No country for old men - Sheriff Bell goes back to the motel

[Holden0021]

Thumbs up if you think Chigurh hides under the bed.

[ahanja1]

"All the time you spend trying to get back what's been took, there's more goin' out the door. After a while you just have to try to get a tourniquet on it."

Poetry in truth.

[juize85]

That is the father of Loretta..not the father of the sherrif

[Wormtail96]

Why didn't Bell confront Chigurh?

[yorktown99]

This clip pretty much explains the whole movie. Most people got upset that Moss just got shot by some drug runners, that he and Chigurh never finished their business, and that Carla Jean got shot (check the novel for confirmation). But the whole point is that Sheriff Bell is the main character. The key is that line halfway through: "[Moss] has seen the same things I have and it sure made an impression on me." We as the audience get to see these same things.

[penal420]

@yorktown99 yes, i felt this scene is tied into the scene back at Moss' trailor when Bell sits down on the couch and drinks the milk and stares at the black screen of the tv with his reflection in it, just like chigurh does earlier on. as for this clip, i cant be sure what to think, because its the second time that Chigurh vanishes into thin air w/o a visible escape. the other scene being the major shootout at the motel when chigurh disappears behind a car and vanishes down the alley to the left

[dixgun]

signs and wonders.

[rogkeista]

You have to ask yourself why Anton did not kill the Sheriff and how did he disappear from behind the door.

Anton is Satan and God interceded. It's a metaphysical film.

[mharrin5507]

barry corbin pretty much nails the point of self-centeredness.

[GOODY61]

@mharrin5507  Explain

[mharrin5507]

@GOODY61

Ed Tom thinks that his situation and life experience is unique. His subsequent disillusionment leads him to believe that God has neglected him and that he has no direction. The world does not revolve around him and that evil that he fears is by no way different from the evil that has persisted throughout time. Hence, the line, "it ain't all waitin' on you".

[southofheaven123]

I love these 10 minutes, every exclamation, pause and facial expression serves a purpose towards what the characters are putting across, a really pensive part of the film

[Muhammadisatroll]

what was the point of this part of the movie?

[Malocosa]

@Muhammadisatroll If you didn't understand this part Muhammad, then you don't deserve a response

[Muhammadisatroll]

@Malocosa I'm sorry, please just tell me. :(

[Airmakz123]

its just goddamn beyond everything

[Albylion]

Thanks for uploading this. I've been looking everywhere.

[schnacker41]

damn i cant understand what theyre saying when theyre talking so slow with that southern accent

[soyrizo]

@schnacker41 yea, you're not alone...it took me a few times to watch this to really decipher some of the things they say. It's that Southern accent and just some of the phrases they use that I never hear people say any more. 

[Lamporre]

Great film. The Coen's best drama, Fargo be damned.

Their best comedy would have to be Raising Arizona, and their best in-btween is Big Lebowski.

[pumperman26]

This hotel is actually in Albuquerque, on Central Ave. (Old Route 66). They dressed it up nice for this movie, but I stopped by in Dec. '09 and it is now a rundown shit hole. It was 3 PM and while looking around I realized I was interrupting drug deals in the parking lot, so I left. Too bad, lots of neat old motels on this stretch of Route 66, but they're ghetto.

[mercmarc]

I think it would have better if the mexicans got the money so Chigurh could have went after them in the sequel. Maybe in the sequel Chigurh could get in a time machine and kill Moss when he is a teenager.

[Transformers217]

What are you talking about? There is no sequel, nor will the Coen brothers plan on doing one.

[explodingpimp]

@mercmarc No.

[mercmarc]

In the sequel we find out that the sheriff is Chigurhs father and he trys to turn him to the dark side of the force. After light saber fight.

[Transformers217]

lol

[nigerianniceguy]

LMAO no offense mate but do u listen to your self talk

[63gstone]

Where was Anton hiding in the room? I've watched it several times and can't figure it out.

[Joefonzgoldenarms]

sherrif was imagining anton waiting inside the room waiting to blow his head off he knew anton was capable of strolling back into the crime scene and sherrif decides to quit he feels overmatched

[Chevy77Monte]

I think they showed chigurh inside just too see what sheriff bell was thinking before he opened the door like "what if he's there" and then they show chigurh. That's my opinion

[joegibbskins]

yeah in the book it is pretty clear. chigurh is pulling away in the parking lot and sees him when he shows up. sheriff bell imagines him in there, and knows he was in there, and that is why he can't do the job anymore. he realizes how close he came.

