Javier steals the scene, but the cashier deserves just as much credit. He seems so much like every old timer I’ve seen working at gas stations in Texas, I forget he’s just an actor. He nailed it.
Why? Chigurgh would make me crap my pants during this scene wether I knew it was a movie or not. Javier commands the scene, but yes, supporting actor nailed the demographic character.
this scene is so good. it shows how psychotic Antoine is. The way he gets intensely serious and puts the guys life in to a coin toss, and then once the man wins he gets lighthearted. He goes from being willing to murder to being playful in an instant.
What's scary about Anton throughout the movie is he never quickens his pace. He takes his time and does everything in a slow and methodical manner. The fact that he was taking his time to chat and then decide whether he plans to kill the old man is really what puts you on edge.
A series of forensic psychoanalysts watched movies to determine which movie killer was the most realistically a psychopath. Anton was who they chose as the most realistic.
@@redfill68 dexter isn't psychopathic... he's sociopathic... he enjoys the killing that he inflicts on bad ppl because of a code that he leart by his father... he was broken since he was a child but he does share psychopathic traits but that doesn't mean he's a psychopath as he doesn't kill innocent ppl or civilians
What's frightening about the scene is that Anton isn't even disappointed by the coin toss. Honestly, he seems more relieved and impressed by the guy's correct call. Truly exemplifies the idea that Chigurh sees himself as a force entirely dictated by fate.
I love how the old man picks his words carefully enough not to trigger an outburst from him it’s like they’re both playing along on some tightrope yet both trying to keep their cool it’s so interesting
The way he says “well done” is so genuine. He was actually happy the coin was in the old mans favor. His ideals make him neutral in his own head. Incredible character development.
Anton Chigurgh is the personified of fate not death. He is ethical he have twisted moral code He serves the coin coin means probability Which is outcome is inevitable. He kills because the persons he kill must be/had to be dead cause unbiased coin chooses outcome.
I am so glad they respected the audience's ability to read between the lines by not saying something like "that coin just saved your life" at the end, like many movies would have.
its getting old now. the first couple hundred comments were kinda funny but now its just annoying seeing you in every comment section. take a break my guy
The way the cashier stares at the unfolding wrapper is so real. It's those small, mundane things we tend to notice when we're overcome with anxiety and uncertainty. What a nice touch.
Actually this is the only scene in the movie that you can actually hear some sort of music. In the rest of the movie, all you hear the nature and real world sounds. It is still a nice detail you put out there ;) By the way music starts at around 2:55
It's pretty commonplace to withdraw music in a scene to intensify the tension (if the director is at least mildly adequate). You can even go to the MCU in Spiderman Homecoming where Michael Keaton realizes Peter is Spider-man
It's very calm on the surface, yet Anton's tone and series of probing questions gradually ramp up this undercurrent of menace and even impending doom. I wish more films had the skill, subtle handling and integrity of the directors' choices in this scene and most of "No Country".
@@yourviewyouropinion9136 the actual coin was about 48 years old when this was filmed. But the coin is so good at it's craft that we were all convinced that it was 22. I think the makeup artist deserves a lot of credit also
The moment he realizes this guy is both crazy and serious. . and he'd better call it and stop asking questions. He knows. The actor shows it on his face -- Phenomenal.
Fun fact: Javier stated in an interview that the coin toss scene was entirely improvised and he would have actually killed the actor playing the clerk if he said tails over heads. Bravo, Javier!
This actor playing the gas station attendant did an amazing job. To hold his own in a scene like this is really incredible for such a small role. This is pretty much my favorite scene from any movie.
Gene jones has been in many movies. This is a good one you should see Dementia also he likes playing mostly in western movies. He was in Tarantino's the hateful eight. He played Sweet Dave.
I think we’re all missing who the real winner is here. Yea the old man gets to live BUT Anton got a full tank of gas and a pack of peanuts for a quarter… THATS A DEAL!
When I saw this film in the theaters, it was like a roller coaster ride. It had my heart racing with its speed and intensity. The sort of film that comes around every ten years if that. Phenomenal.
I haven`t gone to theatres in like two decades. I`d rather watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it instead of paying inflated prices for recycled crap. But yeah, that being said, I WISH I saw this one on the big screen!! Just to be enveloped in it`s awsomeness!!
Such an amazing performance. You can see how he is losing his patience with every word the old man says. He just kept his anger deep inside and gave the old lucky man his chance to live. Love the way the old man realized something really bad was happening then when the peanut wrapper started unfolding.
I like how he subtly let's the old man know that a quarter just about took his Life.. "It's your lucky quarter.."(This quarter just saved your life) "Or it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin... Which it is.."(You about lost your life over a quarter)
I think the reason he was saying stfu is because this comment is cringe. Yeah we get it, “this movie is good. Michael Bay is bad.” That’s why we are here. 🙄
I like how, despite being a complete sociopath, Anton adheres to this strict observance of the "coin toss". He seems genuinely happy for the man when he correctly guesses heads, almost as if he doesn't believe himself to be responsible for his own actions, and is simply carrying out the will of the universe.
I know right, but we see that in real life people who commit crimes in the name of religion, not only murders but crimes which have no constitutional adherence.
The acting in this scene is flawless, both of them speak in a calm monotone voice but you can sense the tension between them rise slowly but surely. One of the best movies of that time.
Well, the guys who directed this movie like putting the grim reaper in some of their movies. Anton Chigurh fits that bill really well, since he chooses some of his targets randomly, is as silent as a ghost, leaves little to no traces
The old guy is an awesome actor. I could feel he was terrified as hell. During the whole scene I could hear his inner voice saying: "oh god, please don't kill me, please don't kill me!".
funny i saw it more like a deer in headlights, he was more or less in shock because it was an unusual social encounter but i dont think he ever understood he was being threatened.
@@Frostiedkdk no his body language says fear he even made up a closing time by saying now thats because the peculiar he was talking to was giving off eery and ominous vibes...listen to his tone of voice its all seriousness
I find it interesting how that "well done" doesn't sound angry or disappointed (like being upset that he didn't get to kill him). He sounds genuinely impressed that he made the lucky call that saved his life.
Since he is allowing fate to determine whether one deserves to live or not. The man picking the right side relinquishes the idea that he perhaps should die. The universe has told Anton that the man deserves the life he has chosen to live. In some way he may enjoy the idea of being proven wrong, a learning experience for an insane man. Also Anton himself would prefer not to succumb to death. He is sharing a strange kind of sympathy in knowing that the man has won his life. even if the old man is completely unaware of what he was about to lose.
Wow you nailed it with this comment! Good observation. I thought the same thing.. he was like MAN put that quarter somewhere where you'll never lose it!, you crazy? Haha
the fact that he took the time to learn about the cashier’s life then put that life into a coin toss. also i love how he creeped the cashier out so much that he doesn’t even realize he just got away with paying for gas and a 69 cent candy bar for just a quarter.
@@scottsmith5623 Do you not realize that in 1980 it was not "today's standards?" lol. No idea what case you're trying to make. The guy clearly didn't pay for his goods.
I watched it in the evening. I intend to watch it again at night. There's just something so compelling about contemporary western movies like this one.
This is the most terrifying scene I've ever witnessed. The psychological manipulation of the store owner is so much you feel like you're the one standing behind the counter.
That's his point. He hates small talk and was basically saying the guy wasted his life away not amounting to anything better than marrying into what he currently has.
@@benjaminvolesky1653 The main thing isn't that he hates small talk, although that's a part of it. He didn't like that the guy took notice of his licence plates
Anyone notice how his mood seemed to brighten up once he found out that the merchant guessed correctly? It's like the "Well done" was legitimate and he de-activated his psycho-mode.
I absolutely agree, that is exactly what happened. He relaxed the tone in his voice, facial expression and body language. Most of all he relaxed the intense energy/vibe he was oozing. Brilliant actor and amazing scene.
