It's not that there's nowhere to go, it's that the old ways don't work

Jamir 2022-04-22 07:01:02

Is there an order in this world? Seems like there used to be. Either believe in violence, or believe in intelligence, or believe in kindness, or believe in old man's words, or believe in something that doesn't exist. No matter what is believed, a certain order can be maintained, once historically.
But the world is simply not orderly, it is inherently random. Those who worship money die under the gun, those who worship guns die cunning, those who worship smart die cruelty, those who worship kindness die from malpractice, the old sheriff who is the embodiment of order is at a loss in the face of desperadoes, the boss of the underworld In the blink of an eye, an inexplicable spike. The shopkeeper escaped by luck, and the old aunt was forgiven for her integrity. This society is essentially chaotic, destroying the order that people just got used to, and creating a new order that everyone is not comfortable with.
But society needs order to function. Only power can create order, randomness can reflect fairness, and killing can maintain principles. This is the general law of the world. Belief in everything else is too naive. As long as you acknowledge the nature of change and master random methods, no matter good or bad, black and white can kill. Existence is bound to perish, the elderly are destined to be eliminated, and only those who defend their principles with death can move freely. It's an old society that doesn't work.
for old man there is no. country.

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Extended Reading
  • Johathan 2021-10-20 18:58:09

    If the cowboy and the murderer want to fight in a real fight, the two are half the strength, but the cowboy actually loses in humanity. He wants money and protects his wife, so the murderer can threaten to control him. On the other hand, the murderer has no humanity, not even "evil" humanity, not greedy for money and bad fortune, and even has no omnipotent Freudian childhood traumatic experience. There is no emotion and principle. The principle is to kill, and it is as natural as God. Irresistible

  • Elinore 2022-03-23 09:01:07

    Very depressing film

No Country for Old Men quotes

  • Anton Chigurh: What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?

    Gas Station Proprietor: Sir?

    Anton Chigurh: The most. You ever lost. On a coin toss.

    Gas Station Proprietor: I don't know. I couldn't say.

    [Chigurh flips a quarter from the change on the counter and covers it with his hand]

    Anton Chigurh: Call it.

    Gas Station Proprietor: Call it?

    Anton Chigurh: Yes.

    Gas Station Proprietor: For what?

    Anton Chigurh: Just call it.

    Gas Station Proprietor: Well, we need to know what we're calling it for here.

    Anton Chigurh: You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair.

    Gas Station Proprietor: I didn't put nothin' up.

    Anton Chigurh: Yes, you did. You've been putting it up your whole life, you just didn't know it. You know what date is on this coin?

    Gas Station Proprietor: No.

    Anton Chigurh: 1958. It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it's here. And it's either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.

    Gas Station Proprietor: Look, I need to know what I stand to win.

    Anton Chigurh: Everything.

    Gas Station Proprietor: How's that?

    Anton Chigurh: You stand to win everything. Call it.

    Gas Station Proprietor: Alright. Heads then.

    [Chigurh removes his hand, revealing the coin is indeed heads]

    Anton Chigurh: Well done.

    [the gas station proprietor nervously takes the quarter with the small pile of change he's apparently won while Chigurh starts out]

    Anton Chigurh: Don't put it in your pocket, sir. Don't put it in your pocket. It's your lucky quarter.

    Gas Station Proprietor: Where do you want me to put it?

    Anton Chigurh: Anywhere not in your pocket. Where it'll get mixed in with the others and become just a coin. Which it is.

    [Chigurh leaves and the gas station proprietor stares at him as he walks out]

  • Carla Jean Moss: You don't have to do this.

    Anton Chigurh: [smiles] People always say the same thing.

    Carla Jean Moss: What do they say?

    Anton Chigurh: They say, "You don't have to do this."

    Carla Jean Moss: You don't.

    Anton Chigurh: Okay.

    [Chigurh flips a coin and covers it with his hand]

    Anton Chigurh: This is the best I can do. Call it.

    Carla Jean Moss: I knowed you was crazy when I saw you sitting there. I knowed exactly what was in store for me.

    Anton Chigurh: Call it.

    Carla Jean Moss: No. I ain't gonna call it.

    Anton Chigurh: Call it.

    Carla Jean Moss: The coin don't have no say. It's just you.

    Anton Chigurh: Well, I got here the same way the coin did.