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While I can’t reveal the source of this video, I can verify its authenticity. Most people don’t know that all of Javier Bardem’s movie work is overdubbed by his twin brother. What you are about to see is the best scene from No Country for Old Men as it was filmed that day.

UPDATE:

No Country For Gay Men has been mentioned in this weeks Entertainment Weekly.

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SWEET AS CHIGURH

Remember that heart-pounding confrontation in No Country For Old Men when Anton Chigurh, Javier Bardem’s coin-tossing killing machine, taunts an elderly store clerk who has no clue he just might be ringing up his last sale? Well, some online joker has turned the scene on its head, replacing Bardem’s gravelly intonation with a hyper-effeminate voice-over. The clip is a dandy, not only because its flamboyant Chigurh is so jarringly different from the Coen Brothers’ assassin, but also because the clerk’s bewildered reaction works perfectly with either voice. When Chigurh says, “You’ve been putting up your whole life - you just didn’t know it,” try not to titter at a bloodthirsty villain who sounds a bit like Linda Richman. - Jeff Labrecque

In the May 23rd, 2008 issue on page 105.

This skit is why I watch every episode, every week religiously. When a moment comes along like this it’s all worth it. I love you Kristen Wiig.

When she gets to the hand-sea-creature-face-look I nearly soil myself. I can’t help but think that a different era SNL’s writers would have made the other characters even more indifferent or removed from her antcs, as if she isn’t doing anything odd at all. This isn’t a criticism, just an observation. I think the show is as strong as ever.