@@missbelled6700 honestly if I were the old man I would have done shit myself cause that dude was so serious on everything with that ominous over tone.
Imagine living your whole life peacefully, try to make even to the end of the month, you are getting old, but you still work at a goods store in the middle of nowhere, just for your life to depend on a coin toss.
@@mightguy123456, well, a coin toss where each day you have 99,99% chance to guess right, slowly decreasing the more you age or the situation you're in.
Anton’s entire point was that this dude’s life and all of our lives are determined by random happenstance. The coin toss it just a metaphor and Anton believes he himself has been deemed the arbiter of life or death.
I've been through Texas, and that shit nothingness in west Texas for miles on end drove me insane. Miles and miles of flat land with nothing to look at. My prevailing thought every time I drive through there is "How the fuck can anyone live here, and what do they do for fun?".
I wonder if he can do anything to him if he refused to call the coin toss.....he can't kill him because he unknowingly hasn't accepted the wage of the outcome.
Cant believe it took me half my life to watch this movie, masterpiece definitely speaks the truth. this scene alone never stops me from feeling the fear and tension in this moment. might be my favorite scene in any movie ive seen. so simplistic but utterly fantastic.
- How much? - Sixty-nine cents. - And the gas? - Twelve dollars. * Chigurh puts money on the table * - Good bye. - Good bye sir. * Chigurh departs; gas station owner watches him driving away; scene fades *
- How much? - Sixty-nine cents. - And the gas? - Twelve dollars * Intense scene of Chigurh selling the quarter to the gas station's owner * - Good bye. - Good bye sir. * Chigurh departs; gas station's owner watches their quarter, slowly realizing he never got payment for the gas *
@@Hussman493Anton is always calm. Slow and calculated. I think the wrapper is a good visualization of the growing tension between the two. You cant see it on him but you can feel it, so the wrapper is the visualization of Antons growing desire to kill the clerk. But neither of us are incorrect since its subjective. Either way it communicated the same feeling to both of us, we just read it differently
No, he stated that IF he got it mixed with the other, THEN it will become just another coin. For now, it is his lucky quarter, the one that bought him his life.
@@juanlaise1059 even the killer stated it was just another coin. Even though he stated it was the clerk's lucky quarter. Cause if he gave YOU that quarter, it would be what? Just another coin. IMO.
The old man's acting here was super stellar!!🔥🔥 He stays reasonable, plain & composed... this was an epic scene!! Coin tosses have never looked so gripping!! Sheer brilliance!! 🔥🔥🔥🏆👑
Makes an average of 60k a year. Besides that, he probably married his wife for other reasons, he said they lived elsewhere until they retired 4 years ago and took over her father's store
In his mind the guy lived his whole life on luck, so he might as well try to beat another test. He won the coin toss, Chigurh went "well, good for him, he gets to fight another day" which is hilarious considering he was the one going to kill him if he lost lol
@@rohunsaigal2576 Exactly, that's why he says, "you've been putting it up your whole life, you just didn't know it." When he says we'll done, it's to say he did it again. I think the really hilarious part is when he's walking away. He tells him not to put his now lucky coin in his pocket or it will become just another coin. "Which it is" As if to say none of that matters.
I think there's a genuine sigh of relief in Chigurh's voice. He didn't want to kill him. Unfortunately it also seems to fill him with more belief in his view of the world, that the coin toss will always dictate a fair outcome, that there's some kind of hidden order to the randomness.
There is NO WORDS to describe how incredible Javier Bardem is in that whole movie, and especially in that scene. It's per-fect, I would change nothing if I could. Also, the supporting actor is an incredible dance partner. Man, I wanna watch the movie again.
+Develan He was willing to pay for the gas but the old man was being nosy (friendly) which pissed him off. He is a HIT MAN not a cheap skate. Remember how he paid the kid to help him with this broken arm.
Lu 327, Lucky Quartur.....Lu is the Celtic God Lugh of Logos ie logic...its just the planet Sarurn again..its rings are in phi golden spiral ratio...pi and phi of phyics..logic, not scary hocus pocus...thats why they made religion..for mind control so u dont learn numbers ...duh
I love how terrified the shop owner gets when he finally realizes mid way through this weird conversation that the stranger is not going to leave, he is not going to stop staring him down, and is likely going to kill him at any moment. When he accepts the coin toss and calls it you can see he actually embraces his own death. He straightens up, says "heads" almost with a hint of pride and dignity. When Anton says "good job" he really means it. Not just his luck, but the fact that he stopped dodging his questions and his gaze and confronted what's in front of his. This scene has so many layers. Amazing!
Also the fact that the old guy probably realized halfway that he’s alone, in the desert, with a bloodthirsty psychopath in front of him. There was nothing stopping Anton from killing him at any moment. He was completely helpless
Honestly, I don't think the guy really knew how much danger he was in. His demeanor throughout was confused, but still too essentially calm. He even manages a smile and a laugh when talking about inheriting his father-in-law's business. I think at most he might've thought Anton was a strange character...which he was. :-)
Great analysis! I love this scene, and I think you got the essence right. I'm a writer, personally, and I always search for the "audience response". Also, Javier Bardem is magnificent in it.
@@justdev8965 Not really. It's all about immersion. A horror movie can scare regardless if it's possible or not. You simply have to put yourself in the movie. And this scene wasn't really scary. More like tense. The tension in this scene could've been cut with a knife.
@@DaveE7171 Probably tense. After all, it was never clearly indicated that he would be killed. So I think tension would be what I felt more, if not entirely.
I know everyone talks about the performance of Anton, the older fella, and even the coin but I think the tractor outside doesn’t get enough credit. Never seen such phenomenal performance from a vehicle, let alone a work one.
Personally, I thought the peanut wrapper stole the scene. The amount of control that it showed as it slowly unfurled itself was the pinnacle of the supporting actor role.
The whole conversation spirals from Anton's inability to stomach non-sequiturs, unnecessary details, vagaries, or inquiries. That's why I love the line "I don't have some way to put it. That's the way it is." It marks the turning point in the scene because it states Anton's purpose as an agent of fate and fact. He doesn't deal in interpretations, he deals with reality. It infuriates him whenever the clerk avoids it.
The reason Anton got mad at him in the first place was the small talk. Anton believes that language should be to the point and concise The man has his morals
In that case he should move to New York City and he could become a normal family man and stop killing people. Something I always liked about leaving the South and going up north. Every person you run into isn't trying to be your friend or act genuinely like they care and just bullshit to your face. I like that about New York and the northern cities I visited They're good things to say about the welcoming Southern hospitality as well I'm not saying it's all negative.
@@hullinstruments Well I hate damn Yankees that come south and don't wave back to me.The second time I wave and u don't wave back I flip you off.If u say some thing smart u better be ready for a lesson in manners.
Wait until he finds out reality isn’t that straight forward and simple. He’s going to lose his mind, oh wait that happened when an unexpected car crash almost killed him.
@@hullinstruments As someone from the north I appreciate and find it very charming the warm hospitality of the south. They seem to genuinely care about the next door neighbor and everyone around them. It doesn’t seem fake and pretend a lot of the time it seems like. They seem to be overall happier and less miserable therefore lol. The northern direct attitude and sometimes (often times actually especially in New York) arrogance is something I don’t like about New England. (Since it’s mostly New England and not everywhere in the north technically.) We have our kind welcoming individuals of course. It’s just not a common standard mostly.
Kopiovastaava its your lucky quarter.DON'T put it In your pocket.or it will get mixed UP with the other money and become just a nother coin.,witch it is....then turned and walked away.so fucking cool was Antoine surger
@nick m. I may be wrong, but I always saw Lou as someone who was definitely capable of certain emotions and fitting in to an extent, and while we see him going to extreme lengths for the sake of his job, he doesn't particulaly seem to enjoy the pain people are in. He is however, almost completely indifferent to it; he just doesn't care, which I think aligns more with a sociopath.
