No country for old men - Chigurgh vs Wells & phone call

[Darazz]

Anton Chigurh, one of the most scary villains in film history.

[ukkfayooyay]

You just have to hope you never find yourself in Carson's situation. You'd be shitting in your pants while begging and crying.

[ShabbasDragoon]

You can actually silence a shotgun but it doesn't make that cool sound, it sounds a lot like a .22 rifle. (Which is a lot more quiet than a 12 gauge.)

[basstardsound]

Best scene for me.

[Moooo53]

ATM in 1980? Europe, UK,yes But in North America?

[UnderCoverPope]

if they caught this guy, he would sooooooo get the death penalty

[JustMereArt]

"Not in the sense that you mean."

And to think Wells said he didn't have a sense of humour...

[JWFernel]

"Do you have any idea how crazy you are?"

"You mean the nature of this conversation..."

"I mean the nature of you."

That exchange has always stuck with me. This is the only movie I saw five times while it was still in theaters. There's a really stark beauty to it.

[GonzalezJacobM]

at what time is the tear? I wanna see!

[TheOneRightTool]

i can't believe someone else noticed the tear in his eye! :)

[Zmister517]

Phone Call wins: FLAWLESS VICTORY.

[Sheenious]

They called, his pizza is ready.

[deathmetalcoffee]

"I've decided to make you a special project of mine, you wouldn't have to come lookin' for me at all" So badass

[TheOneRightTool]

@deathmetalcoffee just words really. didnt stand a chance.

[HagSIN]

Were I Carson, I'd at least ask about my coin flip....

[rudal90]

if i have a gun i would suicide

[GonzalezJacobM]

2 people don't have the dignity to admit their situation

[cdminvegas]

@GonzalezJacobM Seldom do......

[cdminvegas]

@carolinegarrison Actually It's very brief.......a quick change on his face .....then gone.

[Neoquaker1]

@carolinegarrison At what point does Chigurgh begin to cry because I just don't see it? Please give a time in the video.

[malush1412]

@carolinegarrison He doesn't cry. Where did you get this. For a better idea of Chigurgh and the scene read the book. You're analyzing something which has been truncated from the original in order to fit a time-frame for a film. It's still a great film, but a lot of this scene (and others) are left out. Read the book.

[gmbdeals1]

Best movie of all time.

[ralfietv]

The timing of the phone ringing and the timing of his shot was perfect. The Coen brothers own!

[eliezerberry]

Carson is like a lamb to the slaughter. Chigurh tells him to go to his room and he calmly does so, without resistance.

[pretorious700]

@eliezerberry yeah, it's a movie, real life is nothing like that.

[Maratona1969]

@jasonkim11 idiot,try and be in his same situation,you would do everything for talking yourself out of it,wouldnt you,you keyboard hero?

[ShabbasDragoon]

@Maratona1969 There would be more dignity in accepting the situation. Furthermore, Moss should have returned the money to Chigurh and allowed himself to be killed, which would have spared his wife from the same. The way it happened: Both Moss and his wife were killed and Chigurh recovered the money (minus 100k), so was it worth it?

No.

[Ephom]

The face that Anton makes at the very end of the phone call is priceless.

[animechic420]

@Ephom yes it was

[FormulaKimball]

3:19 "Is Carson Wells there?" ... "Not in the sense that you mean." Great line.

[aldfjak]

Carson Wells disliked this video

[PoliticalLee]

The majority of movies that seem to affect me deeply are made by the Coen Brothers. They make me laugh and/or fear more than any others. You can still find my hand prints in the armrests at the theater where I watched this movie.

[NiceGirlCalledMia]

He's a true psychopath!

[MrHandfromEbay]

Baretta would have had a better chance.

[formusicplaylist1]

best movie bad guy ever... he is just so calm and creepy.

just walks up casually with a shotgun... so casual that people don't even think twice about what is in his hand.

whats the guy say near the end? "goes in a hotel one day and kills the clerk then walks right in the next day and kills a deputy".

can't get much more scary and bizarre then that. cormac mccarthy is a twisted genius.

