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killer on the floor, strangled the young police officer who had arrested him alive. The police officer made the most desperate struggle between dying and caused death not from suffocation, but from excessive bleeding by the chains of the handcuffs. After Anton Chigurh washed his hands, he walked past the police officer's body. The picture shows the police officer's floor. The police officer's feet are covered with black marks. Presumably these are the leather shoes of the police officer's feet when he is struggling. The result of constantly rubbing the ground. From the number of traces, one can imagine how painful the police officer was at that time.
The shaking car key
Llewelyn Moss came to the scene after the drug dealer shootout, and there was a dead silence. And the way to highlight this dead silence is to make a tiny sound. The Coen brothers chose to let Llewelyn Moss open a car door, causing the car to sway slightly, and the car keys that were still inserted on the engine were swayed, and there was a crisp metal crash between the keys. The owner of the car lying on one side had already died in a pool of blood. The sound processing here makes the entire gun battle scene full of weirdness and mystery, but also dangerous.
Struggling candy paper
The most famous conversation fragment of "Old Nowhere" takes place between Anton Chigurh and the gas station owner. The content of this dialogue, the performance of the actors, and the rhythm made the audience feel creepy with the gas station boss. Except for the front and back shots of the two, the only close-up cut in the passage is a piece of candy paper that Anton Chigurh placed on the counter after eating chocolate. This candy paper was crumpled by Anton Chigurh, and slowly stretched out after being still on the counter due to its own tension. The Coen brothers gave this shot enough time, followed by the boss's reaction shot looking at the sugar paper. First of all, this close-up close-up is a very good rhythm adjustment. In addition, if you guess further, the sugar paper in this shot may imply the struggle of those who were ravaged and killed by Anton Chigurh. Although it is just sugar paper, it must be shuddering in the eyes of the boss.
The reflection of the television
Anton Chigurh chases Llewelyn Moss to his home and finds that there is no one in the house. He poured a glass of milk and sat on the sofa, as if letting himself into Llewelyn Moss's mind, wanting to know where I would escape if I were him next. At this time, he cut into his reflection on the TV screen. When the police Ed Tom Bell arrived, Anton Chigurh had already left. Ed Tom Bell also sat on the sofa and cut into his own reflection on the TV screen. Obviously Ed Tom Bell also wanted to enter Anton Chigurh's mind and imagine the killer's next step.
Scratches on the ventilation duct
Anton Chigurh chased Llewelyn Moss to the motel and found traces of dragging objects in the ventilation duct. And this trace is very subtle, on the lens, only through a specific angle and light can be found. In this cat-and-mouse game, it is these tiny details that drive the plot.
The reflection of the door lock
To reflect the tension, the Coen brothers took a more interesting and extreme approach. Anton Chigurh's iconic weapon-the oxygen gun can easily open the metal door lock. When Ed Tom Bell was about to enter the hotel room where Anton Chigurh was hiding, Anton Chigurh judged Ed Tom Bell's whereabouts by the reflection of the door lock (the remaining metal surface) after being damaged by the oxygen gun. This small lens conveys traditional suspense messages in an innovative way.
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