3:58: This scene built tension so well you can practically hear music that isn’t actually audible go quiet in relief when Anton finally congratulates him. Like a big exhale of resolve.
That’s why he won virtually every award imaginable for this performance. I count at least 25 that he won and an additional 4 in which he was nominated. I can’t imagine who he could’ve lost to, haha!
@Saed Hattan meaning he took a wife that owed the house / shop/ petrol station without him bringing any financial wealth himself - he married “ into the money “
What a kind and friendly individual. Helped a confused old man learn to take decisions and even gifted him an unique coin for no reason. We need more people like this guy.
"I could come back then..." Super underrated line in the scene. Anton is basically saying he can close shop and end the conversation there, but he'll just revisit him at night and do the coin toss then. Guy is persistent as fuck.
He hadn't mentioned the coin toss at that point. I read it as a gradual building of threat, that it took the owner a while to realise. The threat is what he implied between the actual spoken words: I could come back here when you've gone to bed, when it's dark, probably when he's wearing pyjamas so at even more of a psychological disadvantage, in a house in the middle of nowhere. "Why would you do that?" [Not said]: To kill you.
Pretty much everyone who read the book or saw the movie understood what he meant, and the menacing subtlety is why people love the character. I need people to stop using the word 'underrated' out of obliviousness to how other people are rating things.
@@ninjachannel007 I think Tiger's comment shows that you're overestimating people's understanding.. I agree about "underrated" over use though. Along with "nobody's going to talk about.." when about a hundred other comments have already talked about something.
@@davidthomas9165 I think it’s people’s need to think they see more than others. Like the vidoes titled “25 things you missed in …” We all understood it. We just don’t need constant validation from strangers to feel valued and appreciated.
I like how the tension is immediately evaporated once he wins the coin toss. Like the shop owner knows he deserves what he has now, and Chigurh knows it took everything for him to make that call. Guy went from a passive life drifter to a man with purpose
Brilliant in every sense. Anton realizes that the gas station attendant could become a dangerous witness on his murderous trail. He therefore sets the attendant up in a deadly situation - while still holding to his deterministic, fate-abiding worldview.
By saying "which it is" before walking away, Anton reinforces that the store owner should henceforth mind his own business, treat Anton as just another person, not draw attention to any of his features, and let him go on his seemingly random journey. The scene is similar to when the man in the office asks if Anton is going to kill him, to which he replies, "That depends. Do you see me?". He is at once taunting his potential victims with the idea that they are simultaneously dealing with death and a non-entity. He threatens people for merely observing his person, a ghastly Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment given agency.
I just love how this man is eating these peanuts one at a time as he just completely terrifies this guy. And then when the coin toss is over, you can immediately see javier relax. That little look at the end is priceless.
As simple as this scene is, Javier Bardem is absolutely terrifying here. You get a feeling this is exactly how actual psychopaths spot their marks. Testing limits, deciding if this person’s life is worth anything to them.
@@ximono interesting. Both the sociopath and psychopath are unable to emote and understand the emotions of another. The sociopath is benign, but the psychopath is manipulative to achieve his ends. Does Chigurh manipulate the shop keeper? I would say no. It would likely have been easier just to shoot him. Chigurh clearly isn't worried about leaving a trail of destruction behind him. Is Chigurh unable to connect with the shop keeper? Again, no. It does not serve any purpose to question about marrying into it. It doesn't provide any information that Chigurh desires. It seems he tries to connect in some way. The fact that Chigurh uses the coin removes any chance of self-serving. He is not personally deciding if killing benefits himself. He leaves it to chance or fate or whatever.
Talk about owning a small part/scene. The actor playing the shopkeeper gave one of the best performances of the whole movie. Both of these guys were at their best here.
To be honest I think this scene shows also how incredibly slick and sneaky Anton is by Manipulating a social situation to cause distraction such as with this store clerk because in the end I'm sure he only paid a quarter for whatever he was eating and the gas 🤣🤣🤣
Javier steals the scene, but the cashier deserves just as much credit. He seems so much like every old timer I’ve seen working at gas stations in Texas, I forget he’s just an actor. He nailed it.
I agree. I felt so bad for the cashier, throughout the whole scene I was like "Oh god, please don't kill him".
@@OfficerRichardGrimes Totally agree. Just a normal man in an abnormal situation. He handled it better than most would have.
He was like a deer in the headlights. Looked like he was genuinely pissing himself with fear.
It’s team work. Bardem’s counterpart pulled off an incredible performance too. They complemented each other brilliantly. One in a million chance.
that's what happens when you have true master directors behind the actors, something 99% of the streaming shit we see today is completely devoid of
I don’t think the supporting actor gets enough credit in this scene. Such a small part but he played it perfectly.
He did
@Pulak Sinha his name is Gene Jones and he’s NOT playing normal. He’s a fine actor, with many credentials and has been actor for years.
Why? Chigurgh would make me crap my pants during this scene wether I knew it was a movie or not. Javier commands the scene, but yes, supporting actor nailed the demographic character.
Yes, he did. I felt so sorry for him..
should they hold a parade for him?
Maybe name a holiday after him ?
Moral of the story: don't make conversations with strangers who have a weird haircut
Both haircuts look fine
It's not like he had much of a choice.
Like your smile bro 😀
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this scene is so good. it shows how psychotic Antoine is. The way he gets intensely serious and puts the guys life in to a coin toss, and then once the man wins he gets lighthearted. He goes from being willing to murder to being playful in an instant.
What's scary about Anton throughout the movie is he never quickens his pace. He takes his time and does everything in a slow and methodical manner.
The fact that he was taking his time to chat and then decide whether he plans to kill the old man is really what puts you on edge.
A series of forensic psychoanalysts watched movies to determine which movie killer was the most realistically a psychopath. Anton was who they chose as the most realistic.
@@moblinmajorgeneral dexter is the same
Psychopathic* There's a difference. Sorry for sounding like a nerd.
@@redfill68 dexter isn't psychopathic... he's sociopathic... he enjoys the killing that he inflicts on bad ppl because of a code that he leart by his father... he was broken since he was a child but he does share psychopathic traits but that doesn't mean he's a psychopath as he doesn't kill innocent ppl or civilians
The old man's acting is really good. This scene makes me feel so bad for him.
And so is Javier Bardem's acting too
His back story is even more sad and it would of been more sad if his call was wrong I'm so glad he called it correctly
@@angelgomez1918 he came back and killed him. We see Javier's character open the vent later using a bloody coin
@@DrumCoversFromHell no, he didn't kill old man
@@DrumCoversFromHell I highly doubt Anton would break his own rules and go back and kill someone who called it the correct face in a coin toss
The most intense way to get out of paying for gas.
He did ask how much he owed for the gas tho
Dog & pony show, the man so relieved he didn’t get robbed and he ended up getting robbed lol
@@a2thek914 he did, after he asked how much the peanuts were.
That's it. I'm trying it now.
@@machomanforeverworldchampion you in jail fam ?
This is what introverts think will happen if they make conversation with a random.
this is how it feels
Actually the opposite.... If anyone tries to socialize with me with any form of basic-ness I want them to choose either heads or tails.
You don't know what you're talking about, do you?
Yes
help me
What's frightening about the scene is that Anton isn't even disappointed by the coin toss. Honestly, he seems more relieved and impressed by the guy's correct call. Truly exemplifies the idea that Chigurh sees himself as a force entirely dictated by fate.
Javier Bardem is amazing.👏👏
You'll never hear Anton Chigurh say "You know what, I like you. Let's do the coin toss again, maybe you'll get it right."
I thought this it's like he's relieved he won lol
Till realizes at the end of the movie he is just flesh and bone like the rest of us
Which brings me to the question of whether, had the owner not been curious, he would have been spared (I mean the coin toss) by Chigurh.
