I love how human Carson’s character is in this scene. He *knows* that bargaining doesn’t work with Anton, yet he tries it anyway. Because he has literally no other option.
Similar to what Anton himself said, "if the rule that you followed, lead you to this, of what use was the rule?" If he know bargaining with Anton wasn't going to get him anywhere, and he bargained anyway, of what use was bargaining in the first place? This highlights how human Carson is, and how inhuman Anton is. Which Carson points out, seemingly sort of insulting Anton.
There's a lot of great actors out there, I'm sure someone else would have too, I don't agree when people say that because people once said no one can play the Joker after Nicholson, then Ledger came in, but Bardem knocked it out of the fucking park.
@@sayros6711 Jack was still better people got carried away with heath’s performance because he passed Jack played the joker straight out the comic Heath did great but he added his own things to it
That telephone ring interruption is just amazing. You can identify on Carson's face that he lost his only chance to get out of it. He knows that he is done for, because he understands that Anton is not going to answer the phone without first putting an end to the current conversation.
I don't see it that way. The question was who is calling? Who? The phone ringing was just a reminder to both that the person with the money was not Carson so why not finish the job and move on.
I wish he would have not gave Antn the satisfaction of begging. I hoped he would have gone with more style, balls and dignity, *HOWEVER* you can not blame him at all for not being the ideal badass. He done pretty well just by sitting calmly. Most people, probably myself included would probably freeze in such situation.
It's creepily awesome how Anton smiles after the phone rings. He's smiling at Carson's winced reaction and that the ring stirred up such fear within him. He knows Carson is trying to keep cool and likes seeing the effect he's having on him.
maybe he also realized that the phone ringing gave anton the sound cover he needed as well.. not like he wasn't going to shoot him anyway but you can notice he timed the shotgun blast with the fourth ring
No he doesn't, he doesn't like it, he doesn't care at all, he probably smiled cuz Carson looked completely ridiculous to him, but that's what makes Anton one of the most realistic psychopathic characters in the history of movies psychopaths, it's that he has no pleasure at all in what he does cuz he's a PSYCHOPATH
It's implied they worked together in the past so maybe he was curious to see how Carson would react in that situation. Carson is such a relaxed guy in the other scenes, maybe this is the first time Anton saw him lose his composure. He knows that Carson knows that bribing him won't work, so he's amused to see him try it all the same
I've never been in a movie theater where a villain had induced more dread in an audience than Anton does in this film. When he appeared behind Carson out of focus at the bottom of the stairs the entire theater gasped, and all he did was enter the frame. Never seen anything like it.
@@codapapa7955 I'm sorry but the pace was moving very slowly, the whole cat and mouse thing was moving slowly. Perhaps there was too much talking, not enough action with no exciting moments !
@Mdmchannel Is it possible the film uses poetic licence, in that they changed the details a bit, while still referencing the event as it was in people's memory; when Tommy reads the article it states a couple were murdering the boarders, but I think the actual case involved only the woman.
yet Josh Brolin's character almost got him. The shooting-through-the-door scene was so intense and I wonder if Josh Brolin's character had stepped forward to try to finish Anton off, he might have a better chance of surviving till the end with his stash of cash. He survived Anton and almost turned the table yet eventually got killed by a bunch of nobodies, such a ironic waste
Old Anton ranks high on that list. That Good old boy Bane would give ya a run for your money. "Do you feel like you're in charge?" kinda put him on the map IMHO.
I think that they've obviously crossed paths before, but this was the day that Chigur decided that he's had it up to here with Carson Wells. But, what I've always wondered is, how the hell did Chigur get inside the hotel with that weapon apparently without anyone stopping him?
Woody is incredible in this scene. It's not the type of role that gets acclaim or awards, but it's the type of acting that helps to elevate a good film into a great film.
@@lsattutor8888Going bald has had zero effect on his career. In Hollywood, they have these things called wigs and practical effects. Looks no different from the real thing.
Love that. And it's yet another thing that shows how wrong Carson was, about everything. He said Anton doesn't have a sense of humor, but he definitely does.
When he said "you go to hell" he fully expected to be shot. The quiet way of trying to induce him to pull the trigger is awesome. When he doesn't kill him, it's just so Anton can continue to enjoy the display of fear he's witnessing. Sick shit. So good
saying that he's implying 2 things, either ''If you loose you die'' or ''if you loose i get to live'', wich isn't the most smart thing to imply to a guy with a shotgun pointing at your chest, but i get your point lol
The black screen at the beginning and the end fits so well that it works as a standalone short movie. You don't really need the context of the whole movie to enjoy this scene, and there are just enough plot elements in the dialogue that you can make up the rest of the story in your head (which doesn't have to necessarily fit the movies narrative).
This scene in the book plays out differently, just slightly in that the phone doesn't ring until after Carson is dead. But my fucking god is it harrowing, I've got it burned into my memory still. "He did close his eyes. He closed his eyes and turned his head and he raised one hand to fend away what could not be fended away. Chigurh shot him in the face. Everything that Wells had ever known or thought or loved drained slowly down the wall behind him. His mother's face, his First Communion, women he had known. The faces of men as they died on their knees before him. The body of a child dead in a roadside ravine in another country. He lay half headless on the bed with his arms outflung, most of his right hand missing. Chigurh rose and picked up the empty casing off the rug and blew into it and put it in his pocket and looked at his watch. The new day was still a minute away." terrifying
@@MonteLeeMyPOV but do consider the time, in 1980 you might have been able to tap an atm for 14 thousand ? Not old enough to know but certainly back then you could’ve “jackpotted” an atm for that much and Carson seems like he might’ve been capable of doing that
Well this movies storyline takes place in the 80's as i recall. Probably a lot leaa restrictions and regulations on anything you can imagine back then. But its still probably exaggerated.
@@nonyanonya6292 I think Carson is lying to Anton in order to tempt him back into a situation where he has an actual chance at killing Anton and Anton knows it. Earlier in the movie, the ATM limit on Carson's account is mentioned as being $1200 a day.
Lewellyn was the only one who scared Anton. You could see it on Anton's face when Lewellyn told him he was now his personal project. Lewellyn had already shot Anton and Anton had at least a moment of doubt about whether he could deal with Lewellyn. Lewellyn was handling Anton and had shot him and escaped from him, all of which surprised Carson. Anton was accustomed to people being intimidated by him but Lewellyn wasn't intimidated. I think Lewellyn was an example of a man who can't be intimidated by other men, even if the other man is a psychopath.
