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Many of those listed seem to have been picked for their offbeatness, serving dark humour. My own favourite is Anton Chigurh's captive bolt stunner (No Country
by mellosouls 6y ago
Many of those listed seem to have been picked for their offbeatness, serving dark humour.
My own favourite is Anton Chigurh's captive bolt stunner (No Country For Old Men - Cormac Mcarthy), which seems more chilling for the brazen way he carries it round as though it's the most natural killing implement in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ty16dd41I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ty16dd41I
(Warning: As you might expect - contains violence).
- freeone3000 6y agoConsidering the scale of beef consumption, it might be!
- ahelwer 6y agoFitting, since Chigurh views most people as no more than cattle - just going with the flow, no guiding principles - while he rigidly adheres to a chosen set of values to the death. The Partially Examined Life podcast did a great episode on this book: https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/product/ep-63-existentialist-heroes-in-cormac-mccarthys-no-country-for-old-men/ https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/product/ep-63-existentiali...