I love how the old man picks his words carefully enough not to trigger an outburst from him it’s like they’re both playing along on some tightrope yet both trying to keep their cool it’s so interesting
Yes, I agree, you articulated that well.
@@person2562 The fuck lol
@@rockino2562 😂 I'm dying rn
@@person2562 what business of yours is it if she has WhatsApp?
@@person2562 what's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?
The way he says “well done” is so genuine. He was actually happy the coin was in the old mans favor. His ideals make him neutral in his own head. Incredible character development.
Best scene in the movie
I love this whole scene too, but why do you think that the way he says it is genuine ?
Yeh, he didn't want to have to kill him but he's controlled by his psychopathy.
Brilliant summation
It's like the coin confirmed what he thought, that the old man didn't deserve to be killed
After that moment, the old man was cured from small talk.
demo2382 he learned a lesson haha
I like your ninja gaiden!!
Lol yeah, no joke. I wouldn't say a word to anyone else who came in my store
He knew also not to ask anyone if they were from Dallas...
Never ask anyone the weather, never accept quarters, never travel to dallas
His voice. The calmness. Death can't be personified any better.
he's not the personification of death
Anton Chigurgh is the personified of fate not death. He is ethical he have twisted moral code He serves the coin coin means probability Which is outcome is inevitable. He kills because the persons he kill must be/had to be dead cause unbiased coin chooses outcome.
@@mmmmmmmmm661 he is the angel of death
@@mmmmmmmmm661 I think that he wants to be recognised for others like a legend or death itself in the film
What about the his hair? That hair don't scares me
I am so glad they respected the audience's ability to read between the lines by not saying something like "that coin just saved your life" at the end, like many movies would have.
i'm glad too.
I also love how many sock puppet detective we got on RUclips
@@Harry64278 It was a dig at the original post. Because EVERYONE is a genius on RUclips.
@@dogsandyoga1743 Lmao why is everyone in this comment section such an asshole
But you just couldn’t stand not explaining it, could you?
Next customer comes in: "Nice weather today."
Gas station attendant: "99 cents, please."
🤣🤣
He'll never make smalñ talk Again lol
So underrated. Hahahah
Legitimately wheezed at this.
😂😂😂😂
Javier Bardem is a phenomenal actor, this scene had me on the edge of my seat the first time I watched it
its getting old now. the first couple hundred comments were kinda funny but now its just annoying seeing you in every comment section. take a break my guy
I love you mass commentor ❤
You are inevitable. There is no sanctuary from you.
Honestly, i rather have this guy comment everywhere than that chump Ray Mak.
The old man acting sure had me impressed tho
The way the cashier stares at the unfolding wrapper is so real. It's those small, mundane things we tend to notice when we're overcome with anxiety and uncertainty. What a nice touch.
Yeah, Anton was death gripping that wrapper.
I wonder how many wrappers they went through before they found the one that would crinkle just right.
I love how the wrapper uncoils like a snake. It signifies the turn of the conversation as anton gets ready to kill the cashier.
@@bigdobiz7378Yeah, beautiful point. The creeping unraveling, representing the palpable tension in the room
@@bigdobiz7378how does it signifie that😂 I swear y’all are worse than teachers trying to find a meaning behind every poem
That unraveling peanut wrapper deserves an Oscar.
I was searching for this comment.
Well done man.
Too bad it was dumped in the dumpster after that scene. Damn the directors of this movie is cruel
Jose, you just made me laugh so hard. Funny!
No, I think it was over-acting.
@MUFC If soccer is so big then why the fuck do you feel the need to reiterate how important and massive it is???
It's interesting how the lack of music actually makes this scene even more terrifying.
Actually this is the only scene in the movie that you can actually hear some sort of music. In the rest of the movie, all you hear the nature and real world sounds. It is still a nice detail you put out there ;) By the way music starts at around 2:55
Which intensifies the surrounding sounds, each breath, each move, which makes some movie scenes so great but most of the people are unaware of that.
Wasnt terrifying. It was extremely awkward and uncomfortable lol
It's pretty commonplace to withdraw music in a scene to intensify the tension (if the director is at least mildly adequate). You can even go to the MCU in Spiderman Homecoming where Michael Keaton realizes Peter is Spider-man
@@anonymoushero9091 I really don't hear music at that point. Just a ring of the coin being flipped.
Even the coin deserves an oscar for this scene
For me it was the peanut wrapper.
Definitely wrapper
Definition anton hairs nailed it
What
Absolutely. The wrapper nailed it - method acting at its finest. He totally owned the part.
This is one of the most calm, intense scenes I’ve seen in a while. You could feel the anticipation of the unknown building by the second.
Ur pepe got scared too
@@ujwalsharma5484 😐
@@ujwalsharma5484 shut
It's very calm on the surface, yet Anton's tone and series of probing questions gradually ramp up this undercurrent of menace and even impending doom. I wish more films had the skill, subtle handling and integrity of the directors' choices in this scene and most of "No Country".
Everyone talks about Javier Bardem and the storekeeper’s acting, but can we acknowledge the peanut wrapper also giving an Oscar-worthy performance?
No
lmaoooo GOAT comment on this video
But what about the lucky coin? It took 22 years to do this worth while acting
@@yourviewyouropinion9136 the actual coin was about 48 years old when this was filmed.
But the coin is so good at it's craft that we were all convinced that it was 22.
I think the makeup artist deserves a lot of credit also
😂😂😂😂
I love how they both see right through each other yet their choice of words completely dances around the fact.
YEP 👍🏻
YOU CAN’T BULLSHIT A BULLSHITTER
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That's what makes the scene to tensed.
@@ivyrobloxqueen5391 what a generic comment
@@xavierbiggs6558 Yeah, cause yours is so riveting.
No one ever talks about how the acting of the old man is incredible! He did an amazing job, on par with Javier Bardem.
"If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.".
Definitely not on par with Javier Bardem, but still a great job
The moment he realizes this guy is both crazy and serious. . and he'd better call it and stop asking questions. He knows. The actor shows it on his face -- Phenomenal.
@@errwhattheflip In the scene itself? Definitely on par with Bardem. We're not comparing their whole careers lol
@@kyrrodi9498 I'm not talking about their whole careers. Just the scene itself
Fun fact: Javier stated in an interview that the coin toss scene was entirely improvised and he would have actually killed the actor playing the clerk if he said tails over heads. Bravo, Javier!
method acting at its finest
This is the moment Javier became Anton.
He shouldn't be acting, he belongs in a criminally insane mental institution!
That's a really fun fact.
Funny fact indeed
This actor playing the gas station attendant did an amazing job. To hold his own in a scene like this is really incredible for such a small role. This is pretty much my favorite scene from any movie.
Every one in this movie even the kids at the end did a good job
This is my favorite movie. Don't mix this movie with the others or it'll become just another movie. Which it is.
Gene jones has been in many movies. This is a good one you should see Dementia also he likes playing mostly in western movies. He was in Tarantino's the hateful eight. He played Sweet Dave.
@@bearbenton5945 oh shit 😂😂
@@bearbenton5945 LOL
I think we’re all missing who the real winner is here. Yea the old man gets to live BUT Anton got a full tank of gas and a pack of peanuts for a quarter… THATS A DEAL!
That's a steal.
No.
This is actual stealing.
@@peterpeterson4800 Man, this Sociopathic Assassin is one bad dude to be stealing. What an asshole.
@@schizoidmeme5470 Yep. Back in our days psychopaths and assassin's at least had some respect!! Kids these days!!
He dies in the other version gets his head blown off
@@v3insoldi3r85 well good thing it got replaced. How lame.
When I saw this film in the theaters, it was like a roller coaster ride. It had my heart racing with its speed and intensity. The sort of film that comes around every ten years if that. Phenomenal.