@@w.harrison7277 Haha, very nice. That's how everyone I meet pronounces my name! 😀 I'm told 'eue' has an 'oy' sound. We pronounce it Gloy rhyming with boy.
The book does a better job explaining their history. Basically he and Wells were both professional killers who sometimes crossed paths. But Anton viewed other hit men as targets of opportunity and was always looking to eliminate his competitors. Wells' fatal mistake was hubris; he thought he could get the drop on Anton and failed. The penalty was getting his head blown off
If thats the case then the film take on this is better because it illustrate the absolute discord of Anton's actions with anything that resembles rationality. It's not about history of both characters but the fact that Anton is not interested in what he wants as much as the way he gets it - the exercise of control through fear.
@@evangelicae_rationis great question. It's true his hair cut adds to his creepiness. It's doesn't belong to our time like he doesn't belong in our moral landscape ..
Javier Bardem is an outstanding actor, and it is interesting to watch the cast interviews after this movie was filmed, he is quite a kind-hearted, gentle guy who hates violence.
Absolutely phenomenal acting by Woody Harrelson here. He makes us all feel what Carson Wells is feeling. It's like we're all Carson Wells in this scene.
This scene plays on the idea that "crazy people don't know they are crazy". Anton was so confused as to why Carson thought he was crazy. He didn't understand if he meant that Anton was crazy or the nature of the conversation was crazy. The Coen's really made a masterpiece.
@DoogieBowser I think key word here is *servant of death, meaning that he works for the grim reaper or cut a deal with him perhaps, the woman not choosing heads or tails in the last coin toss of the movie, signifies Antons deal with the grim reaper which includes him giving everyone a 50/50 shot goes to hell when the wife doesnt pick, anton gets punished for killing someone without playing by the rules he agreed to for the game he is playing with death itself
@@Shore1985 He really gave me the impression that he had pity for the gas station clerk. When he pretty much gasped and said "You married into it?" It was like the coin toss was to snap the guy out of it. At first he was offended that the guy was nosy while just trying to make friendly conversation, but then it really looks like pity. Anton was practically pleading with the guy to call the right side of the coin.
@@Shore1985 not even that. The 50/50 is random. He kills the guy at the beginning simply because he wants his car. He promises to kill Moss' wife, yet offers her the 50/50 chance. the boys at the end are witnesses, yet he ignored them. He acts like a random force of nature.
@@kirrithkovacs5097 because the boys didn't show they were a threat to him. Which is why he didn't do anything. Including that he was injured and the boy helped him. He didn't feel a reason to kill them
Perfect scene. Anton when he says An ATM is the most chilling part. The very idea of letting Carson go for anything is hilarious to him. And you can see the vacancy in his eyes in that moment. Amazing.
"He did close his eyes. He closed his eyes and turned his head and he raised one hand to fend away what could not be fended away. Chigurh shot him in the face. Everything Wells had ever known or thought or loved slowly drained down the wall behind him. His mother's face, his first communion, women he had known, the faces of men who had died on their knees before him, the body of a child in a roadside ravine in another country. He lay half headless on the bed with his arms out flung, most of his right hand missing."
This was one of the best scenes of the movie for me personally. I was so on edge the whole time, that, I not only flinched on the original phone ring, but on every subsequent ring that followed it. That’s never happened to me in any other movie I’ve seen.
one of the many great things about this genius movie is showing one killer with another. and one killer is scared out of his mind. wow. chillingly perfect.
Anton's face during this whole interaction was of pure joy, he wanted to enjoy every second of it, if you put yourself on Carson's shoes, that would be the scariest moment of your life, having a professional killer infront of you, who is enjoying your fear and will enjoy killing you and you also know there's no way out, this is your end, and will come at the moment that Anton deciedes it will come, that's terrifyng.
Anton has too alien mindset to actually be sadistic. Carson is professional killer and henchman, but Anton is something much worse than he can actually imagine. Perhaps Anton feels some kind of joy from once again proving to himself that destiny is immutable. There is simply nothing even halfway sane human can touch in Anton's mind. To Carson killing appears to be unpleasant side-effect of his job while Anton kills as easily as he breathes.
@@vksasdgaming9472 I don't think thats it at all. As somebody else wrote, even the actor, his point was that he is never in control of himself, its always 'fate'. Thats why he flips the coin. But in THIS case, he doesn't flip the coin. Its when the phone rings that he shoots him. He's also wrong, for all HIS bravado the money was not placed at his feet, a bunch of mexicans kill whatsisname. So why is he smiling? I'd argue he's smiling because he is looking at a mirror image of himself, another killer. And so what he sees in the mirror is that 'fate' really is the same no matter who is involved, even if it were HIM, he'd be saying the same "you dont' have to do this". His smile of course is wrong, because 'fate' shows him at the end that it can kill him coming out of a driveway, and it can help him with just the generosity of innocent little boys. Its pretty much set up for a sequel that didn't come. But I don't think he's smiling because he 'enjoys his fear', as I say, he's smiling because he knows that he is doing 'right', he is doing gods work but wiping out people who deserve it. Thats WHY he can continue that right up to meeting that guys wife, I think in the book it says he shoots her, but in the movie they dont' show it, they don't show it because she refuses to call it, so they are giving a totally different interpretation to the entire storyline simply by not showing one scene. As a viewer you really don't know what he did, so we don't know 'for sure' what that smile means, which of course is what all good movies do, leave things open to interpretation (thats mine, I welcome yorus:)
@@mikearchibald744 I merely meant that what drives Anton is something nobody can empathize. His mind is utterly alien. He can pass as human, his set of morals is absolutely incomprehensible. At best you might guess that Anton simply wants to see support on his thesis of everything being destined and coin is just his way of asking is someone about to die. I think it is about two forces of cosmos being at conflict: Destiny and Chance. Anton firmly believes in Destiny.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Interesting, although keep in mind as for empathy, regular germans became prison guards and walzed millions to thier deaths. So I don't think being homicidal is as alien as all that. I'm not sure what you mean by 'believing' in destiny because the coin flip seems the very essence of chance. Of course in books characters often represent soemthing. I'm not sure about Anton. If I remember correctly the REAL antagonist is 'the corporation'. Stephen Roots character gets shot, but its not Anton who kills the protagonist, thats random mexican gangsters. ALL of this is orchestraed by 'the corporation', including Anton. What that maens I don't know.
