The Coen Brothers Made 'No Country for Old Men's Anton Chigurh Even More Psychotic Than Cormac McCarthy Did in The Novel
Javier Bardems award-winning performance asAnton Chigurhin theCoen BrothersNo Country for Old Menis iconic in the pantheon of cinema villains. The Coen Brothers removed this element from Chigurhs character and made him entirely dispassionate in the film. This makes him even more frightening than McCarthys antagonist. Image via Paramount Pictures “The book presents Chigurh’s sadism from the outset, while the movie presents him as impassive. An iconic scene in the movie pops up if Chigurh kills fellow hitman Carson Wells (Woody Harrelson)....