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- Might be my favorite movie.nb
- This trailer is pretty much a masterclass on how to "show the entire movie" in a trailer without giving away anything! Two thumbs upnb
- @nb same. Two questions: Did Chigurh miss the bird on purpose, and why did he do what he did with the trailer park manager?garbage
- 1. No, he missed. It's a sign that anything could happen. This mirrors Ed Tom's story: "Even in contest between man and steer, the outcome is not certain."nb
- 2. Chigurh is a predator near the top of the food chain. Part of what makes him so effective is knowing when he has met his match, to back down.nb
- He knows when he shouldn't press his luck, and one look at that trailer park manager and he knows she is a worthy opponent. (Obviously a mix of humor in there.)nb
- The Coen brother's need to have Roger Deakons as their DOP again.bogue
- Watched True Grit again the other night and it could have been a great movie if it looked like this.bogue
- Loved this movie so much!elahon
- @bogue – was the last one Hail Cesar? I've been really into Roger Deakins podcast, really worthwhile if you like movies!DaveO
- Oh.. didn't know he had one. I bet that is incredibly interesting. I'll check it out. Hadn't realized he shot Hail Cesar.bogue
- But... Deakins did shoot True Grit, too. i think both movies were shot according to their respective stories. (True Grit is the Coen's biggest seller, btw.)nb
- @nb agreed on the bird. I think he spared the trailer park manager because she didn't give up Llewelyn. She lived by a code.garbage
- No. He doesn’t spare people who live by a code. Quite the opposite. “If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?”nb
- He spared the trailer park manager because he was in public....he can't kill EVERYONE....he has his limitsdkoblesky
- No, he was in her office. He could’ve easily killed her. But that wouldn’t help him because he wouldn’t get the info and it would help the police track him.nb
- The point of the scene is that he knows when to back down from a worthy fuckin adversary. He knows threatening her is useless. He is outmatched.nb
- The Coens have discussed this scene. Not sure if it’s in the book. Started it, but never got into it. Heard it lacks the humor of the film.nb
- @nb what? The quote you used is what I'm saying. He respects people with what he deems a proper rule. Not all rules are equal.garbage
- @dkob He set a car on fire so that he could rob a pharmacy while bleeding out. I think he could kill a fat old woman and somebody on the shitter if he wanted.garbage
- Well, you could say he has principles that transcend drugs or money or all that. But that's just Carson Wells misundertsanding Chigurh's motivations.nb
- He's capable of killing the trailer park lady, but he knows killing her won't get him closer to the money or Moss.nb
- AND he can see that torturing her would be futile, too. He can see in an instant that she is a stubborn, tough adversary who won't back down. So he walks away.nb