Mr Wells is doing his best deadpan expression---acting calm, then the phone rings---and he is so startled that he cannot pretend that he's not scared out of his mind. Anton smiles that smile...
Really have to hand it to Woody here, his acting in this scene is brilliant, even though he is obviously overshadowed by the most terrifying villain put to the cinematic screen in recent memory. Love how VincenzoV in that pinned comment described it, as the best "I'm about to die acting," ever. I'm just imagining how an actor would even go about deciding how he was going to play a scene like this. I mean god damn dude... every single line Woody's character has in this scene is delivered with a mix of absolute terror at the realization that he doesn't have a chance of leaving alive, but still some respectable courage while literally looking death in the face. Woody's transition from the beginning of the scene where you can clearly see him hoping against all odds that his one little piece of leverage (the money in the ATM) may save him, to his acceptance of the fact he is a dead man already on borrowed time while still maintaining some dignity with the "Go to hell" line was just beautiful to watch. It's a masterful example of how effective under acting can be. A lot of really talented and well established actors would have played this scene one of two ways, and both would have been a mistake for a scene like this
Brilliant scene that characterizes the entirety of Anton's personalty. It shows that Anton is not interested in what he wants as much as the way he gets it - the exercise of control through fear.
He chooses to give Anton one last dig at his psyche instead of pleading til the end. There’s a lot of dignity in doing that. Telling Anton his whole existence is based upon madness and that killing him will just further prove it. Badass scene.
This scene is mandatory for film actors and movie directors. Carson has fear and tries to keep calm realizing that his hope disappears, Chigurt enjoys his victim's fear, and the camera shows actors faces and off course that bloody shoot gun!
The character of Carson Wells is baffling to me. He acts as if he knew Chigurh inside out. He warns Lewellyn as to what is going to happen. Yet somehow he completely fails to follow his own advice. If he's some kind of top bounty hunter or a mercenary I would expect him to carry a gun in a quick draw holster in case one of the murderous people he's dealing with on a daily basis should suddenly approach him with a shotgun and say "hello". What was his plan exactly? To cut a deal with Chigurh? He knew damn well that the money is not what Chigurh is after. More like the people who are after the money. And once you cross his path, you're a dead man walking. Or a woman.
@AgentQQ8 That's kinda a theme throughout the movie. Jones has a line about even in contest between man and steer the issue can be in doubt. How much are we really in control, how much is chance, how much is fate?
i always got the feeling from the book, that Wells was more of a private eye than a pistol packing shootout type of bounty hunter. so he was more relying on diplomacy and all out sneakyness to acquire any target as opposed to weapons and facing people face to face.
Anton Chigurh doesn't seem to be obsessed with murder. He's obsessed with observing how people react when they know they are minutes or seconds away from being murdered.
A fantastic scene. It's missing the inner thoughts of Carson that the book provides. He is basically done with this life, and he gives up. Also he feels guilty because he is also a paid hitman, and thinks about all the men that kneeled before him, begging for their lives unsuccesfully. He is not a good guy per se, but at this point of his life, is seriously considering retirement, and he is not 100% into it. Thats a catastrophic mistake when going up against Anton. But in the end his mistake was just that, an oversight. He didnt underestimate Anton because he compares him with the boubonic plague, and is honestly surprised when Moss says he saw Anton and survived. So Wells knows all about Anton. I guess he just believed that Anton was not there anymore, was on his way to Odessa or sth. I m not sure Carson even carries a sidearm in this scene. A 1911 tucked away. It actually seems like he doesnt. He is shocked at the stairs and then just has to accept his fate. Carson ofc knows he has absolutely nothing to bargain with but has to try a hail Mary. When he gets rejected he doesnt lose his dignity by begging Chigurh to spare him, but sends him to hell and insults him also. The book describes the final moment vividly, as Carson raises up his hand, to stop a buckshot that his whole life led to and that he cannot stop with his bare hand.
Woody really knows what it's like to be related to a killer, the one for hire. It's his own dad. One of those miracles when your gene pool turns you to the right direction.
The thing that scares people about Anton is that he is akin to a force of nature (earthquake, tornado, etc.). How do you reason with nature? Only by luck or fate do you get to survive the interaction. Wit, strength or the will to live do not matter during the event because nature holds all of the cards.
That's BS Anton and Dude in hat knew each other But because the nature of the situation Anton has to kill his ex associate in order to complete the job Hes just a man a very dangerous dude
Lucky the Jonas bros didnt direct It would have been a musical Imagine the call it scene 🎶sometimes you gotta call it... life is a box and you gotta chance the licorice So when a psycho asks you to call it... theres 🥁no 🥁time 🥁to 🥁be 🥁a 🥁biiiiiiiiitch
That requires him letting Carson somewhat free and free to interact with others outside, either to pull a gun on Anton or to yell for help from the cops. Anton would rather live and not risk getting in a firefight with the police
‘If the rule you followed brought you this, of what use was the rule?’ Think of the complexity of those two sentences. Chigur mercilessly (almost giddy with joy) encapsulates Carson’s entire life within one line…has got to be the most brutal but honest-and intriguing conversation from this whole movie.
Antons eyes looked soulless and unbothered like a sharks....so methodical as in all his encounters that it’s just routine to kill again....!! Just a brilliant piece of acting.
Anton, before the cameras rolled, jokingly mentioned finding real shotgun shells in his pocket. Roll cameras. Action!Woody's best dramatic performance followed.
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I love how human Carson’s character is in this scene. He *knows* that bargaining doesn’t work with Anton, yet he tries it anyway. Because he has literally no other option.
Similar to what Anton himself said, "if the rule that you followed, lead you to this, of what use was the rule?"
If he know bargaining with Anton wasn't going to get him anywhere, and he bargained anyway, of what use was bargaining in the first place?
This highlights how human Carson is, and how inhuman Anton is. Which Carson points out, seemingly sort of insulting Anton.
