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What became of the money?

posted 7 years ago by Hans-Wilhelm (1372)
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He recovered the case from the border which he had tossed over the fence so he had the money again. The Mexicans killed him at the motel/hotel, I'm not sure why they took off in such a rush, they had killed him, so did that mean they had the money? If he had hidden it in the vent again than the Mexicans took off too fast to have found that, Tommy Lee Jones noticed the vent plate had been removed by Anton so did that mean Anton had found the money? Actually the amount of space behind the plate looked small, could it have even fit? Had the money been recovered by anyone?

[–] pazuzu9 (408) 7 years ago

Anton got the money. As you mentioned TLJ sees the vent open and a dime lying on the floor so it's implied.

In the book it's definitely Anton.

[–] KutWrite (1334) 6 years ago

...except for one thing: We never see the money case again.

If Anton had it, we know he wasn't going to return it to the Mob... he killed the Stephen Root character (excellently acted, BTW).
He wasn't going to give it to the Mexicans, he killed a bunch o' them.

I do think Anton shooting back was the reason the Mexicans "andaled" out of there so fast. I do think Anton removed the grille, which is where Llewellyn would've hidden it. But what did he do with it afterward?

If it had been in the car with him at the end, he'd have retrieved it before hobbling off.

Unless... He >> was << crazy and didn't really care about the money except as one of his many weird principles. Maybe his principles change, as I think his "special" quarter was left behind with the grille screws he removed. So, no more coin-tossing.

Intriguing film, as we can mull over such things, which might not have been conceived as having an answer. I'm OK with that, as life itself is that way. I think that was one of the points the Coens were making.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I thought it was implied that Anton got it back, with the quarter left there and everything.

[–] pazuzu9 (408) 6 years ago

"If Anton had it, we know he wasn't going to return it to the Mob... he killed the Stephen Root character (excellently acted, BTW). He wasn't going to give it to the Mexicans, he killed a bunch o' them."

Of course we never find out in the movie but in the book:

"In Cormac McCarthy's novel, No Country for Old Men, Anton Chigurh delivers what is left of the drug money purloined by the killed Llewelyn Moss to an unnamed man in a large office building. It is presumed that this man has taken over for the company executive that Chigurh killed earlier."

Had to look it up since I haven't read the book in so long...

I guess we can only assume that the dime left behind belongs to Anton.

Oh and btw, the quarter was for coin tossing and the dime was for the grille.

"Intriguing film, as we can mull over such things, which might not have been conceived as having an answer. I'm OK with that, as life itself is that way. I think that was one of the points the Coens were making."

That's why I love this movie so much...glad you enjoy it too.

[–] 7424643 (3) 6 years ago

Agree with this.

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7985) 6 years ago

Come to think of it the $100 bill that Anton gives the boy at the end of the film may have been from the Briefcase.