Are you going to shoot me?


The scene where Chigurh returns to take revenge on his employers for hiring someone else, mystifies me a little. When he shoots the guy at the desk the nervous account asks 'Are you going to shoot me?'..Chigurh replies 'That depends..do you see me?'..what does Chigurh mean by this?

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My take-

"Do you see me?" was a rhetorical question and the answer is yes. Answering no would be incorrect and a lie. Therefore the answer to "Are you going to shoot me?" is also yes. The accountant was a dead man before he asked his question.

The idea that Chigurh would knowingly and deliberately leave a living witness to one of his murders is beyond laughable imo.

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