@@MrHarrystank A+ analysis. I'm amazed no one has congratulated you. Well written & very insightful. Thank you!
@@MrHarrystank good job!
@@MrHarrystank Very nice.
@@MrHarrystank I think Carla DID end up calling the toss and she lost.
Woody tries so hard to act in control but he’s scared shitless! Great acting!
Exactly!
play the opposite
Yep his acting is so subtle yet expresses so much.
My fav actor.
The shit in his rectum literally turned back into food when he saw chigur get the drop on him.
Woody doing a great job of being shit scared without overacting
woody is such an underrated actor. he is up there with the best of them. just doesn't get the major roles.
@@golfmaniac007 in venom 2 he's gonna kick some ass because there's gonna be carnage
Dude is an amazing actor.
Exactly. I went round and round with a bunch of halfwits regarding the overacting of the co-pilot in Flight.
I agree he is an A list actor imo. He is the very few that can play almost any role from drama to comedy and everything in between
No one could have played Anton's part as good as Javier. Masterful performance.
Ironically enough, no american could have played him w/ such accuracy.
@@martitinkovich4489 care to explain?
@@codapapa7955 As an outsider he seemed to capture something about the culture that few of us could, imo.
There's a lot of great actors out there, I'm sure someone else would have too, I don't agree when people say that because people once said no one can play the Joker after Nicholson, then Ledger came in, but Bardem knocked it out of the fucking park.
@@sayros6711 Jack was still better people got carried away with heath’s performance because he passed Jack played the joker straight out the comic Heath did great but he added his own things to it
That telephone ring interruption is just amazing. You can identify on Carson's face that he lost his only chance to get out of it. He knows that he is done for, because he understands that Anton is not going to answer the phone without first putting an end to the current conversation.
I don't see it that way. The question was who is calling? Who? The phone ringing was just a reminder to both that the person with the money was not Carson so why not finish the job and move on.
Nah he was expecting to get blasted at that point, he shows fear, Anton basically said to him he had to accept his faith.
He knew he had the money, there was only one person going to call and that cut out the middle man...him
He had no chips left
@@bodoor8172 you mean his fate
@@bodoor8172 he accepted Jesus?
"You should admit your situation. There would be more dignity in it."
.... you can have the money.....
and me ?
You quoted a line from the clip.
when shit hits the fan
I wish he would have not gave Antn the satisfaction of begging. I hoped he would have gone with more style, balls and dignity, *HOWEVER* you can not blame him at all for not being the ideal badass. He done pretty well just by sitting calmly. Most people, probably myself included would probably freeze in such situation.
It's creepily awesome how Anton smiles after the phone rings. He's smiling at Carson's winced reaction and that the ring stirred up such fear within him. He knows Carson is trying to keep cool and likes seeing the effect he's having on him.
maybe he also realized that the phone ringing gave anton the sound cover he needed as well.. not like he wasn't going to shoot him anyway but you can notice he timed the shotgun blast with the fourth ring
@@victorc8855 I actually was amused at that part.
No he doesn't, he doesn't like it, he doesn't care at all, he probably smiled cuz Carson looked completely ridiculous to him, but that's what makes Anton one of the most realistic psychopathic characters in the history of movies psychopaths, it's that he has no pleasure at all in what he does cuz he's a PSYCHOPATH
It's implied they worked together in the past so maybe he was curious to see how Carson would react in that situation. Carson is such a relaxed guy in the other scenes, maybe this is the first time Anton saw him lose his composure. He knows that Carson knows that bribing him won't work, so he's amused to see him try it all the same
Man Iori's nipples look amazing in your display pic
I've never been in a movie theater where a villain had induced more dread in an audience than Anton does in this film. When he appeared behind Carson out of focus at the bottom of the stairs the entire theater gasped, and all he did was enter the frame. Never seen anything like it.
“Hello Carson, lets go to your room”....
@@VicenzoV Also, Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa of the SS and Heth Ledger as Joker
the devil enters the room*
Indeed.
Awesome....this movie is really terrifying....it is silent, no soundtrack, no big action scenes...just pure dread
When a random sub 3 minute scene is more intense and compelling than 80% of cinema, you know this is one of the best movies ever made.
Well said..
A very slow paced movie ! not my thing, a good movie still but pace was the problem
@@MrMrjack18 I honestly felt like the pace was pretty steady and tense. Any parts for you that dragged on a bit?
@@codapapa7955 I'm sorry but the pace was moving very slowly, the whole cat and mouse thing was moving slowly. Perhaps there was too much talking, not enough action with no exciting moments !
@@MrMrjack18 the entire movie was an exciting moment
When Anton repeats "an ATM" you can see in Carson's face that he's thinking "yeah, suggesting an ATM was dumb idea"
@Mdmchannel Yes. Brand new invention then.
Yep, just clearly not thought through at all, and we know how much Anton disdains panicky people speaking absently.
...only they weren't called atms....the first ones were called MAC's Money Access Centers....
@Mdmchannel Is it possible the film uses poetic licence, in that they changed the details a bit, while still referencing the event as it was in people's memory; when Tommy reads the article it states a couple were murdering the boarders, but I think the actual case involved only the woman.
@Mdmchannel it’s the same with the Remington shotgun which came out in 1987 and the silencer attached to the shotgun wasn’t perfected until 2013
Hands down the most frightening character of modern cinema.
Yeah old Anton has definitely got some issues.
Leonard Smalls would like a word...
A knife fight with Bill the Butcher would decide this matter.
yet Josh Brolin's character almost got him. The shooting-through-the-door scene was so intense and I wonder if Josh Brolin's character had stepped forward to try to finish Anton off, he might have a better chance of surviving till the end with his stash of cash. He survived Anton and almost turned the table yet eventually got killed by a bunch of nobodies, such a ironic waste
Old Anton ranks high on that list. That Good old boy Bane would give ya a run for your money. "Do you feel like you're in charge?" kinda put him on the map IMHO.
Could have at least given Carson a coin toss for old times sake.
I think that people who break Anton's code *and* are not directly in his way get the coin toss. Carson was in his way and was eliminated.
I think that they've obviously crossed paths before, but this was the day that Chigur decided that he's had it up to here with Carson Wells. But, what I've always wondered is, how the hell did Chigur get inside the hotel with that weapon apparently without anyone stopping him?