I haven`t gone to theatres in like two decades. I`d rather watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it instead of paying inflated prices for recycled crap. But yeah, that being said, I WISH I saw this one on the big screen!! Just to be enveloped in it`s awsomeness!!
The Batman and The Northman come close imo.
Too bad it didn’t have an ending making it worthless garbage
@@deadschooled it does have dumbass
@@deadschooled lol what?
Such an amazing performance. You can see how he is losing his patience with every word the old man says. He just kept his anger deep inside and gave the old lucky man his chance to live.
Love the way the old man realized something really bad was happening then when the peanut wrapper started unfolding.
Goofy aaahh emojis
But anyways, that's a good point
😂😂😂😂
Man, that emoji really ruins an otherwise decent comment
I love how Anton becomes almost playful after the coin toss.
He really lightened up on the guy once fate decided he should live.
4:22 of Anton Chigurh
5 seconds of Javier Bardem
I like how he subtly let's the old man know that a quarter just about took his Life..
"It's your lucky quarter.."(This quarter just saved your life)
"Or it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin... Which it is.."(You about lost your life over a quarter)
It added to the feeling of intense relief for the viewer. The opposite to extreme tension of the moment right before. A masterpiece of screenwriting.
I also enjoyed the "well done!"
@@AnxiouslyGaming LMAO
Michael Bay can spend 1 billion dollars on an explosives scene and it wouldn't be as nerve-wracking as the coin toss scene.
stfu
@@joooanit0224 you stfu bruh this is an amazing scene
@@oilers_fan_77 indeed it is, but you stfu anyway
Coen brothers films beat Michael Bay films anyday!
I think the reason he was saying stfu is because this comment is cringe. Yeah we get it, “this movie is good. Michael Bay is bad.” That’s why we are here. 🙄
I like how, despite being a complete sociopath, Anton adheres to this strict observance of the "coin toss". He seems genuinely happy for the man when he correctly guesses heads, almost as if he doesn't believe himself to be responsible for his own actions, and is simply carrying out the will of the universe.
Anton really gives off this body language that’s like “well, time for the coin toss. I’ve gotta do it. Let’s get this over with.”
@@dinglepringle1380 He's like this Hannibal Lecter kind of person who sees a perceived indignity he'll go about seeing it corrected his own way.
@@blessedamerican3541 Thats not true at all you should look up the definitions smh.
I know right, but we see that in real life people who commit crimes in the name of religion, not only murders but crimes which have no constitutional adherence.
@@sfs8730 where did religion come from? Also atheists are responsible for some of the worst massacres in human history.
The acting in this scene is flawless, both of them speak in a calm monotone voice but you can sense the tension between them rise slowly but surely. One of the best movies of that time.
This scene feels like death himself going to a gas station store and talking to a random mortal lol
Well, the guys who directed this movie like putting the grim reaper in some of their movies. Anton Chigurh fits that bill really well, since he chooses some of his targets randomly, is as silent as a ghost, leaves little to no traces
@@theburningman5047 Excellent observation!
Exec producer is good friend of mine. And you are pretty spot on
@@souloftheage yes and Javier is my old Spanish teacher and long time family friend, its pretty spot on
@@wolverineiscool7161 The actor of the old man is my lover. It's pretty spot on.
@@balabanasireti I've made love to the shotgun he uses, it's pretty spot on.....
The old guy is an awesome actor. I could feel he was terrified as hell. During the whole scene I could hear his inner voice saying: "oh god, please don't kill me, please don't kill me!".
funny i saw it more like a deer in headlights, he was more or less in shock because it was an unusual social encounter but i dont think he ever understood he was being threatened.
@@Frostiedkdk no his body language says fear he even made up a closing time by saying now thats because the peculiar he was talking to was giving off eery and ominous vibes...listen to his tone of voice its all seriousness
That's Andy Griffith. He is very famous for his television show.
@@Spiderfan1989 wha no it’s not
@@Spiderfan1989 i think you mean Gene Jones
This was such an intense scene. The clerk is such a genuine old country man and was the perfect casting choice here.
no country for old men
It was amazing
I went to do with a gentleman the same as hitman did, I got a slap in the face that is hurting me so far
Here after the News. Rest well in Peace, Cormac McCarthy...
I find it interesting how that "well done" doesn't sound angry or disappointed (like being upset that he didn't get to kill him). He sounds genuinely impressed that he made the lucky call that saved his life.
Ikr, like "Damn GG brother"
Since he is allowing fate to determine whether one deserves to live or not. The man picking the right side relinquishes the idea that he perhaps should die. The universe has told Anton that the man deserves the life he has chosen to live. In some way he may enjoy the idea of being proven wrong, a learning experience for an insane man. Also Anton himself would prefer not to succumb to death. He is sharing a strange kind of sympathy in knowing that the man has won his life. even if the old man is completely unaware of what he was about to lose.
He’s a sociopathic psycho.
Wow you nailed it with this comment! Good observation. I thought the same thing.. he was like MAN put that quarter somewhere where you'll never lose it!, you crazy? Haha
he sounds relieved
His voice alone would scare the shit out of me, let alone that hairdo.
Agreed friendo
That hairstyle would do for me
His pale like face also does it for me
When they decided what kind of haircut Anton should have, Javier Bardem said "Now I won't get laid for two months."
lmao
the fact that he took the time to learn about the cashier’s life then put that life into a coin toss. also i love how he creeped the cashier out so much that he doesn’t even realize he just got away with paying for gas and a 69 cent candy bar for just a quarter.
Would you ask for it after that?
He may be old but he ain't no fool.
Do you not realize that a U.S. 1958 quarter is silver, or 90% silver…. So that makes it worth roughly $4.00 or so…. By today’s standards.
@@scottsmith5623 Nice.
@@scottsmith5623 Do you not realize that in 1980 it was not "today's standards?" lol. No idea what case you're trying to make. The guy clearly didn't pay for his goods.
@@scottsmith5623 bro what 🤣🤣🤣🤣 theyre not living in 2021 so how would that even
This movie is meant to be watched at night. There's just something about it when everyone and everything is asleep and quiet.
I watched it in the evening. I intend to watch it again at night. There's just something so compelling about contemporary western movies like this one.
*"Girl's voice get higher-pitched when speaking at someone they love"*
Girls talking to me :
You: "Are you from around here?"
Girl: "What business is it of yours where I'm from... friendo?
You like hands
Wow look a jojos account posting something unfunny. What’s new
I can’t locate the funnny
A weebo struggling with girls? Get the fuck out of town!
- Will there be anything else?
- You already asked me that.
- And you didn't answer so I'm asking you again. FRIENDO.
@Personal Risk Never provoke a psychopath
@@heliotropezzz333 true
And then you are dead seconds later
That would be instant death of a shopkeeper probably.
@@EXRDaBeasta He killed people who were bold with him. Psychos do not like being contradicted or thwarted.
This is the most terrifying scene I've ever witnessed. The psychological manipulation of the store owner is so much you feel like you're the one standing behind the counter.
Watching this i felt like i was right in the store hiding in the back crapping my pants.
But crazy thing is someone pointed out that throughout this film. There is no drama music. Which makes everything more intense.
2:41 even the wrapper is scared shitless.
Well you have to do a lot more watching if this is your top scene....
@@franciscojaviersangerman698 shut up
God the amount of tension this movie has is so impressive. Late 90s/early 00s thrillers like this are just gold.
I know what you mean but this is based on a book from the mid 2000s and the film is from the late 2000s.
@@hipsterelephant2660this movie takes place in the 1980s
@@bulletberg7601 I know and they didn't mention that either.
"0.69 cents."
"$2.36 for the gas.."
That's all that needed to happen here.
Lol!
Is gas really that cheap in murica?
