The most. A David vs Goliath kind of moment where we’re worrying about the safety of an inferior party against a powerful one. And it's either heads or tails, and you have to say. PROPRIETOR We lived in Temple Texas for many years. Even though this isn’t the first scene to our antagonist, it certainly is our introduction. The latest video on James' YouTube channel inserts him into the infamous coin toss scene from the Coen Brothers' Oscar-winning crime thriller No Country For Old Men. Even though Anton is ruthless, he is calculated. However, we see none of that in this film where the ending is filled with loss in both a physical and philosophical perspective. I don't know. James has since posted a number of videos featuring The Sound Guy, inserting him into scenes from Rocky, The Notebook, Joker, and others. Heads then. Didn't mean nothin'. I could come back then. [He turns and goes. Anton refuses this action and tells him that this is his lucky coin. The act of hearing nothing but a creak, a breath, a step, a click of a gun. Now is not a time. He doesn’t toss the coin at every confrontation, he only uses it for random events he chooses to uncover. How's that? Cinematographer, Roger Deakins is perfect at capturing choice in a visual format by the still, focal nature of the lens. I said you don't know what you're talking about. Antithesis is most greatly described when the scene takes a humorous turn at the end. Now. Which leaves them to be manipulative. The scene opens with a long shot and all that we can gather from this shot is that the area is desolate, remote and isolated. PROPRIETOR Analysis of Coin-Toss Scene in No Country for Old Men The scene opens with a long, crane height angle-shot of a desolate and remote area; lasting a good 5” just to set the atmosphere. Take the three main characters; Llewelyn Moss ( Josh Brolin ), a normal working-class citizens who stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and takes the beneficiary aftermath of this event, a case full of money, for himself and his wife. He kills mostly everyone he deems as a threat but he doesn’t do it without conscious. What business is it of yours where I'm from, friendo? Back and forth, we get question after question. [Chigurh stands at the counter across from the elderly proprietor. CHIGURH You married into it. In Temple. I can't call it for you. PROPRIETOR When the proprietor of a convenience store tries to initiate friendly small talk, their conversation gradually becomes darker, the culmination of which involves Chigurh flipping a coin to decide if he should spare the man’s life. They all have a common aspect of each of their objectives and also in their stature of the constructed world as Nick James from Sight & Sound said “Chigurh is the bad guy, Bell as the good guy, and Llewelyn as the one caught between darkness and light.” (James, 2007) but another commonplace is that we never see how they started. You said that. The 60-second clip, which inserted James into the action by way of green screen, was a viral hit and has been viewed over 1.2 million times. Well... Sir? I guess that passes for manners in your cracker view of things. This was my wife's father's place. Even though the coin isn’t the cord that holds the story together, it is defining it. Sixty-nine cent. A coin toss perhaps. CHIGURH which is a category that Anton Chigurh of all people falls under. CHIGURH It can sometimes get so tense for him that he lets a coin decide where his next move goes. CHIGURH A relatable substance of the scene that even gets you to answer the question in your head. Yes. CHIGURH Just call it. In this case to small purpose. Call it. PROPRIETOR We’ve seen this challenge constantly attempted from cinematic minds like Stanley Kubrick with 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968) and Christopher Nolan with Inception (Nolan, 2010). They are all mammonist in a culture that is held captive by mammonism. Generally around dark. The two most common theories in the narrative telling of the film are Vladimir Propp ’s Character Theory and Tzvetan Todorov ’s Equilibrium Theory. Yessir. Anywhere not in your pocket. You know what date is on this coin? You don't know what you're talking about, do you? CHIGURH You need to call it. The scene’s structure plays out like a blind interrogation. Even when we do leave things up to chance, we still believe it’s result is influenced by a decision and what the actions of the world and the whole story revolves around is the ramifications of choice. They are all after same prize, the money, whether it’s for justice, reputation, remuneration, prospect or pleasure. PROPRIETOR He’s acute and a violent source of influence and agitation. PROPRIETOR There is no Democratization in Filmmaking. CHIGURH That's the way it is. Todorov’s theory is probably the most connected to the film out of the two with a notable exception of the ending. [He finishes the cashews and wads the packet and sets it on the counter where it begins to slowly unkink. Don't put it in your pocket. The coin toss scene from No Country For Old Men (2007), screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, one of the most riveting moments in the movie. Nineteen fifty-eight. This is demonstrated in no better way than in the first coin toss scene with the proprietor. Through some clever editing, James makes it seem as if the short is an outtake from behind the scenes of the movie, and the ending is particularly satisfying, as it makes it seems as if Bardem approves of James' impromptu performance. CHIGURH CHIGURH PROPRIETOR Semantism is evident with the questions. What time do you close. It’s in a similar way to how they can’t escape each other. PROPRIETOR CHIGURH His first upload, just four months ago, featured him playing a hapless sound guy who is recording on the set of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. We have voiceovers, over-exaggerated sound effects but never any music. We close now. Chigurh's eyes stay on the proprietor.] Call it? PROPRIETOR You been putting it up your whole life. CHIGURH We have three individuals who all have conflicting objectives. It wouldn't even be right. The Sound Guy, as he's come to be known, reacts with shock to the iconic twist that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father. [Chigurh stares, slowly chewing.] The coin toss is a Hermeneutic Element in this scene. PROPRIETOR What we have a case of with Anton Chigurh is that he is not Faust, he is the devil. Joel stated that even they “ admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact the he managed to beat the system ” (Coen, 2007) which is what ultimately stemmed them to play with these traditional aspects of a storyline. What is inspiring this concept is explained by Ethan Coen , “ Josh’s character is straining to hear, and you want to be in his point of view, likewise straining to hear.” (Coen, 2008).
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