This film is a rare excellent film in the history of Oscars. It tests the audience's ability to observe details and reason about the plot everywhere. Judging from foreign film reviews, there are very few piercings found in the film, and most of them are irrelevant. From the perspective of the storyline, the whole film is logical and reasonable, and it has very rich and far-reaching meanings. Regarding the meaning of this film, many film reviews have discussed it, and the audience has their own understanding, so I won't discuss it here. This article only gives a detailed introduction to the plot and explains some controversial logical reasoning issues. Location introduction: Texas: Texas, the southernmost state in the continental United States, is the second largest state in the United States in terms of area, which is smaller than Qinghai in China. To the southeast is the Gulf of Mexico, to the south is Mexico, and to the west is New Mexico. Here is a simple schematic map of Texas: http://www.chinabaike.com/trip/UploadPic/2007-6/2007614131933809.gif (The above link does not guarantee long-term validity. If it fails, please search for the keyword on Google: "Texas Map") Terrell: Terrell, a city in eastern Texas. Both Moss and Bell are residents here. Odessa: Odessa, a city in western Texas. Moss' mother-in-law lives here. Del Rio: Del Rio, a city on the southern border of Texas, across the river from Mexico. Moss has a close friend here, so he came here the first step after his escape. Eagle Pass: Eagle Pass, a border city far south of Del Rio, the situation is similar to Del Rio. The place where Moss and Chigurh first clashed head-on. El Paso: El Paso, a small city in the westernmost part of Texas, is located at the junction of Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Rio Grande: Rio Grande, a river that crosses central Texas. At the beginning of the film, Moss hunted deer near the river. Rio Bravo: The Bravo River, the border river between the United States and Mexico, flows through Del Rio and Eagle Pass. Desert Air Trailer Park: "Desert Air" RV parking lot, located in Terrell, where Moss's home (actually a RV) is parked here. Regal Motor Hotel: Emperor Motel, located in Del Rio. The hotel where Moss stayed for the first time after escaping. Chigurh killed three Mexicans here. Desert Sands Motor Hotel: "Desert Sands" motel, located in El Paso. Moss finally hid the money here, where he was also killed by the Mexicans. Character introduction (in order of appearance): Anton Chigurh: Anton Chigurh, an anti-social pervert killer, was hired to find the money box lost by the American drug company. Llewelyn Moss: Llewelyn Moss, a welder, used to be a Vietnam War veteran. He accidentally found 2 million dollars in drug money in a vast desert and began to flee. Carla Jean: Carla Jean, Moss's wife. Although she is very worried about her husband's embezzlement of ill-gotten wealth, she still supports him. Ed Tom Bell: Ed Tom Bell, a terrell sheriff who is about to retire. Carson Wells: Carlson Wales, a retired colonel, cowboy and bounty hunter, was hired to stop Chigurh and try to find drug money. Ellis: Ellis, a retired sheriff, was shot and became disabled during a mission. He used a wheelchair for his entire life. He is Bell's uncle. Plot introduction: (Because there are many Chinese translations of the film, the translated names of the characters and locations are different. For accuracy, the original English names appearing in the film are used below. For comparison with the Chinese translated names, please refer to the location above Introduction and character introduction.) The film tells a story that took place in July 1980, starting in an open and desolate area in western Texas. Bell, the local police chief, told a story saying that as the times change, the area has become more and more violent. When he finished the narration, Chigurh, an anti-social killer, was arrested by the sheriff's deputy and put in a police car. Chigurh then strangled the police to death with handcuffs and escaped and stole the police car. On the highway, he killed a man with a barrel gun (his most famous weapon, which is often used to unlock the lock later), and changed to a Ford car of that man. At the same time, Moss was hunting deer by the Rio Grande River and stumbled upon several corpses and a dying Mexican. This was clearly a scene where the drug trade failed. Then he found another suitcase containing 2 million U.S. dollars nearby. At first, Moss took the money and left the dying man to go home, but he was condemned by his conscience that night and decided to go back and bring water to the Mexican (perhaps reminiscent of the scene when his comrade-in-arms died). However, the Mexican gangsters who had returned there were found and hunted down. Moss escaped nine deaths, but left his car on the scene. The next