In
the film No Country for Old Men,
directed by the Coen brothers, the audience is treated to an exciting yet
disturbing and uncomfortable string of events.
The film is categorized as a thriller suspense genre, however there is
more meaning to this film than an individual may pick up on. The film focuses on the main protagonist
character, Llewelyn Moss, as well as the other protagonist, Ed Tom Bell, as
they interact with Anton Chigurh, the antagonist. An individual could take the movie for what
it is, an exciting chase movie, based on money, or they could look deeper. The film has an underlying theme of death and
no escape. Throughout the film Chigurh
chases his target without rest or remorse.
Also Chigurh does not hesitate to kill those who cross his path. Often Chigurh will flip a coin, allowing
whoever he has crossed a chance to live.
This takes death out of Chigurh’s control and instead leaves it to
chance. Chigurh appears impossible to
kill as well and does not show reaction to pain. Almost as if he is already dead. Chugurh is a representation of death, chasing
man and never resting. Chigurh is
described as a ghost my Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) at one point in the film,
which points further that Chigurh is a supernatural being. However, the film does not focus entirely on
Chigurh, but instead on Llewelyn Moss and his actions and how they affect those
around him. At the beginning of the
film Llewelyn is hunting a herd of animals, making him in control of death and
killing, however when Llewelyn finds a case full of two million dollars, he
takes a chance, and risks it all for it.
He put everything on a coin toss.
Llewelyn had to call it, for Chigurh could not call it for him, take the
case or leave the case. He chose the
wrong choice, and for that death must come and take him away.
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