[Transformers217]

That's a great interpretation. I think Chigurh was hiding under the bed or something. Maybe hiding in the other room.

[cpsims1972]

chigur is a mean mutha fucka!

[royalty315]

The Mexicans killed Moss...but they left right away to get away from the murder scene (leaving the money behind)

Chigur went there afterwards (after the cops left) and found the cash in the air conditioning duct. He used his trusty coin as a screwdriver....just like he did at the first hotel scene.

Chigur killed Moss' wife...he checked his shoes for blood on the porch (as he was leaving)

[enemykilla52]

Did chigurh kill moss's wife at the end?

[tmkc3rd]

I think so, he promised he would. i think thats why he checks the bottom of his boots on the way out. checking for blood. my opinion....

[alisikander]

me too..

[loveremovalmachine]

I think they left it ambiguous on purpose, so it's yes and no........

[Ralastar]

@enemykilla52

Yes.

[slugger408]

"there ain't no waiting on you, that"s vanity"

[verticaldude]

"it ain't all waitin' on you, thats vanity"

[slugger408]

ahhh. . .thank you verticaldude

that line says so much. i kind of sympathize with the sheriff in the movie.

[butcherboy2008]

Here, we have a temporal issue rather than a location issue where they juxtapose different times as opposed to different places. And it lets you know that Chigurh has taken the money because teh coin and the screw on the floor..

[butcherboy2008]

Basically, the reason Chigurh is not there when the Coens want you to think he is, is similar to the Buffalo Bill showdown in Silence Of The Lambs. Only, the use of location in SOTL is made to have you believe the FBI is coming up to Buffalo Bill's house when you hear the doorbell and see BB going to answer the door. But then you realize that Starling is at a different location and it's where Buffalo Bill is actually at.

[go4broke92]

mabye he was in the next room over. 2 rooms were taped up

[LanceHall]

Barry Corbin! He's great.

[edmonddantes64]

I know the exec. producer on this film and he said that my interpretation(and it's the interpretation of many critics) is correct.

Chigurh is part of Sheriff Bell i.e. alter ego, or id.

Why would the Sheriff pull up to a motel room that he thinks someone is in-who would try to kill him-and he leaves his car lights ON?-not to tricky on the Sheriffs part, UNLESS the directors are making some type of statement on Chigurh and Bells relationship-or thier the same person?!

[edmonddantes64]

Why is Chigurh not found in the room?

Tommy Lee Jones says early in the scene: "Sometimes I think he's a ghost". Then he goes to the motel and when he gets out of the car his lights are left ON...why leave lights on if you're trying to surprise someone?

We SEE Chigurh in the room but when the Sheriff enters he's NOT there...But what you do see is TWO reflections of the Sheriff on the wall. Chigurh is the Sheriffs alter ego-it's what he would do if he wasn't constrained by law.

[2001FXSTD]

So why is Cighurh not found in the room?

[KajiCarson]

Most people believe he's a figment of Bell's imagination in that scene.

[2001FXSTD]

Most people?

[edmonddantes64]

Chigurh is part of the sheriff...kind of. I was told the Coen brothers were trying to go for some innuendo like that.

Chigurh is the alter ego of the sheriff, or part of the sheriff..what he would do if not restrained by the law.

Therefore, when he enters the motel room, Chigurh has "vanished"...but you see two reflections on the wall

And maybe Chigurh never existed, it was the sheriff's alter ego all along doing the killing?-or something like that, I didn't write the damn screenplay!

[2001FXSTD]

You are really good to get back to me. Thank you. I enjoyed your website by the way.

[2001FXSTD]

Confusing to me. Is Anton Chigurh in the same room?

[MrCalmex51]

in the next room!

[ultragroove1]

one of the great movies, greatest scenes. .

[Malocosa]

...and that was that...as they say....

[mharrin5507]

it is NOT the one thing

[hoisin1010]

Amen

[Zeratul723]

"....Can't stop what's comin'. It ain't all waitin' on you.

That's vanity..."

That's deep.

[musicizgood]

@Zeratul723 god damn i been lookin for this clip forever.. using that exact quote you mentioned in a sample

[Zeratul723]

@musicizgood

Well done my friend.

[em3rica2k2]

great scene post

[kayoticFear]

that's not his father...

[Zeratul723]

@kayoticFear Ellis? Boy in the wheelchair? No that's his uncle, far as I know.