychopath on film. But until I saw Anton drink someone else's milk straight out of the bottle, I knew for sure this was the most realistic psychopath ever depicted on film.
My brother in christ, If we're stranded in the sahara and I have the choice to drink Milk or Water, I guarantee you to a fault: my goofy ass drinking that gallon of milk.
in the novel, this whole story, the fate of all these people, the whole mission of Chigurh finding the case and returning it was just to impress a potential employer that was never named. It was considered a credential or work experience for his next employment. So this whole encounter only represented a small part of Chigurh's life and experiences and for everyone else it basically either killed them or gave them an existential crisis. So he's hardcore and the people he works for are very much the same.
What I always love about this character is that he's not just evil, he also bring evilness, corrupting everything around him, like with the two boys at the end who were nice to him at first and start battling each other when he give monney to one.
Every time this edit pops into my recommended, I watch it. I just love everything about it. The music, the clips, the movie itself. It's just all so good.
one of the best edits i've seen on youtube, the quality of the audio and image, being made in chronological order, and the details on cuts on the beat of the music makes it so unique
I’m a girl and this movie hits different for me. My dad absolutely loves this movie, I was 8 when it came out and my dad played this movie so often (and Shawshank redemption) and I’d just sit there on the couch and watch it with him ❤ Ik it’s supposed to be a dark movie but to me, it reminds me of my awesome dad that has a great taste in films ☺️
Watching a movie about a psychotic killer reminds you about your dad? Do you sometimes see him watch documentaries about the zodiac killer? And does/creates puzzels?
@@donatelloDoesmachines13 I think another comment explains this pretty well: Love the bit where he shoots at the crow. Never read the book, but it feels like in the movie Chigurh sees himself as an agent of fate. Crows are associated with bad omens often. So it's like he's saying "I'm already here, no need for you" Maybe, maybe not, but it's a great touch, better even that he misses and it flies away, unharmed.
One of the best villains to grace the silver screen. Perfect acting and writing. Absolutely terrifying. Anton experiences no fear or hesitation, he just acts.
In the book, Anton is very similar, except he’s quite a bit more talkative. For example, at one point he explains to somebody, can’t remember who, why he was in the police station at the beginning. He says he overheard a guy insulting him at a gas station or fast food place or something and he killed the guy, and he went along to the station to see if he could break out. And the dark punchline is Anton doesn’t even REMEMBER what the guy he killed told him that apparently set him off.
Anton is undeniably one of the most complex villains in the history of cinema. He is ruthless and the embodiment of evil. However, upon watching him you can't help but notice seems to transcend mere humanity and is more akin to a force of nature. He operates as an agent of destruction, seemingly devoid of personal motives. Instead, he carries out his killings out of obligation, as if he were a messenger of death. Anton's unwavering commitment to his mission leaves no room for moral ambiguity. In his world, people are either aiding him in achieving his goals or they become obstacles that must be eliminated. The world inhabited by Llewelyn is no country for old men, because are unable to stop what is coming when pursued by someone as malevolent as Anton.
Disagree. Being simple as a log is what makes him unqiue, like a real sociopath. Even his "i'm a harbringer of fate" is called (and is in a nutshell) bullshit by Carla. He simply loves to kill, nothing more. His character lacks any depth and has barely any development. This doesn't make him a _bad_ character - actually, it what makes him so good.
@@optimus_antt antagonist of blood meridian, one of mccarthy's best works. if you like the story telling of no country for old men, you'd enjoy blood meridian. though its a 100x darker
I love how careful anton was with his words and how he worded things. When the man from accounting said “I see. Are you going to shoot me?” anton says “That depends. Do you *see* me?”
Still one of the most terrifying characters I ever seen in cinema. I just hope to never encounter a person like him a day in my life. Plays very well into a fear of a person with no regard of life senseless killing me just becuase I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
That's why we have guns. And yes I'm aware the people he killed had guns and attempted to shoot back, but in a moronic way. Someone busts your motel room lock open at 1AM, and you're awake? You should have put 6 holes through that door before he ever gets inside.
@@theslavicllamayt161 Ah yes the 14 year old who thinks he's John Wick. You'd literally freeze up if a dude like him came in with a shotgun into your room.
@@theslavicllamayt161 Have you genuinely never seen the movie? He takes his boots off to make a quieter approach then using a bolt gun to knock out the lock. You better have the reflexes of a F1 driver to respond to something like that.
anton is the perfect display of psychopathy, he is desolate of emotion, remorse, and kindness. he finds pleasure in the fear he finds in human beings before they die, if u ever notice in the film, if he ever smiles its usually around violence or he's about to commit something evil and atrocious. to me that shows a person who thrives in the pain of others and a psychopath usually gets his kicks through delving into the emotions of others, because they dont feel them much
@@makstex are you weird or something idk i dont get your answer, are u saying anton doesn't exist in the movie? or reality, in which case ik this im not crazy lol....but if u have some theory how he doesnt really exist in the movie id like to hear it cause it'd be a wild theory that a man that doesn't exist killed them folks
My favourite villain in Film and Literature. Someone who believes he commands fate and order, but ultimately kills arbitrarily. Someone who upholds a code that is by nature flawed.
I don't know if this will get spark any discussion or attention, but many people (including the top comment of this vid) think that the end of the movie shows Anton as a victim of chance/fate, and his fear of such forces. I personally see the opposite. Anton does not show fear during or after the crash. He assesses the situation, calculates his next move, and executes. This solidifies him as an agent of chance. He falls victim to it, and experiences the consequences, but does not express any emotion against it. Llewelyn does, Along with Carla Jean and Carson Wells. They lash out against their undoing, unable to accept inevitability or unfairness. They need an explanation or justification for the unfolding of events which have none. Does Anton chase down the driver who crashed into him? Does he interrogate witnesses to determine the cause of his situation? No. He understands the role he played in a chance event, and he is minimizing its impact on his life. He abandons his pride walks away, doing something that Llewelyn and Carson could not.
@@riardomilos8014 Anton Chigurh is a white-chocolate macadamia nut cookie manufacturer who struggles with thoughts of self-harm and eats chunks of drywall stolen from his mother-in-law's lakehouse.
The look back at the boys that caused the accident meant something. A thought back to Chigurs own childhood. The importance of not dwelling in the past for missing the present. Quality video
@@coolguyowl3341 that is true my friend. Chigur though would have been aware of the light jumper had he not momentarily been taken somewhere else when looking at those boys
@@Ellis_B Like I said, it 'partly' caused the accident, because he would've seen the car coming at him if he was looking on the road, but most of the blame is on the other driver.
@@coolguyowl3341 And that's why he had the accident, Anton is the embodiment of Chaos going against the rules, yet for checking the boys on his rear mirror and driving with a green light like any LAW abiding person would do, Chaos pulled one on Anton himself.
Antons little smile and "hmm" at Carson's "you go to hell" reminds me of Rattlesnake Jake from Rango responding to the same with "where do you think i come from?"
I don't usually enjoy movie edits but Holy shit this is awesome. Maybe it's just cause I love No Country For Old Men, but the editing is top notch with relation to the length of the video.
