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This woman in No Country for Old Men was God, right?
Posted on 1/16/25 at 10:07 am
Posted on 1/16/25 at 10:07 am
If Chigurh is the personification of evil/Satan, then at some point he has to have a conversation/encounter with God in this film.
My personal opinion is that it takes place in this scene. After Anton blows off the lock on the door to Moss's trailer, he sits down for a moment to reflect. Which is why they show his reflection in the television set. During this moment he realizes he might not find Moss on his own. He decides to go to the office to meet God, and the firm Texas woman scolds him, looks into his eyes and lets him know they don't give out information on "our residents". The woman/God even made the toilet flush to indicate to Chigurh that if he kept frickin' with her/God, that She would flush him down the toilet like a soft turd. His power was useless in her realm/office and they both knew it.
Essentially, God was telling Chigurh, "you can pursue him all you want, but you have to do it by the merits of your own evil ways." Similar to when the devil wanted to torment Job in the Old Testament.
Obviously, all of this could be way off, but I prefer to look deeper into the meaning of this scene.
I love this movie and think about it more than I should. 
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Posted on 1/16/25 at 10:11 am to Ranger Call
Fascinating analysis!
Posted on 1/16/25 at 10:19 am to Ranger Call
That's actually a pretty fun theory. Sure, why not.
Posted on 1/16/25 at 11:05 am to Ranger Call
No...God wouldn't be caught dead in a trailer park in Sanderson, TX
Posted on 1/16/25 at 11:07 am to Ranger Call
Did you not hear meeeeee?
Posted on 1/16/25 at 11:09 am to texn
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God wouldn't be caught dead in a trailer park in Sanderson, TX
Posted on 1/16/25 at 11:37 am to Ranger Call
"We don't give out no information."
Posted on 1/16/25 at 11:55 am to Ranger Call
OK Ill play....by that theory then who is the store clerk that wins the coin toss?
Posted on 1/16/25 at 11:58 am to TygerTyger
quote:It's one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read and contains at least one false premise.
That's actually a pretty fun theory. Sure, why not.
Posted on 1/16/25 at 12:09 pm to msap9020
quote:
OK Ill play....by that theory then who is the store clerk that wins the coin toss?
Duality at play in this scene...on one hand, the scene shows that Chigurh feeds off of fear (unlike the woman that showed no fear) and is a man of principle, understanding that fate brings people to a moment of free will in which small decisions have big consequences.
It also shows Chigurh as a psychopath when he admits that it's "just a coin", acknowledging that he is also driven by the sport and fun of it all.
Best I got.
Posted on 1/16/25 at 12:10 pm to AlxTgr
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It's one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read
Hyperbole much?
In THIS day and age, this is one of the most ridiculous things you have ever read? 
Posted on 1/16/25 at 12:14 pm to Ranger Call
Interesting take.
I'd go more with he is the personification of evil but not the devil himself. In the Bible we know the Devil's motivations and why he is doing what he is doing. Not the same with Chigurh.
Sherriff Bell reflected on the type of person Chigurh is and why it's not a country for him anymore...
"There was this boy I sent to the ‘lectric chair at Huntsville Hill a while back … Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn’t any passion to it. Told me that he’d been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he’d do it again … I don’t know what to make of that. I surely don’t"
We don't know Chigurh's motivations really at all. He's chasing money but the money isn't his motivating factor. He clearly just likes killing and has no remorse when he kills. Even reveling in it a bit when he kills someone like Carson Wells. And also the fun he seems to get out of it that shows perfectly in the scene with the gas station clerk (an all-time great scene).
I'd go more with he is the personification of evil but not the devil himself. In the Bible we know the Devil's motivations and why he is doing what he is doing. Not the same with Chigurh.
Sherriff Bell reflected on the type of person Chigurh is and why it's not a country for him anymore...
"There was this boy I sent to the ‘lectric chair at Huntsville Hill a while back … Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn’t any passion to it. Told me that he’d been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he’d do it again … I don’t know what to make of that. I surely don’t"
We don't know Chigurh's motivations really at all. He's chasing money but the money isn't his motivating factor. He clearly just likes killing and has no remorse when he kills. Even reveling in it a bit when he kills someone like Carson Wells. And also the fun he seems to get out of it that shows perfectly in the scene with the gas station clerk (an all-time great scene).
Posted on 1/16/25 at 1:06 pm to Ranger Call
quote:Not to me.
Hyperbole much?
quote:Yes
In THIS day and age, this is one of the most ridiculous things you have ever read?
Posted on 1/16/25 at 1:10 pm to Ranger Call
Posted on 1/16/25 at 1:23 pm to msap9020
quote:
OK Ill play....by that theory then who is the store clerk that wins the coin toss?
Posted on 1/16/25 at 1:45 pm to Ranger Call
quote:why?
If Chigurh is the personification of evil/Satan, then at some point he has to have a conversation/encounter with God in this film.
also, why does evil need to be personified? why cant he just be evil? and why cant the lady just be the receptionist at the nursing home?
Posted on 1/16/25 at 1:56 pm to cgrand
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why?
also, why does evil need to be personified? why cant he just be evil? and why cant the lady just be the receptionist at the nursing home?
Because I have taken a looksee inside the brain of Cormac McCarthy.
Posted on 1/16/25 at 2:18 pm to Ranger Call
I just took that scene at face value, and that the flush indicated they weren't alone, so Chigurh couldn't push the issue any further.
Along the side of the road, in the gas station, with Carla Jean Moss, all those times he was alone with his victim.
This time, it turns out, he wasn't.
Along the side of the road, in the gas station, with Carla Jean Moss, all those times he was alone with his victim.
This time, it turns out, he wasn't.
This post was edited on 1/16/25 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 1/16/25 at 2:25 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
quote:
I just took that scene at face value, and that the flush indicated they weren't alone, so Chigurh couldn't push the issue any further.
Along the side of the road, in the gas station, with Carla Jean Moss, all those times he was alone with his victim.
This time, it turns out, he wasn't.
I can see this as well. That's why mine is just a theory.
Posted on 1/16/25 at 2:37 pm to Ranger Call
quote:
can see this as well. That's why mine is just a theory.
Scenes with layered meanings are impressive. The set up of the prior events where Chigurh has dealt people definitely heightens the tension in the trailer park office.
So yeah, it works, either way.
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