"could take you to an atm with 14 grand in it. everybody just walks away".

"... an atm".

so crazy

[BlueReishiMan]

Javier Bardem has what the Chinese call alot of Jing enregy. It's the luck gene card few people are born with and they have elevated hormones as a result and totally dominate the rest of us.

[AsaNisiMasa1963]

I love how once Chigurh is set on his decision. There's nothing that will stop him. Not even reason. It's his principles that direct his kills.

What a badass.

[elijahw06]

Woody Harrelson gets killed by a psychopath for misrepresenting their kind 13 years earlier in Natural Born Killers.

[asstomouth1000]

Chigurh's cold, calculated, horrifyingly calm responses to everything in this movie is what makes it so damn good. Amazing acting by Bardem.

[jegspillerpiano]

@asstomouth1000 It's the way he enjoys it too. I disagree with Carson - Chigurgh does have a sense of humour, but a very dry and black one!

[aldfjak]

"is uh... Carson Wells there?"

"not in the sense that you mean.. you have to come see me"

[chicagobears22]

Carson shat himself at :20

[adsasfd]

Yep and then you get your girl killed special project indeed.

[INTERPOLFAN17]

in the book wells sits on the bed and chigurh sits on the chair...and the dude gets shot in the face.

[zeppelin67637]

Why is is it when the bad guy is quiet, understated, almost boring, thats when hes the most horrifying and intimidating?

[zeropluszeroiszero]

@zeppelin67637 Killers are quiet.

[LionheartXXX]

Best scene in a movie ever. Hmmm, an ATM.

[thepantstent]

"So this is what I'll offer. You bring me the money and ill let her go; otherwise she's accountable, same as you.. That's the best deal you're gonna get, i wont tell you can save yourself, because you cant"

badass

[annettemint]

The scariest part was when he grinned and said "Hello Carson"...So done..pick out your coffin and call it a day.

[mawapeak]

Movies full of people dying violently in gunfights are a dime a dozen. Yet, this one scene, where one guy is killed, and without showing any super-graphic blood-splatter, is infinitely more horrifying.

[soulcutterx13]

@mawapeak It's important to remember the context of the scene, though. The reason this is horrifying is because of the nature of the film itself, which is tense and never really releases the tension, and the nature of Chigurgh. The scene stands on the rest of the film having set these things up already. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that; they worked quite hard to get the film to that point. The coin toss scene, on the other hand... nothing happens, there's no setup, and it's scary.

[nirdjha2000]

@mawapeak yes - this movie had very disturbing violence, yet it was really not "bloody" in the big hollywood sense. It chilled and haunted me for days after I first saw it.

[ShabbasDragoon]

@nirdjha2000 You should read the book, it's amazing. You'll love it even more than the movie, and you can finish it in one reading, in about six to eight hours.

[senateb]

Carson says of himself "I'm a day trader"

What an excellent way of putting the profession of bounty hunting, perfectly evocative of the time McCarthy is painting, when evil roams so pervasively one can trade on it.

[iscottm]

I like how sugar seems to act on little environmental cues, like they're signs. Like the phone ringing interruption was the cue when he decided to go ahead and shoot Carson. And like when he just might have killed the woman at the trailer park and then the toilet flushing interrupted the silence - then he started walking out slowly

[iscottm]

i like how he looked like he was actually gonna consider that Welles might have made sense at 2:20

[septimalila]

That was one of the most intense parts of the movie....So unreal..

[92af]

No Country for Old Men is an awesome movie

[broodwarplayer]

Carson thinks that it's only about the money. :) That's why he has such a hard time understanding why he came to be in this particular situation.