Anton killed the hotel attendant already
Uejji yes, I think the same.
Carson has seen him and knows what he looks like.
Woody is incredible in this scene. It's not the type of role that gets acclaim or awards, but it's the type of acting that helps to elevate a good film into a great film.
The way Carson reacts to the phone call at 2:16 is so genuine. You'd swear Woody thought he was actually about to die
Well...he was.
🤣😂 that killer can't multitask, can't answer the phone and watch Woody at the same time.
@LSAT Tutor The Shrapnel is bald also and does leading roles.
Anton knew who was calling.
@@lsattutor8888Going bald has had zero effect on his career. In Hollywood, they have these things called wigs and practical effects. Looks no different from the real thing.
"Is Carson there?". "Not in the sense you mean".
You know who it is. You need to talk to me.
One of my favorite lines ever in a movie
Love that. And it's yet another thing that shows how wrong Carson was, about everything. He said Anton doesn't have a sense of humor, but he definitely does.
@@jamesmaysflyingwashingmach7459 wasn't a sense of humour. He was simply being very specific and factual when he said "not in the sense you mean"
Poseur dialogue for morons.
When he said "you go to hell" he fully expected to be shot. The quiet way of trying to induce him to pull the trigger is awesome. When he doesn't kill him, it's just so Anton can continue to enjoy the display of fear he's witnessing. Sick shit. So good
If Carson was smart, the first thing he would have asked after they both sat is,
"What is the most... you ever lost...
on a coin toss?"
True he should've watched the movie first
saying that he's implying 2 things, either ''If you loose you die'' or ''if you loose i get to live'', wich isn't the most smart thing to imply to a guy with a shotgun pointing at your chest, but i get your point lol
@@classicpinball9873: Best comment here!
@@classicpinball9873 lol
He should have said " I have to take this call ".
Poor Carson. He knew he was dead at the bottom of the staircase.
He knows but he does not accept it right away, not until Anton reminds him orally.
If he had any chance was that moment at the bottom of that staircase...
He heard him come up the stairs behind him
why the hell didn't he grab the suitcase when he first saw it and exit town immediately?!? da hell with whatever was in his hotel room!
@Tracchofyre -- That would make a good movie. Alternate No Country For Old Men Multiverse.
The black screen at the beginning and the end fits so well that it works as a standalone short movie. You don't really need the context of the whole movie to enjoy this scene, and there are just enough plot elements in the dialogue that you can make up the rest of the story in your head (which doesn't have to necessarily fit the movies narrative).
Looks like the uploader has added that effect, it is not in the movie. In the movie you see Carson get shot.
@@richardcranium5801 I am aware of that :)
Sometimes I have to remind myself, this is the goofy bartender from "Cheers" who ended up being one of the finest actors on the planet.
he had his run
@@martitinkovich4489 - ...and still running fast.
That goofy bartender was good acting in its own right.
0:34 The look on his face is priceless. Anton is just amused to think bribing him with money would make him go away.
“I’m a day trader, I could just go home”
“YOU COULD?”
The look that woody shows, the sweat sheen on his face is perfect. He’s resigned 😑 to his fate. Great acting from a bartender.
woodys father was a hitman for a drug cartel, he went to prison for killing a judge
When was he a bartender?
@@FT86TT cheers.
@@klubkid46 Cheers
@@FT86TT been up all night watching peep show and spaced...….help me.
Anton stays so calm and collected throughout the entire movie. Total badass.
@Matejko108 which makes him a badass, like me.
@Matejko108 not quite, I'm 50.....with the mind of a 12 year old.
Woody does a great job in this scene of portraying the emotions one would have in that situation. He looks like he's trying to suppress his fear.
Yeah.. His acting was perfect in this scene and the movie in general. He was hella arrogant and sure of himself wheb he met the boss.
This scene in the book plays out differently, just slightly in that the phone doesn't ring until after Carson is dead. But my fucking god is it harrowing, I've got it burned into my memory still. "He did close his eyes. He closed his eyes and turned his head and he raised one hand to fend away what could not be fended away. Chigurh shot him in the face. Everything that Wells had ever known or thought or loved drained slowly down the wall behind him. His mother's face, his First Communion, women he had known. The faces of men as they died on their knees before him. The body of a child dead in a roadside ravine in another country. He lay half headless on the bed with his arms outflung, most of his right hand missing. Chigurh rose and picked up the empty casing off the rug and blew into it and put it in his pocket and looked at his watch. The new day was still a minute away."
terrifying
Yeah man the book is incredible, read it this last week
Ordering now
@@BazookaToe youll love it man, such a good book
And apparently he was crying before he died, finally showing how truly scared he was of chigurh.
jesus fucking christ
I just realized the chair Woody's sitting in. It kind of makes him look like he's got wings.
You can bet your arse that's not by accident. The prop was probably made specifically for that effect.
Mind blown
Interesting observation. 🤔
Dang
He had a Red Bull before this shooting this scene.
"An A-T-M"
Anton finds it funny that taking him to an ATM is the best Carson can come up with.
"Carson, perhaps you have not looked closely enough at my face. Do you think I am this way for love of money?"
That and an ATM will only dispense so much cash. Maybe $500, certainly not $14,000!
@@MonteLeeMyPOV but do consider the time, in 1980 you might have been able to tap an atm for 14 thousand ? Not old enough to know but certainly back then you could’ve “jackpotted” an atm for that much and Carson seems like he might’ve been capable of doing that
What ATM is going to let you take out 14k.
Well this movies storyline takes place in the 80's as i recall. Probably a lot leaa restrictions and regulations on anything you can imagine back then. But its still probably exaggerated.
@@nonyanonya6292 I think Carson is lying to Anton in order to tempt him back into a situation where he has an actual chance at killing Anton and Anton knows it. Earlier in the movie, the ATM limit on Carson's account is mentioned as being $1200 a day.
never hear anyone taking out 14K in ATM in the 80 ever today ya lol
anton points the gun at the atm ,atm; how do you want your 14k sir
Vegas.
Lewellyn was the only one who scared Anton. You could see it on Anton's face when Lewellyn told him he was now his personal project. Lewellyn had already shot Anton and Anton had at least a moment of doubt about whether he could deal with Lewellyn. Lewellyn was handling Anton and had shot him and escaped from him, all of which surprised Carson. Anton was accustomed to people being intimidated by him but Lewellyn wasn't intimidated. I think Lewellyn was an example of a man who can't be intimidated by other men, even if the other man is a psychopath.
