Anton Chigurh is Kurosawa's samurai without a code — pure violence untethered from honor. The Coen Brothers have cited Kurosawa throughout their career, and No Country for Old Men shares his understanding that evil operates by its own internal logic. Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï — a French crime film about a professional killer of absolute precision — is the closer ancestor for Chigurh's frightening calm. Le Samouraï is on Criterion Channel and is one of the coolest films ever made.
Films That Influenced No Country for Old Men
