No Country for Old Men - Trailer Park - where does he work

[remsensor]

Anyone else find it ironic that out of all the people that encountered chigurh they died except for the sheriff and the guy at the gas station but the sheriff was just lucky as shit and the guy at the gas station earned it and I suppose was lucky as well. Yet this fat lady just taunted and insulted the grim reaper right in his face and she didn't get killed. Also lucky I suppose since the toilet flushed.

[Tyton]

He only spared her because she wasn't alone and it would get too messy. You can try to dissect the encounter with a ton of fancy words all you want, but thats how it is. Heads or tails?

[occlusian]

Perfectly cast and perfectly played. Though I can't say I was there, at the time, this is precisely what a tough-old-broad trailer park manager would act like -- I love how she says, "I ain't at liberty to give out no information" -- she knows the law (or maybe its simply their policy), and mixes a legal-speak cliche with her natural manner of casual English. Also, when she first refuses him -- I may be over-reading this, but it looks to me like Chigurh is slightly taken aback. Its his eyes.

[xxCrayze11xx]

lol, people dont realize that he didnt kill her because there was someone else in the room.  if you turn the volume up a bit, youll hear a toilet flushing. thats why he turned his head for a second...haha

[Aleowiciuos]

This is where the movie would have ended. Had this really been Texas that lady would have been packing heat below her desk and blown a hole through Anton when he came back with his little piston thingie.

[screwoffreg]

@Aleowiciuos yeah, a random citizen versus someone who is a trained killer.

[DAVIDVINCENTDURING]

i think i've come up with a thematic truth behind all of these moments of the film: dialectics. the concept is new to me but as an absolute villain he leaves this woman free from harm because she doesn't present herself with any fear of victimization thus being the antithesis (victim) to his thesis (villain). her assertive repetition of the rule and forward gesture of posture are the most combatively succesful acts that anyone makes in the film. if she were timid like the gas station clerk he w

[mrpentium]

@DAVIDVINCENTDURING What you propose makes sense, but if so, why was Josh Brolin's character so unsuccessful, after all ?

[DAVIDVINCENTDURING]

@mrpentium I think it's cause Josh Brolin isn't necessarily a good guy or a protagonist. As a gun toting thief he has characteristics of being a bad guy. Compared to Anton, Llewelyn is the good guy but they might as well be two sides of the same coin. A look into Ed's character being sensitive to his wife contrasts Llewelyn's indifference to his wife.

The exciting thing is how he refuses to be the antithesis to Anton's villainy

[granpapi29]

@DAVIDVINCENTDURING Josh brolin's character did have protaginistic qualities, remember after he stole the money he did come back to give the dying drug dealer water.

[DAVIDVINCENTDURING]

@DAVIDVINCENTDURING When I started wondering about this there were two scenes that really shine through - (1) Llewelyn pays for the shirt off of a man's back (2) Anton pays for the shirt off of a child's back. In this variation of similar actions of the characters we see a commonality to them that when juxtaposed puts them on the same level. As a contrast however, Anton offers to buy a kid's shirt which purposefully shows his sense of derangement that sets him aside from other bad asses.

[mrjackcoffee]

@DAVIDVINCENTDURING

Actually- he is a spector of death. Movie/book based on greeks.

[jaydarenegade]

the only character in the movie that deserved to get shot.....and yet her fat ass lived

[RaynorX]

Maybe she reminded him of his mother or something

[arhoptt]

she cant give out NO information? so that means she CAN give out information......WHERE DOES HE FUCKING WORK!

[coolbrett]

When I first saw NCFOM I'd never heard of Javier Bardem before, and I think thats what made his performance so much more chilling to me. He had this eerie presense about him thats kinda hard to explain, but all I know is he was one bad dude. He was like DEATH himself, collecting their souls, lol

[liquidusman]

anton does not respect the attitude of this woman, he just did not want to kill her and leave a trail. Besides this fatass is not brave,just an asshole.

