Analysis of a scene -- No Country for Old Men: Do you see me?

This scene starts with a close up shot of a door knob and the key hole getting blown off, with appropriate sound effect, cutting to  a panning shot, left to right, of the villain Chigurh, close to the floor following his feet and the captive bolt pistol he used to blow off the key hole.  The panning shot ends with a long shot of the back of Chigurh walking down a hallway. There is a cut on action of him walking toward the door at the end of the hallway with the next shot coming from inside the room and his walking in after opening the door.

The next quick couple of shots are shot/reverse shoots and over the shoulder shots (of Chigurh) as he moves closer to two men sitting at a desk.  During these shot/reverse shots, one of the men at the desk rushes to get a gun from a draw, but Chigurh is ahead of a game, already shooting him with the captive bolt pistol.

We then cut to a MCU of Chigurh as he is looking downward at the man he just shot while we hear the sound effect of gurgling noises from the man -- we assume he is choking on his own blood.  In the mid ground behind Chigurh's MCU, we see the second guy who was at the desk, watching Chigurh whose back is toward him.

Next we cut to a medium high angle shot that is also an eyeline match (what Chigurh was looking at) of the man who he shot, still choking on his blood, his eyes wide open and his body spread eagle.  We cut back to Chigurh's MCU reaction shot with the other man in the mid ground again.  In this frame, while Chigurh is still looking at the shot man, he starts to engage in a conversation with the guy in the mid ground.

Eventually we cut to a MCU of the guy formally in the mid ground while hearing the off screen voice of Chigurh asking him questions and we watch in this MCU as the other guy answers the questions. This could also be a reaction shot of the mid ground guy -- his reaction to the violence that just quickly escalated.

After some exchanges, we cut to the second guy's POV shot, which is a MCU of the back of Chigurh who is still talking.  Then there proceeds some shot/revers shots (MCU of the formally mid ground guy, and a MCU of the back of Chigurh) during their ensuring conversation.

Eventually in a MCU of the second guy, he asks Chigurh, "Are you going to shoot me?"

Finally during the second guy's POV shot, Chigurh turns around to face him in a MCU.  Just as Chigurh finishes turning around, we cut to a  MCU reaction shot of the second guy -- reaction to seeing the face of Chigurh and the prospect of getting shot by him.  While still in this reaction shot, Chigurh says off screen, "That depends..."

We then cut to a MCU of Chigurh who is now looking at the second guy as he continues to ask no obvious on screen, "Do you see me?"

The scene ends with a wide closed shot of the office, with the second guy and Chigurh standing perhaps 8 feet apart, the desk behind them and the shot (now assumably dead) man on the ground, as well as the walls and ceiling of the room and windows behind the desk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riyC8AJNQZs






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