Lewellyn was naive though and that got him killed ultimately. I don't think Anton was afraid of him. Anton was maybe just surprised how brash he was.
Llewellyn was also a thief. He tried to take the unearned, basically taking shortcut in an unethical way to achieve a value. This never works.
@@johngleue When I read this I became unGleued.
@@w.harrison7277 Haha, very nice. That's how everyone I meet pronounces my name! 😀 I'm told 'eue' has an 'oy' sound. We pronounce it Gloy rhyming with boy.
No, I don't believe anyone scared that psychopath.
The book does a better job explaining their history. Basically he and Wells were both professional killers who sometimes crossed paths. But Anton viewed other hit men as targets of opportunity and was always looking to eliminate his competitors. Wells' fatal mistake was hubris; he thought he could get the drop on Anton and failed. The penalty was getting his head blown off
I haven't read the book, but I would like to know if Anton's appearance is described in the book, or that haircut was original from the movie?
@@evangelicae_rationis they didn't describe his hair, just that it was brown and his eyes very blue
If thats the case then the film take on this is better because it illustrate the absolute discord of Anton's actions with anything that resembles rationality. It's not about history of both characters but the fact that Anton is not interested in what he wants as much as the way he gets it - the exercise of control through fear.
@@evangelicae_rationis great question. It's true his hair cut adds to his creepiness. It's doesn't belong to our time like he doesn't belong in our moral landscape ..
He shot him in the chest
The phone is the scariest soundtrack ever
Gave me a damn heart attack. Damn movie with its lack of music
A soundtrack is the complete musical accompaniment to a film. The ringing phone was an audio effect.
@UA-cam Totally Isn't Biased Wow, triggered! Is the OP your boyfriend?
Outrageously loud!
Javier Bardem is an outstanding actor, and it is interesting to watch the cast interviews after this movie was filmed, he is quite a kind-hearted, gentle guy who hates violence.
This scene was touching. It made Carson's comment to Llewelyn quite ironic: "You've seen him, and you're still alive?"
Carson:"im an daytrader"
Anton:"Thats just stupid"
2008 intensifies
hahaahhaah pretty accurate.
He didn't choose to hold his ground. The moment he offered him money showed his fears and Anton capitalized on it.
Absolutely phenomenal acting by Woody Harrelson here. He makes us all feel what Carson Wells is feeling. It's like we're all Carson Wells in this scene.
This scene plays on the idea that "crazy people don't know they are crazy".
Anton was so confused as to why Carson thought he was crazy. He didn't understand if he meant that Anton was crazy or the nature of the conversation was crazy. The Coen's really made a masterpiece.
Anton gives a half smile when the phone rings as he enjoys that Carson knows he will not get to the phone..! Quite chilling...!!
the way his face changes from smiling to grim and serious when he says "of what use was the rule?" is chilling.
What was the rule he was talking about?
@@sanjeevbalhara9954 Basically saying how he lives and his motives.
"You go to hell"
"Mmmmmm, alright"
Garrett Kittel You get the sense that Anton’s been to hell already. He’s a servant of Satan.
I don’t think so...perhaps a servant of death. But he doesn’t strike be as the biblical type in the slightest
Yep
@DoogieBowser I think key word here is *servant of death, meaning that he works for the grim reaper or cut a deal with him perhaps, the woman not choosing heads or tails in the last coin toss of the movie, signifies Antons deal with the grim reaper which includes him giving everyone a 50/50 shot goes to hell when the wife doesnt pick, anton gets punished for killing someone without playing by the rules he agreed to for the game he is playing with death itself
@@FranklinSninsky That's really dumbing the movie down. There's nothing supernatural about Anton.
Your only best hope with Anton is to talk to him, maybe he'll like you, or rather, pity you enough to give you a 50/50 chance of survival.
He has no pity for anyone.
You will only get the 50/50 chance if he sees you worthy of it because you or your actions impressed him
@@Shore1985 He really gave me the impression that he had pity for the gas station clerk. When he pretty much gasped and said "You married into it?" It was like the coin toss was to snap the guy out of it. At first he was offended that the guy was nosy while just trying to make friendly conversation, but then it really looks like pity. Anton was practically pleading with the guy to call the right side of the coin.
he thinks he's Two-Face
@@Shore1985 not even that. The 50/50 is random. He kills the guy at the beginning simply because he wants his car. He promises to kill Moss' wife, yet offers her the 50/50 chance. the boys at the end are witnesses, yet he ignored them. He acts like a random force of nature.
@@kirrithkovacs5097 because the boys didn't show they were a threat to him. Which is why he didn't do anything. Including that he was injured and the boy helped him. He didn't feel a reason to kill them
The phone was the loudest thing in this quiet film by a long way.
I finally got to give this movie a watch and it becomes one of the best movies iI've ever seen.
Perfect scene. Anton when he says An ATM is the most chilling part. The very idea of letting Carson go for anything is hilarious to him. And you can see the vacancy in his eyes in that moment. Amazing.
you mean the nature of this conversation ?
I mean the nature of you.
You may have the money, Anton.
an atm...
A
@@llUsernameInvalidll for the benefit of the hearing impaired
The tension was so masterfully done in this scene that the phone should have won a hot damn oscar for best movie prop.
2:15 made me flinch so hard first time watching, the amount of suspense created in this scene is really impressive
Phone call: Mr. Anton your pizza is ready.
Anton: How does a pepperoni perceive reality?
"He did close his eyes. He closed his eyes and turned his head and he raised one hand to fend away what could not be fended away. Chigurh shot him in the face. Everything Wells had ever known or thought or loved slowly drained down the wall behind him. His mother's face, his first communion, women he had known, the faces of men who had died on their knees before him, the body of a child in a roadside ravine in another country. He lay half headless on the bed with his arms out flung, most of his right hand missing."
That's brutal... damn
This was one of the best scenes of the movie for me personally. I was so on edge the whole time, that, I not only flinched on the original phone ring, but on every subsequent ring that followed it. That’s never happened to me in any other movie I’ve seen.
"If the rule you followed, brought you to this, what use was the rule?"
