[OM] Re: Coen Bros., was financial markets

[Andrew Fildes]

I'd love to hear that argument!
I'm not sure that Chigurh himself is nihilistic because he doesn't  
seem to have chosen an amoral position. He is sociopathic and the  
normal moral structure makes no sense to him at all. That's why he is  
puzzled that Carla Jean Moss refuses to play the coin toss and  
insists that killing is his choice alone - it doesn't quite make  
sense to him that she would do that.
"You don't have to do this."   "They always say that."
There are several people who display that Stoic detached passivity;  
the Sheriff, Tom Bell; his uncle (Barry Corbin); his deputy is  
getting there; the old cop in El Paso; Bell's wife; Carla Jean Moss  
(who meets her end honourably). For me, the thesis is that stoic  
acceptance is the only way to deal with a very hostile and absurd  
environment. Chigurh is a part of that environment. Acting morally is  
no protection at all. Survival is down to pure chance.

Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 07/01/2008, at 6:37 AM, Winsor Crosby wrote:

> Or it could be a twisted version of the Wizard of Oz.  :-)



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