One of the scenes that was surprising to me was the scene of Llewellyn's death. Nearly every scene he was in he was running or hiding from someone who was trying to kill him, and nearly every scene was tense and suspenseful. It was not far-fetched for the directors (and author of course) to kill Llewellyn off, but what surprised me was the complete lack of his death scene. His "death scene" was shown from Sheriff Moss' point of view, already finding Llewellyn dead.
The movie brings up the issues of fate, the saying that is attributed to the film is "There are no clean getaways" (Evidently there aren't any for Llewellyn either). What made this scene memorable for me was not that Llewellyn died, but that they chose not to show his death. What was interesting about this scene for you? Are there any other scenes that were similar?
One of the things that I noticed about the film, was that Llewellyn, Sheriff Bell, and Chigurh never come face to face during the entire movie (I'm 99.9% positive about this); they always missed each other by moments. This theme of narrow misses was common throughout the movie, so when Sheriff Bell finds Llewellyn, he's too late and Chigurh is gone. The fact that Llewellyn is killed, shows that Chigurh finally caught up to him.
ReplyDeleteRegarding your question about the line "There are no clean getaways", I think there are many moments when our characters narrowly escaped death, but it was never flawless. We see Llewellyn nearly escape gunfire multiple times, but the most interesting one is when Chigurh is leaving with the money finally, and he is struck by a car. He gets up, disregarding his severely broken arm, and continues on into the distance. This ultimately shows that no one can escape unharmed from this crazy world.