[cityplace10]

@liquidusman in the scheme of the movie,i think it would have been better if he whacked her,its ashame he didn't

[liquidusman]

damn right. Its funny , bardem hears the toilet flush, thats what saved the fat ass...She was not alone, he only looks at her thinking" you lucky bitch, i should kill you"..............

[Chevy77Monte]

lol i bet if the sheriff's asked the old lady if there had been any suspicious people around here and she would say "I can't say"

[maccabiORdeath]

thats one tough chick

[Jumajuice8]

Right as he walks out the door, he gives her a look like "I ought to kill you're smart ass."

[Desttinyy]

I don't think he got scared off he probably would've killed her if she didn't have company.

[DrkValdez]

lady somehow scared him off by standing his ground and getting a toilet to flush.

amazing.

[55Route]

I like it at the end of the scene when he turns to go and she like pulls out her nail file towards him like a knife. It almost looks like she is threatening him with it. I just like the timing of it. No matter why he leaves she is great with him. :)

[nevaseenamancry]

lol That old fat lady ain't taking no shit. She doesn't even get scared.

Does anyone else think Anton respected this (even though it pissed him off)? I dunno, maybe I just think too much.

[mrpentium]

No.  He's a psychopath.

[nevaseenamancry]

@mrpentium Well I have reaccessed my position on my previous comment. (Too bad that it is 1 year later I am replying NOW. Never saw it in my comments. Must be a flaw in Youtube.

[R0NSIMM0NS]

whether he respected it or not, Sherriff Bell mentions later in the movie about a woman behind a desk being killed, when listing the murders anton committed

[isisum]

There was an elderly lady behind the desk of the other motel,perhaps she was the victim.

[megC1983]

No, no...It is Roscoe, the sheriff in the town that Moss was killed, that says this, "That don't hardly say it. He shoots the desk clerk one day and then walks right back in the next and shoots a retired army colonel." He was referring to the hotel shootout (when they show the cat and the spilled liquid) but never mentioned the sex of the victim, which incidentally was male. Then the next day Anton goes back to the same motel and kills Wells who is referred to as the retired army colonel.

[slugger408]

i think he respected it. i was thinking about it...most people folded when confronted by him

[Tigerman1138]

I always felt this woman was his match, his equal, and in a sense too good for him! She's use to, it would seem, dealing with people like him (even if she didn't know he's a killer). She would give one inch, no quarter, and didn't flinch. Not even a little!

Anton figured: No success here, better use low tech and seek him out (phone bills and other methods).

She would not budge an inch. LOVED HER!

[quandore]

i believe you're right.

though, i don't think you can call it "respect". it is more like "surprise". apparently he's not used to this kind of reaction and this tends to confuse him.

that's just me.

[fotis1423]

no he was obviously preparing to kill her but he heard that there was someone in the bathroom thats why he didn't kill her i suppose...

[andenisa]

@nevaseenamancry Yea, he respected her because she had a backbone, whereby, he would have killed that old guy during the coin toss because he didn't have a backbone.

[FractalBolt]

Fat ass lady got saved by the flushed toilet

[Helgi112]

The dialogue in this film is the best I have seen in a LONG time. I could listen to all day. It freaks me the hell out sometimes, especially when Javier is on the screen. And this thing with him having some sort of code he goes by is bullshit. He is a psychopath down to the very last bone and trying to understand why he kills some and spares others is like trying to understand the meaning of life, its impossible hehe

[mrpentium]

Helgi112 I agree totally. Great dialogue, great phrasing, and even the waits/cadence, by all characters. And this IS a psychopath...no need to over-think him / romanticize a nut.

[mrpentium]

Strange what passes as "principals" today

[UnderTheBridge67]

yea woody's character said that he had principles...plus the fact that he thought she wasnt worth the mess.

[WWAAK]

Bardem is God. No evil laughs, No makeup, Not a particularly scary face and yet a fucking monster.

[cactuschris2002]

omg, shes hilarious

[kourouma94]

"where does he work"

XD cool scene

[EventuallyWeMerge]

You guys realize that he ended up killing her later, right?