@@giovannifalso6342 back then. Yes
That's his point. He hates small talk and was basically saying the guy wasted his life away not amounting to anything better than marrying into what he currently has.
@@benjaminvolesky1653 The main thing isn't that he hates small talk, although that's a part of it. He didn't like that the guy took notice of his licence plates
Anyone notice how his mood seemed to brighten up once he found out that the merchant guessed correctly?
It's like the "Well done" was legitimate and he de-activated his psycho-mode.
I absolutely agree, that is exactly what happened. He relaxed the tone in his voice, facial expression and body language. Most of all he relaxed the intense energy/vibe he was oozing. Brilliant actor and amazing scene.
he was proud of him.
Even the sound of the coin kind of giving off a sound of release like the tension was just broken
His psycho-mode came back for a brief moment when the owner was about to put the coin in his pocket though
Yeah, that was interesting, what was that all about?
This scene felt like it lasted an hour
Damn near every speaking scene with Chigurh felt like it lasted an hour. What a presence that character had.
@@missbelled6700 honestly if I were the old man I would have done shit myself cause that dude was so serious on everything with that ominous over tone.
In all the best ways
Dang didn’t know this got a K likes
Bcaz every bit of the whole scene matters a lot.
One of the most terrifying scenes in Movie history. Required no suspension of belief or special effects. work of art.
Imagine living your whole life peacefully, try to make even to the end of the month, you are getting old, but you still work at a goods store in the middle of nowhere, just for your life to depend on a coin toss.
Well, all of our lives are really guided by just that: the forces of chance…a flip of a coin.
@@mightguy123456, well, a coin toss where each day you have 99,99% chance to guess right, slowly decreasing the more you age or the situation you're in.
Anton’s entire point was that this dude’s life and all of our lives are determined by random happenstance. The coin toss it just a metaphor and Anton believes he himself has been deemed the arbiter of life or death.
@@ShadyRonin Random has always been my favorite kind of happenstance.
Every day… it more or less does.
For those who don't live in Texas ,this is just a Monday morning
I could imagine
I've been through Texas, and that shit nothingness in west Texas for miles on end drove me insane. Miles and miles of flat land with nothing to look at. My prevailing thought every time I drive through there is "How the fuck can anyone live here, and what do they do for fun?".
lonewolf333 well I like to climb mountains out here in West Texas
Gerry Buckets a college professor shot a guy couple days ago for a driving incident that happen between the two.
🤣
I was sure old man was gonna get murdered when I watched this movie.
That shit was anxiety inducing intense dagger.
@albert fish I had no idea about the coin toss and kinda scared shitless.
It's more scary to think what could've happened than what actually happened
@G E T R E K T 905 I meant nothing by it
He's so intimidated he even asked where he should put the coin after he won it lol.
I wonder if he can do anything to him if he refused to call the coin toss.....he can't kill him because he unknowingly hasn't accepted the wage of the outcome.
Cant believe it took me half my life to watch this movie, masterpiece definitely speaks the truth. this scene alone never stops me from feeling the fear and tension in this moment. might be my favorite scene in any movie ive seen. so simplistic but utterly fantastic.
“Will there be something else?”
“I dont know, will there?”
Bone chilling
Exactly. He's overall super calm in this scene but so intimidating and terrifying. Absolutely genius acting.
Translation: “I’m very capable of killing you right here and now, and I am thinking about it, but I haven’t made up my mind yet”
"You're the customer, you tell me! You peanut-munching DORK!"
@@robharris4646 Okay, now I want a parody of this where the clerk isn’t scared of him and is just like “the hell are you talking about?”
Sometimes being too calm could be million times more intimidating than being too loud and angry !!!
The Calm before the storm.....!!
Yes.
Hans Landa approves
Of course..but you need to make the eye contact.
Thanos was calm
- How much?
- Sixty-nine cents.
- And the gas?
- Twelve dollars.
* Chigurh puts money on the table *
- Good bye.
- Good bye sir.
* Chigurh departs; gas station owner watches him driving away; scene fades *
If it was actually realistic:
"How much?"
"Sixty-nine cents"
"Nice"
"Nice"
Chigurh leaves
- How much?
- Sixty-nine cents.
- And the gas?
- Twelve dollars
* Intense scene of Chigurh selling the quarter to the gas station's owner *
- Good bye.
- Good bye sir.
* Chigurh departs; gas station's owner watches their quarter, slowly realizing he never got payment for the gas *
If you pay twelve dollars for a full gas tank you get to bring me gas every day and I'll pay you 24 dollars for a full tank if you do that for me
If Steven Spielberg directed No Country for Old Men
@@grigorirasputin1101 Yes. No country for old stormtroopers.
I love the shot of the wrapper slowly expanding. To me it was a visual cue that things are quickly getting out of hand for this clerk.
You were thinking to much into this when you typed that comment
I only saw it as Anton was clutching on to the wrapper really hard. Like he was tensing up. That's about it.
@@Hussman493Anton is always calm. Slow and calculated. I think the wrapper is a good visualization of the growing tension between the two. You cant see it on him but you can feel it, so the wrapper is the visualization of Antons growing desire to kill the clerk. But neither of us are incorrect since its subjective. Either way it communicated the same feeling to both of us, we just read it differently
That scene was 4 minutes but it felt like 4 hours
Absolutely incredible acting! No amount of special effects or computer graphics can replicate this type of talent.
@@traveller4life123 what was the point of this scene. Ive never seen this movie
@@vectorm3832 see the movie
@@miguelbenicio_gv i actually own a multi million dollar company so i don’t have time to waste 2 hours to watch a movie. Sorry buddy.
@@vectorm3832 lol good luck
Mom: "It's time for bed now."
Me: "Now is not a time."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bruh
😆😆😆
God I hope you're not 40 years old lol
Underrated
I like how the coin means everything up until the clerk wins his life. Then it becomes "just another coin"
No, he stated that IF he got it mixed with the other, THEN it will become just another coin. For now, it is his lucky quarter, the one that bought him his life.
@@juanlaise1059 Then he said which it is.
Nice analysis....
@Juan Laise now that you word it like that I see the scene differently
@@juanlaise1059 even the killer stated it was just another coin. Even though he stated it was the clerk's lucky quarter. Cause if he gave YOU that quarter, it would be what? Just another coin. IMO.
The old man's acting here was super stellar!!🔥🔥 He stays reasonable, plain & composed... this was an epic scene!! Coin tosses have never looked so gripping!! Sheer brilliance!! 🔥🔥🔥🏆👑
overacting
Anton choking on peanuts after hearing he married into a family just to run a gas station for his life is hilarious
🤣🤣
Makes an average of 60k a year. Besides that, he probably married his wife for other reasons, he said they lived elsewhere until they retired 4 years ago and took over her father's store
@@HomeschoolVouchers probably about 16-18k by 1980s inflation. Would be roughly 60k today
i doubt him choking on the peanuts had anything to do with the story. that man is in a world of his own. he doesnt rrally hear what other people say.
@UCf6kgUjkptbN8n8yUnpP1eQ prove it you degenerate
Outside of the story, distraction is a key tactic to underpaying the cashier for your candy bar.
Lol
I should try that someday
And gas
And the gas
@@juanmanuelalamanromero615 why are you stealing my thunder 😪
When he says "well done"
It really sounds like him going in his head "oh shit!! he's a fucking luck bastard"
In his mind the guy lived his whole life on luck, so he might as well try to beat another test. He won the coin toss, Chigurh went "well, good for him, he gets to fight another day" which is hilarious considering he was the one going to kill him if he lost lol
@@rohunsaigal2576 Exactly, that's why he says, "you've been putting it up your whole life, you just didn't know it." When he says we'll done, it's to say he did it again. I think the really hilarious part is when he's walking away. He tells him not to put his now lucky coin in his pocket or it will become just another coin. "Which it is"
As if to say none of that matters.