My wife and I both said that was deep at the same time.
We all die. His rules just made him feel good about himself before he got there.
one of the many great things about this genius movie is showing one killer with another. and one killer is scared out of his mind. wow. chillingly perfect.
Anton's face during this whole interaction was of pure joy, he wanted to enjoy every second of it, if you put yourself on Carson's shoes, that would be the scariest moment of your life, having a professional killer infront of you, who is enjoying your fear and will enjoy killing you and you also know there's no way out, this is your end, and will come at the moment that Anton deciedes it will come, that's terrifyng.
Anton has too alien mindset to actually be sadistic. Carson is professional killer and henchman, but Anton is something much worse than he can actually imagine. Perhaps Anton feels some kind of joy from once again proving to himself that destiny is immutable. There is simply nothing even halfway sane human can touch in Anton's mind. To Carson killing appears to be unpleasant side-effect of his job while Anton kills as easily as he breathes.
At least the death was quick.
@@vksasdgaming9472 I don't think thats it at all. As somebody else wrote, even the actor, his point was that he is never in control of himself, its always 'fate'. Thats why he flips the coin. But in THIS case, he doesn't flip the coin. Its when the phone rings that he shoots him. He's also wrong, for all HIS bravado the money was not placed at his feet, a bunch of mexicans kill whatsisname. So why is he smiling? I'd argue he's smiling because he is looking at a mirror image of himself, another killer. And so what he sees in the mirror is that 'fate' really is the same no matter who is involved, even if it were HIM, he'd be saying the same "you dont' have to do this". His smile of course is wrong, because 'fate' shows him at the end that it can kill him coming out of a driveway, and it can help him with just the generosity of innocent little boys. Its pretty much set up for a sequel that didn't come. But I don't think he's smiling because he 'enjoys his fear', as I say, he's smiling because he knows that he is doing 'right', he is doing gods work but wiping out people who deserve it. Thats WHY he can continue that right up to meeting that guys wife, I think in the book it says he shoots her, but in the movie they dont' show it, they don't show it because she refuses to call it, so they are giving a totally different interpretation to the entire storyline simply by not showing one scene. As a viewer you really don't know what he did, so we don't know 'for sure' what that smile means, which of course is what all good movies do, leave things open to interpretation (thats mine, I welcome yorus:)
@@mikearchibald744 I merely meant that what drives Anton is something nobody can empathize. His mind is utterly alien. He can pass as human, his set of morals is absolutely incomprehensible. At best you might guess that Anton simply wants to see support on his thesis of everything being destined and coin is just his way of asking is someone about to die.
I think it is about two forces of cosmos being at conflict: Destiny and Chance. Anton firmly believes in Destiny.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Interesting, although keep in mind as for empathy, regular germans became prison guards and walzed millions to thier deaths. So I don't think being homicidal is as alien as all that.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'believing' in destiny because the coin flip seems the very essence of chance.
Of course in books characters often represent soemthing. I'm not sure about Anton. If I remember correctly the REAL antagonist is 'the corporation'. Stephen Roots character gets shot, but its not Anton who kills the protagonist, thats random mexican gangsters. ALL of this is orchestraed by 'the corporation', including Anton. What that maens I don't know.
“It will be brought to me and placed under my feet”. What a line!!
Carson already knew Anton....
the shotgun deserves an award
Woody does such a good job of playing someone petrified that's trying to hide it in this scene.
Mr Wells is doing his best deadpan expression---acting calm, then the phone rings---and he is so startled that he cannot pretend that he's not scared out of his mind. Anton smiles that smile...
Really have to hand it to Woody here, his acting in this scene is brilliant, even though he is obviously overshadowed by the most terrifying villain put to the cinematic screen in recent memory. Love how VincenzoV in that pinned comment described it, as the best "I'm about to die acting," ever. I'm just imagining how an actor would even go about deciding how he was going to play a scene like this. I mean god damn dude... every single line Woody's character has in this scene is delivered with a mix of absolute terror at the realization that he doesn't have a chance of leaving alive, but still some respectable courage while literally looking death in the face. Woody's transition from the beginning of the scene where you can clearly see him hoping against all odds that his one little piece of leverage (the money in the ATM) may save him, to his acceptance of the fact he is a dead man already on borrowed time while still maintaining some dignity with the "Go to hell" line was just beautiful to watch. It's a masterful example of how effective under acting can be.
A lot of really talented and well established actors would have played this scene one of two ways, and both would have been a mistake for a scene like this
Exactly. It is very fine and subtle acting. 100% believable
Brilliant scene that characterizes the entirety of Anton's personalty. It shows that Anton is not interested in what he wants as much as the way he gets it - the exercise of control through fear.
When Anton comes up behind Carson on the stairs still gives me chills!
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule" -- I think about that line
My wife and I just watched that for the first time last night. I couldn't believe how short Woody Harrelson's role was.
"If the rule you followed, brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
I think he said road.
*Road 🤣🤣
I think he does say rule. I don't know what it means either? But then again. He's bat shit crazy, after all 😊
@@amberlopez7477 you're right, he's a fking wizard with the weapons.
@@amberlopez7477 Nah. The screenplay says 'Road'
He chooses to give Anton one last dig at his psyche instead of pleading til the end. There’s a lot of dignity in doing that. Telling Anton his whole existence is based upon madness and that killing him will just further prove it. Badass scene.
This scene is mandatory for film actors and movie directors. Carson has fear and tries to keep calm realizing that his hope disappears, Chigurt enjoys his victim's fear, and the camera shows actors faces and off course that bloody shoot gun!
Javier Bardem is the best....period.
Yes!
One scary fella for sure. If I had the money, I would definitely give it to him to keep from being killed!!!
the dancer upstairs. Right? Movie
@@douglasb.1238 Anton doesn't care about money. It doesn't define him like others. He is the Grim Reaper. He is Death personified.
@@dan_hitchman007 No, he THINKS he is a servant of death, but as the end of the movie shows, he's just a human being like everyone else.
I was obsessed with this movie from the first day I saw it.
"You go to hell"
"Hmmm... alright."
That man is so inhuman, he's kind of hard to hate as much as many villains who are half as psychopathic.
It was supposed to be that way. He's like The Reaper.
