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Thanks for the explanation. From what I remember in the movie, it almost looked like Anton was scared or nervous waiting in the room.

I certainly didn't expect him to leave, once he's had his gun drawn and aimed. It seems out of character at that point.

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Yeah, I didn't really get that either. It certainly would've been easy for Anton to kill the sheriff, and he didn't seem to have any qualms about killing people.

The only thing I can think is that maybe killing Jones unnecessarily would've violated his principles in some way, kind of like in Silence of the Lambs when Clarice says Lecter won't come after her because he'd "consider it to be rude." Anton kills the wife for no reason, and potentially at great risk to himself, just because his principles demanded it. Jones had done nothing to him, so maybe killing him would have been rude.

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I thought it was basically trying to say that Anton is basically like a ghost.

I think that if he had still been in the room when Jones sat down he would have killed him but he was gone by then

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this was my take too. there really wasn't anywhere to hide in the room, but he disappears anyway. he won't be found if he doesn't want to be. the book is different. chigurh isn't in the room. he sees the sheriff enter the room from his truck in the parking lot and then pulls a disappearing act.