[senateb]

@broodwarplayer He says of himself "I'm a day trader"

What a cowl way of putting the trade of bounty hunting; a day and age where evil roams so pervasively, one can actually trade on it

[lavalizard3]

Carson isn't very smart. He tells Llewellyn all about how Chigurh doesn't make deals, then tries to make a deal with him.

If he were smart he'd have tackled Chigurh down the stairs the moment he saw him.

[MrViet1993]

the cowboy man dislike this video, he was killed by Javier :D

[gotpsp06]

for whom the bell tolls tolls for thee

[lalalandd123]

zombieland dude....

[RicoHarkwood]

Poor Wells... I liked him.

[jdj1235492]

great!!!!!

[phoenixazmy]

why does he always murder everybody who talks to?

[Snyder29]

@phoenixazmy for fun.

[phoenixazmy]

@Snyder29 lol.

[fohawk871]

Carsons wrong choice of words " everybody just walks away". NOBODY walks away

[remsensor]

Well what was the rule?

[Republicanforce5]

@remsensor The rule is explained in the book

[973JJJ]

I love how when Carson offers him to take him to an ATM, Anton says "An ATM?" smiling. Its like he is saying: Come on man, you know that doesnt work with me :).

[kyotoburning]

Let me ask you something. If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?

[Nasukkin]

One person followed the road.

[T0ME97]

The first ring of the phone was just as scary as the bad guy and his shotgun

[Bram25]

Anton Chigurh is one of the most psychopatic movie characters from the last decade and possibly even further than that.

Loved the typical Coen Brothers theme of how something that could be solved within 5 minutes gets so fucked up it's outrageous!

[posthc]

i call the wrong Whore  hehe

[dasdasist]

you know what ive realized? this movie is a modern western, literally a modern cowboy movie, it takes place between mexico and texas, and you have the outlaws the mexicans, the cowboys and the sheriff, if anyone cant realize this theyre crazy, this is basically a modern western film in modern times instead of the regular 1800's settings, you have your damsel which is lewellen's( dont know how to spell it) wife

[90mv]

Hello Carson...

crap

[thestranger4812]

Woody Harrelson acting in this scene is beyond belief. He tries to so hard to uphold his tough guy attitude, but you can see the terror underneath.

[BacktoBasics88]

@thestranger4812 Yes! I noticed that too.

[danielhiryu]

I'm sorry... I find the title to this video hilarious.

You put "Chigurh vs Wells" as if Carson actually stood a chance.

Thanks for posting the scene, regardless! lol

[SpudOfWar4]

What is the "rule" in which he is referring to?

[mbburch06]

@SpudOfWar4

I think by "rule" he means morality or code. It fits the nihilist theme of the film. What he's saying is basically "you lived your life by a certain code of ethics, and yet it brought you to here, so what was the point?"

[BacktoBasics88]

@mbburch06 Well said, I thought the same thing.

[grendelee]

Wonder if he has a silenced hand grenade, too

[Enzo2284]

:) "Let's Go To Your Room"

[nicadriguez]

tem coisas que a gente não têm de fazer, mas faz. será que temos idéia de quão loucos somos?

[RapidK9]

This is some of the best acting i have seen in my entire life :O

[austinthebookworm5]

The part where he lifts his feet has to be the darkest comedy I've ever seen

[Keylime312]

"Do you have any idea... how crazy you are?" LOL!!

[luc649]

Fucking phone almost made jump outta my skin!!!

[ewthmatth]

1:40 "You should admit your situation. There will be more dignity in it."

[thelost15]

At around 3:50 a tear comes from chigurh's right eye, but you can't see it in this shitty youtube quality.

[jl4815162342]

@thelost15 so why are you pointing it out then...friendo!

[TKROKS]

just a fantastic character

[Merlo177]

Does anybody know good crime movies like this ?

[RR44GHYO]

2:52 scared the shit outta me! XD

[Hissanrach]

"I know what you're thinking." "You don't know what I'm thinking." "Yes, I do. You're thinking that you can prolong it. That every second we are talking is another second you're still alive." They said something like that in the book, the subject of Carson's death talked about a lot between the two before he actually dies.

