[UA] No country for old men

[Niall]

I thought it was a great example of a character who was hardened on several
categories. Rather than being an avatar I would say he's someone whos
nearly, or has, maxed out on violence and helplessness meters. The coin toss
represents his view that a lot, if not everything in life is random (a core
message of the film  and the book)

Niall


On 16/02/2008, Angus Fletcher <ethdem at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And what's up with the coin tosses?
>
> On Feb 16, 2008 12:27 PM, Fidel Santiago <pperez333 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think I haven´t read anything about the film in this list. And, well,
> > it´s great. I really liked it.
> >
> > I think it has some UA flavour in the killer (Anton Chigurh) character
> > and, maybe, Carson Wells. When I was watching the film I though that
> > appears as some kind of avatars fight, maybe Anton is a night stalker or
> > masterless man and Wells is a executioner.
> >
> > The extreme of the Anton´s violence is somehow magick and he has all his
> > tricks about luck, coins and a personal code. I think he is obviously
> > following an avatar way. Don´t you think?
> >
> > Best regards.
> > --
> > Fidel Santiago.
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