Fucking luck bastard
I think there's a genuine sigh of relief in Chigurh's voice. He didn't want to kill him. Unfortunately it also seems to fill him with more belief in his view of the world, that the coin toss will always dictate a fair outcome, that there's some kind of hidden order to the randomness.
What is name of film
There is NO WORDS to describe how incredible Javier Bardem is in that whole movie, and especially in that scene. It's per-fect, I would change nothing if I could.
Also, the supporting actor is an incredible dance partner. Man, I wanna watch the movie again.
Damn true
What a con. He convinced that poor old man to take
25 cents for his food and gas.
+Develan He was willing to pay for the gas but the old man was being nosy (friendly) which pissed him off. He is a HIT MAN not a cheap skate. Remember how he paid the kid to help him with this broken arm.
He came back and killed him too. When he opens the vent you see the change he paid with and the quarter has red stains on it.
all masonic satanic symbolism....the ur of saturn in :"quarter" ! its also in the "wurd" Russia !
Lu 327, Lucky Quartur.....Lu is the Celtic God Lugh of Logos ie logic...its just the planet Sarurn again..its rings are in phi golden spiral ratio...pi and phi of phyics..logic, not scary hocus pocus...thats why they made religion..for mind control so u dont learn numbers ...duh
i missed putting that together..well done kid
I love how terrified the shop owner gets when he finally realizes mid way through this weird conversation that the stranger is not going to leave, he is not going to stop staring him down, and is likely going to kill him at any moment. When he accepts the coin toss and calls it you can see he actually embraces his own death. He straightens up, says "heads" almost with a hint of pride and dignity. When Anton says "good job" he really means it. Not just his luck, but the fact that he stopped dodging his questions and his gaze and confronted what's in front of his. This scene has so many layers. Amazing!
Also the fact that the old guy probably realized halfway that he’s alone, in the desert, with a bloodthirsty psychopath in front of him. There was nothing stopping Anton from killing him at any moment. He was completely helpless
Honestly, I don't think the guy really knew how much danger he was in. His demeanor throughout was confused, but still too essentially calm. He even manages a smile and a laugh when talking about inheriting his father-in-law's business. I think at most he might've thought Anton was a strange character...which he was. :-)
Great analysis! I love this scene, and I think you got the essence right. I'm a writer, personally, and I always search for the "audience response". Also, Javier Bardem is magnificent in it.
Excellent summary. I never looked at it from that angle.
What kind of layers are you talking about?
One of the scariest scenes ever made, and it's not even a horror movie. I'm impressed that this movie scares me more than most horror movies nowadays
Paranormal vs. what could actually happen. No contest. The fear is always greater when you know it can happen.
@@justdev8965 Not really. It's all about immersion. A horror movie can scare regardless if it's possible or not. You simply have to put yourself in the movie. And this scene wasn't really scary. More like tense. The tension in this scene could've been cut with a knife.
@@talontodd2354 If you were the store keeper, would you feel scared or tense?
I say the same.
@@DaveE7171 Probably tense. After all, it was never clearly indicated that he would be killed. So I think tension would be what I felt more, if not entirely.
The tone Anton speaks with is just utterly disturbing. Incredible acting
Javier was brilliant in this movie, his character made this movie ...
funkyflights he really scared the shit out of me,so creepy and anti-socialized
Yeah and totally the opposite on Mother!
funkyflights what happened??
funkyflights damn near everyone was brilliant in this movie.
funkyflights he is brilliant in every movie
His hair wig is more terrifying than the whole scene.
Not even a wig, it’s his real hair
@@scarfxze121 wtf now I am even more scared.
Danger Willy Wonka
4:21
No...your photo is more scary...lol
And this is why we don't do small talk in Germany.
Hatun
Finanzamt!
The last time someone did small talk Poland was invaded.
@@Anonymous-pm7jf i can't consider 6 years of propaganda as a small talk.
Germany is beautiful
I know everyone talks about the performance of Anton, the older fella, and even the coin but I think the tractor outside doesn’t get enough credit. Never seen such phenomenal performance from a vehicle, let alone a work one.
Personally, I thought the peanut wrapper stole the scene. The amount of control that it showed as it slowly unfurled itself was the pinnacle of the supporting actor role.
The whole conversation spirals from Anton's inability to stomach non-sequiturs, unnecessary details, vagaries, or inquiries. That's why I love the line "I don't have some way to put it. That's the way it is." It marks the turning point in the scene because it states Anton's purpose as an agent of fate and fact. He doesn't deal in interpretations, he deals with reality. It infuriates him whenever the clerk avoids it.
The reason Anton got mad at him in the first place was the small talk. Anton believes that language should be to the point and concise The man has his morals
In that case he should move to New York City and he could become a normal family man and stop killing people. Something I always liked about leaving the South and going up north. Every person you run into isn't trying to be your friend or act genuinely like they care and just bullshit to your face. I like that about New York and the northern cities I visited
They're good things to say about the welcoming Southern hospitality as well I'm not saying it's all negative.
@@hullinstruments Well I hate damn Yankees that come south and don't wave back to me.The second time I wave and u don't wave back I flip you off.If u say some thing smart u better be ready for a lesson in manners.
Wait until he finds out reality isn’t that straight forward and simple. He’s going to lose his mind, oh wait that happened when an unexpected car crash almost killed him.
@@hullinstruments
As someone from the north I appreciate and find it very charming the warm hospitality of the south. They seem to genuinely care about the next door neighbor and everyone around them. It doesn’t seem fake and pretend a lot of the time it seems like. They seem to be overall happier and less miserable therefore lol.
The northern direct attitude and sometimes (often times actually especially in New York) arrogance is something I don’t like about New England. (Since it’s mostly New England and not everywhere in the north technically.)
We have our kind welcoming individuals of course. It’s just not a common standard mostly.
The only man who is intimidating in a bowl cut.
Peatear Griffin 👎
Peatear Griffin Alex DeLarge
Jaja for real
Peatear Griffin Dora grew up mean
Dylan Roof.
The most accurate portrayal of a psychopath in movie history.
Kopiovastaava its your lucky quarter.DON'T put it In your pocket.or it will get mixed UP with the other money and become just a nother coin.,witch it is....then turned and walked away.so fucking cool was Antoine surger
TDK's Joker was noice too
I think the most realistic portrayal of a psychopath was by Casey Affleck in 'The Killer Inside Me.'
@nick m. Lou was more of a sociopath
@nick m. I may be wrong, but I always saw Lou as someone who was definitely capable of certain emotions and fitting in to an extent, and while we see him going to extreme lengths for the sake of his job, he doesn't particulaly seem to enjoy the pain people are in. He is however, almost completely indifferent to it; he just doesn't care, which I think aligns more with a sociopath.
3:58: This scene built tension so well you can practically hear music that isn’t actually audible go quiet in relief when Anton finally congratulates him. Like a big exhale of resolve.
because there is...music there 😂
To be honest, this movie belongs to Javier Bardem. He steals every scene throughout the film.
Good American accent! I had no idea he was Spanish!
That’s why he won virtually every award imaginable for this performance. I count at least 25 that he won and an additional 4 in which he was nominated. I can’t imagine who he could’ve lost to, haha!
I think that's common knowledge if you know about this film you know about him
I agree. He is so damn good in this movie.
@Tamer Ciftci are you high or sumetin
Wow that was intense
Innit
That scared the shit out of me eeeeeekkkk
@Saed Hattan meaning he took a wife that owed the house / shop/ petrol station without him bringing any financial wealth himself - he married “ into the money “
If you haven't seen him and Woody's scene in the hotel room.. that is heart-racing.
This whole movie is just.. awesome.
شور ات واز 😂😂😂😂😂
Chigurh: "How much?"
Cashier: "69 cents."
Chigurh: "nice" *shoots him*
Stfu😂
also, the video has 6.9M views.