[Silvertrine]

This scene is very Jungian. 

[tg343441]

@Silvertrine  how? Archetypes? mythologies? projection? i dont quite see it.

[bagsmig]

@Silvertrine what is that

[Merlo177]

WHAT does he say here, i can't get the end word. "if the road you followed ,brought you to this, what is in the rule " ?

[uletbi60]

@Merlo177, "If the rule you followed, brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"

[romanblood]

I wish the line "In what order does a man decide to abandon his life" was in the Wells & Anton scene.

[GeddyYeti2112]

I love how Chigurgh puts his feet up when he sees the blood. A classic Coen Brothers move.

[HPAndranix]

Hahahahaha, Wells seems to have forgotten everything he just told Moss about Chigurgh.

[Gasimli]

i have seen this scene like 10 times but every time the phone rings i get so scared!!! that is called awesome directing

[SabbraCadabra]

I LOVE the terror in Carson's face when the phone rings and he jumps. Like he is just bracing for that final moment. You can see the glee in Anton's eyes when Carson jumps. Just knowing he has him shaking in his boots (literally!)

[SocaTrain]

@SabbraCadabra he didnt jump on his own, the power of the shotgun made him "jump" back.

[SabbraCadabra]

@SocaTrain I'm not talking about when he gets shot. I'm talking about 2:38, when the phone rings, he jumps from being startled by the phone breaking the silence.

[SocaTrain]

@SabbraCadabra o yea youre right!

[moofushu]

I wonder what Anton's social life is like. I somehow don't see him leading a PTA meeting!

[mistacramer]

@moofushu

He seems charming on the phone.

[ScrapperSays]

It would be funny if Anton talked about himself in third person. "You tried to make a deal with Anton, and Anton don't play like that."

[SocaTrain]

@ScrapperSays lmaooo that shit sounds hella funny.

[placebo4yo]

Oh man. He's not even looking at the guy. But you can just feel his stare.

I really wanna see this guy more!

[blizzy00]

at

0:28

I would have taken my chances of a brutal death on a staircase, hoping that someone would see.

I would have done some ridiculous dive tackle, and hoped for the best. Not that Sugar wouldnt have put me down.

[SoloEmerson]

2:52

[InsertProfileName]

I love the look Chigurh gives at the end to Welles' dead body as if to say "He hung up on me" 4:55

[maven21]

And you knows whats going to happen now Carson? you should admit your situation there would be more dignity in it (looks to the side...classic)...You go to hell......mmm..alright.

[dontleademsomuch]

the idea of the ATM tickles Anotn more than the money!

[thestranger4812]

This is actually some of the finest acting I've ever seen. Just look at the terror in Carson Wells' face, while at the same time trying to maintain a facade of indifference.

[ilikeche2]

Hello, Carson, let's go to your room!

[DennisBayazitov]

"Not in the sense that you mean."

Oh my goodness, that is epic.

[bullmale]

I'm just wondering what would happen if Jean Claude Van Damme or Sly or Arnold or Chuck Norris or any action super heroes was there?

[floggingmollyfan4]

@bullmale Anton Chigurh would kill them all.

[ilikeche2]

An ATM.

[volk22221]

 #OMG clownloacl movіe роор.su

[witeboywitelife]

best bad guy of all time

[nxePremium]

the worst is that he lets the phone keep ringing....AGH that annoys me so much

[ThePSYCHOChannel]

Javier makes this film!...what a PSYCHO!!!..LOL

[ASSBANG6969]

Chigurh...is a Super Intelligent man....Seem like he could have chosen any career path. Hunting Humans is the ULTIMATE sport for a Genius...

[nettuno5]

This bugs the shit out of me. Where was the period correct information?? There were no ATM's in 1981. Also at the motel the sign said free HBO in every room. There was no cable or HBO in 1981!!!