morning, the Mexican and Chigurh learned his name and address through the sign on his car. (Bell knows this car and knows it belongs to Moss). Moss returned to his RV (parked at Desert Air), let his wife Jean take a coach to hide to her family's home in Odessa, and escaped to Del Rio. Professional killer Chigurh accepted an employment from a US drug company to try to retrieve the money box. He then went to Moss's RV and used a barrel gun to rush in the car door, but only found some phone bills. In the evening, Chigurh obtained signal receivers from two American employers and killed them, then used the receivers to track Moss and drive to Del. Rio's Regal Motel. Moss lived here after escaping to Del Rio, with the cash box hidden in the ventilation duct of his room. When Moss returned to the outside of the hotel at night, he found that people had been inside, and possibly still in ambush inside. Therefore, instead of entering the house, he rented the next room with the ventilation duct connected to it, hooked the cash box out of the ventilation duct with a self-made long pole and escaped. At the same time, Chigurh rushed into the room and killed the three Mexicans who were ambushing inside. Chigurh looked around for the cash box and then noticed the vent. He unloaded the screw with a coin and opened the baffle, but when he saw the scratches of the dust inside, he realized that Moss had escaped with the cash box. Chigurh used the receiver again to track Moss to a hotel near a border on Eagle Pass. Just when Moss found the signal transmitter hidden in the money in the cash box, Chigurh arrived. Then they had a fierce gun battle and ran to the street to continue the exchange of fire. As a result, Moss received a serious gunshot wound. He then walked across the U.S.-Mexico border (while he threw the money box outside the railing) and was admitted to a hospital with the help of a group of Mexican buskers. Chigurh became lame after being hit by a shotgun in the thigh, and did not recover until the end of the film. The next day, Chigurh detonated a car outside the pharmacy to attract people's attention. He stole medicine and syringes at the medicine point to heal himself. In a Mexican hospital, Wells, another hired killer for an American drug company, found Moss. His goal was to stop Chigurh and try to find money. He wanted to make a deal with Moss and promised to protect Moss and share a portion of the money, but was rejected. When Wells returned to the hotel, he found Chigurh waiting for him. After discussing fate with Chigurh, he was shot and killed by an air gun. When Chigurh killed Wells, he received a call from Moss to Wells. Chigurh made a condition: If Moss handed over the money, he would not kill his wife, but he must die. Moss angrily refused, planning to retrieve the cash box and return to El Paso meets his wife Jean secretly and asks her to escape with money. In the middle of an episode, Chigurh went to an American drug company and shot his boss, on the grounds that the boss gave the receiver to the Mexican (recall the reason why the Mexican found the Regal Motel). Jean worried about the safety of Moss, so he told the old sheriff Bell about the location of the appointment, hoping to get Bell's protection. Jean was followed by a Mexican on the way to the Odessa long-distance station with her mother (preparing to take the long-distance bus to El Paso). Later outside the station, her mother accidentally revealed the address of the meeting to the Mexicans. The Mexicans found the Desert where Moss lived in El Paso based on location information. Sands Motel. In a fierce and chaotic gun battle, Moss was killed by the Mexicans, and the old sheriff Bell was almost able to see him. Jean arrived at the motel an hour later and learned the news of her husband's death. The old sheriff Bell returned to the motel that had calmed down after having dinner with the local sheriff, only to find that the lock of Moss's room had been broken. Chigurh was standing on the other side of the door and looking at the old sheriff through the reflection of the empty keyhole. Bell pulled out the gun, entered the room, stepped over where Moss was killed, and noticed that the vent cover had been removed with a coin. Bell did not meet Chigurh in the end. A few days later, Bell went to visit his uncle Ellis. This is an old police officer who was disabled due to being shot by a gangster. Bell said he was tired of the changing times and was ready to retire, but Ellis pointed out that there are more and more violent crimes in the area. Bell also talked about the criminal who paraplegic Ellis died in jail. Finally, Ellis told Bell about the process of Bell's father being killed. Jean returned home after attending his mother's funeral and found Chigurh waiting for her. Chigurh told Jean why he was waiting for her here (recall that Moss