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scenes: - chase scene - coin toss scene - beginning scene - introduction to moss scene Key focusses: Spectatorship / alignment: - Subverting the western genre Ideology of the film as a whole: - Capitialism, morality. Chase scene: - what makes this scene the most frightening for the spectator is that because we are seeing the scene through Moss perspective -  we barely see Anton for most of this sequence. It gives the spectator that they too are running away from Chigurh. The most we get is his silhouette or quick flashes, but his abstract presence remains i to run away from. Makes him seem more like a force of nature or a ghost than human being. Yet another clever trick used by Coen brothers to dehumanize Chigurh and make us align with Moss. - Long takes, low key lighting allows us to see less and it is more mysterious How does suspense connect to ideology: connects to alignment and sympathy for Moss. Connects to the sense of blurred morals Silence provokes emotio...