He left because of the third party's noise, which some of you rightfully mentioned.

So much for your 'theories' lol.

Although Anton does have respect for children...to a certain extent :/

[mrpentium]

wrong

[bequietanddrivefast]

No she stood up to him and he respected her for it.

[mrpentium]

"Respect" implies a level of admiration; he just figured she was not worth messing with, considering whomever was in the bathroom, as well.

[JUANCbomb]

he should kill her too

[swiftonik]

Best part of the movie.

[mrpentium]

I almost agree..2nd best..best part was "call it" coin toss scene..also the scene in the hospital w/ Woody Harrelson and Josh Brolin

[EngageTheKnot]

your both wrong. later in the film hes described by woody's character as a man with "principles that we dont understand"he doesn't kill her because he cant kill someone who couldn't help him because of their own limitations.had she said fuck you get lost he would've done it.but it wasn't her control to give the info so he could do nothing.this character is purposefully meant to throw everyone off. like when he kills the unarmed guy in the shower, as well as llewelyns wife. but leaves this woman.

[mrpentium]

Nice try. almost bought into it. Of COURSE she could have told him...she wasnt supposed to, so she DECIDED not to . Dont romantize a psychopath.

[hamtrak]

Whatta wuss,he lost the stare down! XD

[apaste2]

No, he doesnt kill her because there was someone in the other room. listen closely and youll hear a sound. He didnt want any witnesses :)

[mrpentium]

It made him think, but that wouldnt stop him...it didnt with the Mexicans

[andenisa]

@apaste2 He's a badass psychopath, so it would not have been any problem for him to kill the witness too.

He didn't kill her because he respected her.

[koolala]

As someone posted at the IMDB: He didn't kill her because her priciples were as rigid and unyielding as his own.

[mrpentium]

I think you may have something there. He killed everyone who flinched

[HLecterPHD]

ha ha even chigur cant get past customer service

[mrpentium]

Good one !

[camus247]

He keeps asking her because she keeps replying,"we can't give out no information," which in the double-negative sense, means she can. He smiles at one point before he asks her again. Did you understand that shit, Friendo?!

[mrpentium]

I wouldnt have gone back for the guys in the cars...I would have called the cops.....

[tippership]

What would YOU do is (Part 1) Anton "SUgar" Chigurh is after YOU!, with his arsenel of AIRGUNS, his weapon w/ the HUGE FREAKY SILENCER, and his forbidden weapon of death aka the COIN!!! id kabotu you guys, but i'd RUN, make sure i aint have any trackers, and not take chances ,with this guy huntign me.(PART 2!) WHat do you d oif he's sittign acrossfrom you,about to flip his COIN!! i'd insist of using one ofmy coins since it's MY LIFE on the lne, then give him a TRICK COIN!!

What about you guys?

[MrIzo56]

Tell him congratz about his Oscar Award win.And then call it "heads".

[Leibo07]

Exactly

[PlanetFatGirl]

It's not the look he gives her but the look she gives him! She gives him the evil stare down like she's about to go ninja fat girl on his ass.

[tippership]

not with his creepy airguns, his shotgun/suilenced airgun fo death, and the coupe de grace, his COIN!!!!!!!!!!

[rog815]

lol i love this scene, lol @ the look he gives her b4 he walks out. classic

[Nivanarocks]

dont take no for an answer

[kingmontyboy]

dont make me get the cattle gun! WERE DOES HE WORK!!!

[XpirimintProductions]

He sick mad-dogged her.

[johnyzero2000]

This chick totally rules! Kathy Lamkin almost took him on.

[johnyzero2000]

This chick totally rules! Kathy Lamkin almost took him on.

[Jonnn79]

The shot with the reflection in the TV is eerie.

[mrpentium]

that's why it fits...Chigurh is errie. Also when he walks up to the glass, and you see his distorted image approaching from the other side....great

[Fido1488]

What business is it of yours where I'm from, friendo?

[dwade11chief]

Man, dat bitch wuz gon get it.

One of the most hlarious scenes of the movie