hadn't agreed to Chigurh's condition before: handing over the money to not kill Jean), then Chigurh gave Jean a chance to guess the coin, and if he guessed it right, he could survive. But Jean refuses to guess the coin, because the killer decides whether to kill or not. Chigurh then left the house and drove away. Whether Jean was killed or not has not been explained, but Chigurh lifted his foot when he came out of the room to see if the soles of his shoes were stained with blood. (Reminiscent of Chigurh killing Wells and tilting his feet on the table to prevent blood from getting blood.) When he drove away, he was hit by a red-lighted car and fractured his left arm. It was seriously injured, and it barely moved to the side of the road, bought a shirt from a passing child to make a loop, lifted the injured left arm, and left before the police and first aid arrived. Bell is retired, and while having breakfast with his wife, he talked about his late father and then talked about two dreams he had. In the first dream, he lost money, and then his father gave him 100 yuan; in the second dream, his father rode a horse and passed by him on the snow-capped mountain, holding the torch in the horn, wrapped in it Under a blanket and head down...the surroundings are dark and cold... Finally Bell said: "Then, I woke up." The film ended. Go to the table to avoid getting blood. ) When he drove away, he was hit by a car running through a red light and fractured his left arm. It was seriously injured, and it barely moved to the side of the road, bought a shirt from a passing child to make a loop, lifted the injured left arm, and left before the police and first aid arrived. Bell is retired, and while having breakfast with his wife, he talked about his late father and then talked about two dreams he had. In the first dream, he lost money, and then his father gave him 100 yuan; in the second dream, his father rode a horse and passed by him on the snow-capped mountain, holding the torch in the horn, wrapped in it Under a blanket and head down...the surroundings are dark and cold... Finally Bell said: "Then, I woke up." The film ended. Go to the table to avoid getting blood. ) When he drove away, he was hit by a car running through a red light and fractured his left arm. It was seriously injured, and it barely moved to the side of the road, bought a shirt from a passing child to make a loop, lifted the injured left arm, and left before the police and first aid arrived. Bell is retired, and while having breakfast with his wife, he talked about his late father and then talked about two dreams he had. In the first dream, he lost money, and then his father gave him 100 yuan; in the second dream, his father rode a horse and passed by him on the snow-capped mountain, holding the torch in the horn, wrapped in it Under a blanket and head down...the surroundings are dark and cold... Finally Bell said: "Then, I woke up." The film ended. Here are some reasoning questions that some viewers have not figured out. What is the purpose of Moss returning to deliver water at night? Obviously the conscience is disturbed, to save people. If it is to kill the mouth, what do you do with water? If you want to show that he is going to kill his mouth, why introduce this ambiguous action? If you still think that the movie is showing that Moss is going to kill his mouth, how can he act to make you think he is going to send water? The original book spends a lot of space describing Moss's inner struggle with a dying person. In the screenplay adapted by the director Coen brothers, Moss's lines to his wife are: I'm fixing to do something dumber and hell but I'm going anyways . (I am going to do something stupid and risky, but I will do it anyway). The words "preparing" and "stupid" are the faithful expressions of the original work. In the discussion of foreign communities, it is also unanimous that Moss is going to save people. I don't know why many domestic audiences think that Moss is just going to die. Is it a cultural difference? Why did Chigurh kill that old man on the highway? At that time, Chigurh had only one stolen police car to drive, but it was too ostentatious, so he had to find a car on the road. Why did the person in the car die when Moss returned to the shooting scene at night? If you pay attention to the details, you will find that the window of the car is intact during the day, but there is a hole when you go at night, and there are broken glass under the car. Apparently someone had come and shot that person. Why did Chigurh kill his American employer at the scene of the shootout? Chigurh didn't want many people to see him, and secondly, because Chigurh wanted to change cars. Chigurh is such a death-like killer. For him, life and death are just the front and back of a coin. Why didn't Chigurh kill the proprietress of the parking lot? Although