“The man who wasn’t there”—and was “out there”: Chigurh as cinematic figure
Notwithstanding Joel Coen’s tongue-in-cheek comment that his film is “about a good guy, a bad guy, and a guy in between”, the main characters of No Country for Old Men have evinced much perplexity. In particular, Chigurh, who has been deemed one of the most chilling villains in cinema history, defie...
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Main Author: | Nicole Cloarec |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de Rennes
2023-01-01
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Series: | Revue LISA |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/14988 |
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