[nettuno5]

@nettuno5 oh and you can only get 300 bucks out of an ATM now not 14 grand

[ASSBANG6969]

@nettuno5 Hi, at first I thought you were correct but the ATM was invented in the 60''s... FUNCTIONAL ATM's in the 70's they weren't as prevalent as they are today. But good observation, I am an 80's child and I do not remember any ATM's...

[nettuno5]

@ASSBANG6969 Okay how about the HBO in every room,??

[nettuno5]

We had just got drive thru tellers.... no ATM's

[Agundis1825]

This reminds me of Hannibal Lector actually...how are the two similar you ask? Don't you get the same feeling that Chigurgh's heart rate never increases? Fixing his leg and killing people with the same calm that he opens doors. Not even his car accident. He did look shook up, but was still absolutely in control.

[pbfootball91]

2:52 is the funnist scene after waiting ten seconds, he shoots carson randomly. ahahaha

[blizzy00]

" Take you to an ATM with 14 grand in it... "

" An ATM?......"

He knows better then to go to any public location at this point.

[nnp2051]

lol "Hello Carson." -pause- "Let's go to your room."

the acting in this is brilliant. Even harrelson is great!!

[GBpueblo]

"I know where you are. You are in that hospital across the river but that's not where I'm going." Chigurh

Chigurh is an upstanding psycho criminal of a killer. He is very rare...even in United States. He he as dangerous as it comes. This movie is a masterpiece in American cinema. I am too stunned to call it my favorite.

[SocaTrain]

good lord, if thats not the sickest gun ever

[fleamarket3000]

saved by the bell

[amitnewyork]

1:04 An ATM?!?!?... ahh, just love the expression on Chigurh's face

[Aandunno]

Anton was actually a little bit shaken for once when He was told about his psychotic Nature...if the phone hadnt rung, it might've even changed the course of the whole situation/

[zeldadu]

What rule was chigurh talking about?

[amitnewyork]

@zeldadu

It has been mentioned in the movie that Chigurh and Wells used to work together, but Wells parted ways, perhaps because he didn't like the violent nature of Chigurh's work ethos. I think Chigurh was referring to that "rule" that made Wells split.

[GuardianAngel5150]

@zeldadu I think it's like a "If you live by the sword, you die by the sword" type of thing.

I guess that's where he was coming from. Still one of my favorite lines in movie history.

Just the way he says it in the context he's saying it?

Classic!

[EventuallyWeMerge]

@zeldadu I'm pretty sure the rule that he broke was communicating with people.....Which is why, as soon as the phone rang in the hotel room, Anton knew that he was doing side-business and going behind Anton's back. But then again, maybe I'm a dumbass and missed something.

[rushindulen]

i'm curious as to why carson didn't grab the satchel when he saw it.

[robinheil]

Anton's got some awesome red pants there.

[biglalways]

Anton Chigurgh is such a bad ass you kinda forget he's the bad guy in the movie.

[bigmanoooo1]

"i know something better

whats that?

i know where its going to be"

[DermochelysCoriacea]

Wells knows he is finished the moment Chigurgh confronts him. Everything he said was merely perfunctory, which is why he is admonished to admit his situation. Not all is lost, for he still has his dignity. I laughed when he asked him beseechingly if he knows how truly crazy he is.

[remainingnameless]

IRONY: Woody's father was a...bounty hunter....of sorts.

[SabbraCadabra]

@remainingnameless that is not irony... I implore you to look up the definition of irony before making comments again.

[remainingnameless]

@SabbraCadabra here's a comment for ya...read carefully: GET A FUCKING LIFE.

[SabbraCadabra]

@remainingnameless here's a comment for you... Read carefully: GET A FUCKING EDUCATION.

[JENSDONT]

love that gun

[schnacker41]

what kinda gun is that?`.. theres no recoil..