@@adnansakib821 nice
@@palagyimario724 I’m sorry but you know what comes next
This shouldn’t have made me laugh as hard as it did
What a kind and friendly individual.
Helped a confused old man learn to take decisions and even gifted him an unique coin for no reason.
We need more people like this guy.
This ladies and gentlemen is how you win a fucking Oscar. Still give me chills all these years later.
Sir?
I watched this movie for the first time last night. It was great.
🤦🏻♀️
First read the novel then watch the movie, it kinda gives you a good sense
Amen
Old man never made small talk with customers again
Next customer shoots him for ignoring him
It's just a commercial to get Texaco promoted.
@@heyheyheyheyheyhey76 Hahaha!
I tried this with my parents
I'm homeless now
Thanks
I tried this with my ex and I am asexual now!
I tried this with my Pittbull, I'm mauled to death now.
ok boomer
@@DreadNawght ok nerd
😂😂😂 das ist lustige
This scene treads that thin line Between comedy and horror so well,it's incredible
- What time do you close?
- Generally at dark, at dark.
* peeks outside and the sun could not be higher in the sky lmao*
Aw come on. He's scared shitless but tellin the truth.....lol.
We close now ! Now ! Is not a time 👀😂😂😂✋🏼 can’t catch a break
I was sweating the whole dialogue and that part especially hit me...I wanted to hide under my bed .__.
And that's when he realized... he fcked up.
Dark is not a time, what time do you close?
Anton: how much?
Clerk: sixty-nine cents
Anton: and the gas?
Clerk: three dollars
Anton: *pays the clerk and walks out of store*
Anton: how much?
Clerk: sixty-nine cents
Anton: Nice...
@@Adam-vo6tv what is your rsn?
**Credits roll**
@@docgray5004 position 69
That's all he had to do...
"I could come back then..."
Super underrated line in the scene. Anton is basically saying he can close shop and end the conversation there, but he'll just revisit him at night and do the coin toss then. Guy is persistent as fuck.
He hadn't mentioned the coin toss at that point.
I read it as a gradual building of threat, that it took the owner a while to realise. The threat is what he implied between the actual spoken words: I could come back here when you've gone to bed, when it's dark, probably when he's wearing pyjamas so at even more of a psychological disadvantage, in a house in the middle of nowhere. "Why would you do that?"
[Not said]: To kill you.
who is underrating it?
Pretty much everyone who read the book or saw the movie understood what he meant, and the menacing subtlety is why people love the character. I need people to stop using the word 'underrated' out of obliviousness to how other people are rating things.
@@ninjachannel007 I think Tiger's comment shows that you're overestimating people's understanding..
I agree about "underrated" over use though. Along with "nobody's going to talk about.." when about a hundred other comments have already talked about something.
@@davidthomas9165 I think it’s people’s need to think they see more than others. Like the vidoes titled “25 things you missed in …”
We all understood it. We just don’t need constant validation from strangers to feel valued and appreciated.
I like how the tension is immediately evaporated once he wins the coin toss. Like the shop owner knows he deserves what he has now, and Chigurh knows it took everything for him to make that call. Guy went from a passive life drifter to a man with purpose
This scene puts you on edge.
No it doesn't.
No it doesn't.
Yes it does.
@@oregontrail9067 No it doesn't.
@@xzysyndrome Yes it does
I was afraid for the shopkeeper during this entire scene.
Great acting by the two!
they were actors my son, is all fake.
@@floyd9600 really? Oh man, I thought this was real..
@@Gameboy-Unboxings 🤣👏🏼
@@floyd9600 the most pointless comment I read al day. Seriously, what were you even trying to add to the discussion?
@@floyd9600 "my son" did you really think you're smartass by putting it on your sentences? Lmao
The writing, directing, and editing are only surpassed by the acting. A complete tour de force in under 5 minutes.
İ dont think so. Everything is perfect here but even an irreguler editing would black out whole scene.
Wrong. The best part is the score.
tour de france dude
as a French guy i love when i see french expressions Like tour de force or rendez-vous nd what not kkkk
@@MegaOZX What?
Brilliant in every sense. Anton realizes that the gas station attendant could become a dangerous witness on his murderous trail. He therefore sets the attendant up in a deadly situation - while still holding to his deterministic, fate-abiding worldview.
The most I’ve ever lost in a coin toss are 3 Pokémon cards
Ouch
No wonder the shop owner was so nervous if those were the stakes
@@heskymarky XDDDD
@@emjan3429 haha why u mad, cry baby
Well next time you stand to lose everything. At least, if a man with that haircut approaches you with a coin toss.
What time do you close?
( Speech 75 ) At dark.
(Speech failed)
Disco Elysium? 😂
@@WasimAkram-ck2wb fallout
@@WasimAkram-ck2wb Why did you have to use an emoji.....
@@55spiros1 you dont like all the hip new emjois and instagram tweeter yolo swag 420?
@@SeasideStrangler Honestly? Nah. Not even using instagram. Never touched it.
I love the face he makes after he says “and become just a coin”
"........ Which It Is!....."
@@deedeekreep9139 that had me thinking he wasn’t going to kill him. He just wanted to screw with him.
@@soupafi he was just doing a little trolling
'If I go to Japan & make a shadow puppet on a moving train, does it suddenly become an Anime?' _meaningful, thoughtful look_
By saying "which it is" before walking away, Anton reinforces that the store owner should henceforth mind his own business, treat Anton as just another person, not draw attention to any of his features, and let him go on his seemingly random journey. The scene is similar to when the man in the office asks if Anton is going to kill him, to which he replies, "That depends. Do you see me?". He is at once taunting his potential victims with the idea that they are simultaneously dealing with death and a non-entity. He threatens people for merely observing his person, a ghastly Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment given agency.
I just love how this man is eating these peanuts one at a time as he just completely terrifies this guy. And then when the coin toss is over, you can immediately see javier relax. That little look at the end is priceless.
don't trust anyone who eats peanuts one at a time!
Cashew nuts.
Hey monkey it was not him. He was told by the director so he can get rich and you will be emotional about shit 😅
Please analyse more 🤣
As simple as this scene is, Javier Bardem is absolutely terrifying here. You get a feeling this is exactly how actual psychopaths spot their marks. Testing limits, deciding if this person’s life is worth anything to them.
Well, he was named the Most Realistic Depiction of a Psychopath by an independent group of psychologists in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
someone was on Reddit today
@@joshuakennedy7359 lol thats what brought me here. I didnt even log in to reddit and I'm already down this rabbit hole
@@joshuakennedy7359 We meet again
@@ximono interesting. Both the sociopath and psychopath are unable to emote and understand the emotions of another. The sociopath is benign, but the psychopath is manipulative to achieve his ends. Does Chigurh manipulate the shop keeper? I would say no. It would likely have been easier just to shoot him. Chigurh clearly isn't worried about leaving a trail of destruction behind him. Is Chigurh unable to connect with the shop keeper? Again, no. It does not serve any purpose to question about marrying into it. It doesn't provide any information that Chigurh desires. It seems he tries to connect in some way. The fact that Chigurh uses the coin removes any chance of self-serving. He is not personally deciding if killing benefits himself. He leaves it to chance or fate or whatever.
This scene is god damn tense! Poor old man must've been scared out of his mind. This guy is intimidating.
TheMetalhead678 Skullz642
he came back and killed the old man later
Tony scarface I definitely remember that happening
Talk about owning a small part/scene. The actor playing the shopkeeper gave one of the best performances of the whole movie. Both of these guys were at their best here.
TheMetalhead678 it's a movie dimwit
To be honest I think this scene shows also how incredibly slick and sneaky Anton is by Manipulating a social situation to cause distraction such as with this store clerk because in the end I'm sure he only paid a quarter for whatever he was eating and the gas 🤣🤣🤣