The main antagonist of the opus C. McCarthy, “Old Men Can't Get Here,” and his film adaptation of the same name, directed by the Coen brothers, went down in the history of the film industry as one of the brightest and most impressive screen hit men. After the release of the picture, Anton Chigur often leads the ratings of the best movie villains.
Role performer
The role of superkiller Chigra brilliantly performed by actor Javier Bardem, deservedly received an Oscar for her. The Spaniard manages to portray evil better than good. Prior to the embodiment of this colorful hero, he also flawlessly played the inquisitor in love in Ghosts of Goya. After the release of the creations of the famous brothers-directors, the actor can consider his creative career successful - he harmoniously coincides with the type of Chigur in character, perfectly conveys his inner essence. The exemplary acting skills of the performer becomes really brilliant at the moment when Javier looks at a possible victim through the screen and the audience. The heavy piercing gaze of Bardem-Chigura is a unique sight to break from which is unrealistic.
Axis of narration
Anton Chigur, according to many filmmakers, is today one of the main directors' contributions to cinema. It represents an axis around which the stories of other characters of the "Old Men" are famously twisted. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, performed by Tommy Lee Jones , personifies hopelessness and existential longing. He can not keep up with the killer, and Llewellyn, on the contrary, avoid meeting him. Another mercenary embodied by Woody Harrelson turns out to be superfluous, unable to withstand competition with Chigur Anton, the quotes of which are known to every fan of exciting films.
So. Indeed, Anton Chigur overshadows absolutely everyone in the film, speaking the personification of terrifying, absolute evil. The stillness of the killer, who did not make his sacrifice, sitting calmly in front of the TV and sipping milk, symbolizes a superficial calm, behind which is hidden an unjustified atrocity, reflecting the fatalism of the hero. The mercenary’s habit of giving a chance victim a chance of amnesty by playing toss (guessing the side of the coin) is his only entertainment. The episode of the picture from a small store at the very beginning, when Chigur offers to throw a coin to the seller, was shot simply as a masterpiece, it looks with incredible stress. The designated victims have no chance.
Instrument of fate
Being a mercenary of drug dealers, Chigur is ruthless, and therefore receives the characteristics of a psychopathic killer. At the same time, the author of the literary source positions the hero as "pure evil", and viewers compare the character with the Terminator, which is just as cold-blooded and deadly. But Anton Chigur is a multidimensional character. This compares favorably with the killer robot. Chigur himself calls himself an instrument of fate.
It is no coincidence that the Coen brothers in their film paid great attention to the development of this character. The killer goes his unusual hairstyle. And the weapons that the creators endowed him with (a pneumatic slaughter gun and a Remington 11-87 shotgun with a silencer) once again underscore his lethality. Almost all the dialogues involving the hero were parsed into separate expressions, which became almost winged. Every second fan of the visionary’s creativity knows who Anton Chigur is. And he uses quotes from his sayings in everyday communication.
Anton Chigur. Nontrivial interpretation of the image
And finally. Anton Chigur, whose photo alone can cause confusion in the soul of the viewer, is considered by individual individuals as an ordinary person from blood and flesh (although this is impossible in the context of the film). Adherents of this version claim that he is a simple character. A statement about his mental insanity for the entire timing is confirmed only once - in the scene where he strangles a representative of law and order. A number of reviewers argue that the character is inherent in human qualities - he resents others, finds out relationships, makes mistakes. The Figure has a clear and simple motivation - the rules of survival. Therefore, if we consider him as a person, then he is a responsible executor, and just damn consistent. Everything seems to be simple, but Chigur is not perceived after watching the film as a person.