the proprietress was rude to him, in Chigurh's view, the proprietress showed a strong principle of not revealing the tenant information. In addition, hearing someone coming out of the toilet at the end of the conversation may make things worse if he wants to kill someone, and may reveal his whereabouts, and killing these insignificant people will not benefit him. How did Wells find Moss in only three hours? When he received the task, he already knew that the nearest location was the hotel, and found that there had been a gun battle, so someone must have been injured. The few Mexican buskers who helped Moss probably provided Wells with key information. Did Chigurh kill the accountant after killing the American boss? There is no introduction in the film, but obviously, yes. Chigurh finally asked him: "Did you see me?" The man is an accountant, and of course he would be very "smart" to answer: "No", this is an unprincipled performance in Chigurh's eyes. He will definitely kill this person. Killing the mouth is also an important reason, because no one who saw Zieg kill anyone survived, just like no one has ever seen death claim his life. What happened in the final shootout? The Mexicans found Moss through clues revealed by his mother-in-law, and then hunted him down. In the shootout, Moss fought hard and wounded a Mexican, but he was also killed, and the prostitute who was basking in the sun was also killed by mistake. Then the outgoing Mexicans hurriedly told their accomplices to flee when they saw the police. They did not get the money. Finally, what happened when Sheriff Bell went back to the room at night? Chigurh had already entered before Sheriff Bell was there and got the money Moss had hidden in the vent. Chig Urh confronts Bell across the door, staring at the keyhole. The sheriff went in after hesitating, but Chigurh had escaped from the bathroom window at this time, and the window buckle showed signs of being passive. (Controversial) Who took the money in the end? It was Chigurh who took the money. After Sergeant Bell returned to Room 114 where Moss was killed at night, the audience could infer from the coins and screws on the ground that Chigurh had taken the money away. This can be confirmed in the money Chigurh gave to the child after his car accident. Did Chigurh kill Moss's wife? Of course there is. When Chigurh came out of the house, he checked for blood on the soles of his shoes, which proved that he had shot and killed Moss's wife. How did the Mexicans finally find Moss? Moss invited his wife and mother-in-law to meet in El Paso, and the mother and daughter went to the Odessa car park to take a coach to El Paso. But they were followed by Mexicans on the way to the car park in a taxi. Outside the car, the Mexicans heard from their mother that they were going to El News from Paso. Here are some interesting details. When Moss ran away in a taxi, the driver said to him: "Young people shouldn't be like this...it's dangerous." This is implied. Why does the driver make a pun? Why does the driver know? In fact, the director is paying tribute to Morgan Freeman who plays the black god in "Fake God". For the second time, Chigurh robbed a chicken-carrying car on the highway. Later, everything was shot. Chigurh was washing the chicken feathers on the car with water. It was obvious that the driver was also killed by him. When Moss was looking for the transmitter in the box, he found that there was a wad of dollars all worth $1, and it turned out to be inside. This is very logical, no one would be stupid enough to dig a hole in a stack of 100 dollars. Moss shot the deer and put the cartridge case in his pocket. It can be seen that he is definitely a sniper with a long history of killing! In addition, when he was chased by hounds in the river, he calmly dried the gun and fired after escaping ashore. This is also evident from this series of actions. Chigurh flipped through the drawer when he was looking for money in the first hotel. It opened from bottom to top. If it's the other way around, you must close the top and open the bottom. It can be seen that Chigurh's careful thinking. After Chigurh found Moss for the first time, he rented the room next to Moss. I first studied the layout of the room, and also looked at the thickness of the partition wall, and determined that the bullet can penetrate, so when the Americans were killed later, they would shoot at the partition wall. There is a scene of Chigurh holding Moss's phone bill and dialing one by one. From the phone bill, we can find that Moss's most frequent calls are from Odessa and Del Rio in Taxas. In the phone record on May 20, there was a call to Odessa, and Chigurh also underlined a line to show the importance. Press this number to call, it was Moss's mother-in-law who answered the call.
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