Carsons chair back forms a visual metaphor of his coming angel wings.
The character of Carson Wells is baffling to me. He acts as if he knew Chigurh inside out. He warns Lewellyn as to what is going to happen. Yet somehow he completely fails to follow his own advice. If he's some kind of top bounty hunter or a mercenary I would expect him to carry a gun in a quick draw holster in case one of the murderous people he's dealing with on a daily basis should suddenly approach him with a shotgun and say "hello". What was his plan exactly? To cut a deal with Chigurh? He knew damn well that the money is not what Chigurh is after. More like the people who are after the money. And once you cross his path, you're a dead man walking. Or a woman.
Notice that whenever Chigurh manages to shoot someone in this movie, you will never see any innocent bystanders. At least, not for long...
I agree 100% His only chance was a fight on the stairs he's going to die if he goes into the hotel room.
@AgentQQ8 That's kinda a theme throughout the movie. Jones has a line about even in contest between man and steer the issue can be in doubt. How much are we really in control, how much is chance, how much is fate?
i always got the feeling from the book, that Wells was more of a private eye than a pistol packing shootout type of bounty hunter. so he was more relying on diplomacy and all out sneakyness to acquire any target as opposed to weapons and facing people face to face.
@@LadyFairChildVideo exactly, shoot it out guys only survive for long in the movies.
Why do you blank the screen on one of the best moments in the whole movie? Afraid of daddy YT?
Forgot how that ring scared the crap out of me 😂
I always loved how Woody’s character came off like we wasn’t worried about nothing, and then he sees him.
woody playing his own dad
Wdym?
How is he playing his own dad
His father was a known pay killer who shot a federal judge
Baljot Bhatti my dad was a guard at the ADX super max prison his dad was in, he said when Woody would visit he was a stuck up asshole
@@baljot1231 Don't forget JFK
Anton Chigurh doesn't seem to be obsessed with murder. He's obsessed with observing how people react when they know they are minutes or seconds away from being murdered.
Two actors who completely mastered their roles. No one could have played these parts better.
One of the scariest movie characters in history. The way he speaks alone is bone chilling.
A fantastic scene. It's missing the inner thoughts of Carson that the book provides.
He is basically done with this life, and he gives up. Also he feels guilty because he is also a paid hitman, and thinks about all the men that kneeled before him, begging for their lives unsuccesfully. He is not a good guy per se, but at this point of his life, is seriously considering retirement, and he is not 100% into it. Thats a catastrophic mistake when going up against Anton.
But in the end his mistake was just that, an oversight. He didnt underestimate Anton because he compares him with the boubonic plague, and is honestly surprised when Moss says he saw Anton and survived. So Wells knows all about Anton.
I guess he just believed that Anton was not there anymore, was on his way to Odessa or sth. I m not sure Carson even carries a sidearm in this scene. A 1911 tucked away. It actually seems like he doesnt. He is shocked at the stairs and then just has to accept his fate.
Carson ofc knows he has absolutely nothing to bargain with but has to try a hail Mary. When he gets rejected he doesnt lose his dignity by begging Chigurh to spare him, but sends him to hell and insults him also.
The book describes the final moment vividly, as Carson raises up his hand, to stop a buckshot that his whole life led to and that he cannot stop with his bare hand.
i just love how he changed his expression at 1:45
Woody really knows what it's like to be related to a killer, the one for hire. It's his own dad. One of those miracles when your gene pool turns you to the right direction.
- Do you have any idea how crazy you are?
- You mean the nature of this conversation?
- I mean the nature of you!
I feel like Anton has a mental count of all the time he’s heard “you don’t have to do this.”
The thing that scares people about Anton is that he is akin to a force of nature (earthquake, tornado, etc.). How do you reason with nature? Only by luck or fate do you get to survive the interaction. Wit, strength or the will to live do not matter during the event because nature holds all of the cards.
Tell that to Captain Jack Sparrow.
@Marko Lopez Thanks!
That's BS
Anton and Dude in hat knew each other
But because the nature of the situation Anton has to kill his ex associate in order to complete the job
Hes just a man a very dangerous dude
@@elkiller1120 Get up on the wrong side of the bed today? It's just my take on a FICTIONAL character. Lighten up Francis. Geez.
@@thomast8539 I agree, I understand what you’re describing. There’s no emotion in nature it just is.
Why would anyone dislike this masterpiece?!
Because of its cruelty.
the way he smiles while asking him the rule question is amazing lol
“Of what use was the rule?” Dang!!! that delivery was top notch.
Leave it to the Cohen brother's to make a bone chilling movie..I was on the edge of my seat when I watched this...chilling.
Lucky the Jonas bros didnt direct
It would have been a musical
Imagine the call it scene
🎶sometimes you gotta call it... life is a box and you gotta chance the licorice
So when a psycho asks you to call it... theres 🥁no
🥁time
🥁to
🥁be
🥁a
🥁biiiiiiiiitch
ATMs and Day-traders in 1980?
Carsons face says it all. Only a matter of time . The phone rings . Time to pay the piper
One of the times Anton's ego got the best of him. He should have just had Carson show him where the suitcase was.
That requires him letting Carson somewhat free and free to interact with others outside, either to pull a gun on Anton or to yell for help from the cops.
Anton would rather live and not risk getting in a firefight with the police
Anton doesn't just want the money. He has to kill the man who stole it too.
For Anton it isn't just about the money, that's what this scene reveals.
Exactly
I watched this show on a long haul flight to Bangkok and it was that good I watched it a second time on the same flight .
‘If the rule you followed brought you this, of what use was the rule?’
Think of the complexity of those two sentences. Chigur mercilessly (almost giddy with joy) encapsulates Carson’s entire life within one line…has got to be the most brutal but honest-and intriguing conversation from this whole movie.
When you can be the villain in this movie then the blue prince in "eat, pray and love. " damn.
You’re so right!
Javier is amazing
Antons eyes looked soulless and unbothered like a sharks....so methodical as in all his encounters that it’s just routine to kill again....!! Just a brilliant piece of acting.
Anton, before the cameras rolled, jokingly mentioned finding real shotgun shells in his pocket. Roll cameras. Action!Woody's best dramatic performance followed.
Are you smoke crak or what? Lol
This movie is great. Literally great. Not overuse of the word great but a perfect example of great.