Film Scene Analysis - 'No Country for Old Men' - Coin flipping scenes

First coin flip scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCL6OYbSTw
Second coin flip scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGfvV3Syud8

The film, 'No Country for Old Men' is a hard hitting 122 minutes of suspense and conflicting duality, however, twice during its course the character known as Anton Chigurh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chigurh) presents a two different individuals with a near impossible dilemma, he actively puts everything they are into a single coin toss, conveying the philosophy that life and death are just two sides of the same 'coin' and that chance is the only real divide between them. In doing this Chigurh trivialises the very idea of being alive/human and ultimately embodies the concept of death and how it can seek you out whether you believe it to be your time or not.

The first coin toss scene is featured in a small time shop located to the side of a long, dry, unforgiving road; roads are used a consistent theme throughout the film, serving as the embodiment of life's course, the journey from birth to death. With this idea in mind, having this scene featured at a indeterminable point on the road suggests that whatever happens here is just another inconsequential notch in life's long belt. The fact that the road is so clearly shown along with the presence of Chigurh, a man who has already shown himself to be interpreted as death suggests that perhaps we do not reach the end, rather the end follows our road, our foot steps, as it introduces itself as death.
The interior of the shop (which we know to be called 'Texaco' from a brief shot of the sign at the start of the scene) is nothing impressive, however its slightly disorganised collection of generic brands and items further emphasises how much it fits in with the general American/Texas aesthetic. The unnamed man behind the counter does not present himself to be anything unique, if anything, he blends in almost completely with the setting of which he has based himself, this makes the sudden appearance of Anton Chigurh (, a foreigner) all the more dramatic. His black dark and flushed hairstyle helps to convey him as an alien entity, a force that presents itself almost like a black hole within the setting. Chigurh's presence is obviously what gives this scene its charm, he creates a problem for the shop owner when he acts and speaks outside what would be deemed normal, ultimately he makes himself into an anomaly that has full control over whatever situation he creates.
Personally I believe this scene only truly kicks off once the shop's owner asks where Chigurh is from; possibly feeling threatened or alternatively, feeling playful, Chigurh turns the conversation on its head, what started off as only being small talk, has now put the owner in a dangerous position, Anton Chigurh, being the alien that he is, has taken what would ordinarily be considered filler in a movie and has turned it into a life or death situation.
As a viewer, this scene is very important, it shows us just how different Chigurh is and how he contrasts what Americans/ordinary people would deem as normal, Chigurh is a threat because of this, his difference is his weapon and with it he can create these types of situations that leave us as viewers unsure as to how they will end, almost as though they are truly up to chance.
Chigurh continues to press upon the man questions that eventually lead to the trivialisation of the man's own life, it is at this point that Chigurh presents the coin, the ultimatum, the double sided sword that is mortality. It is at this point that we learn that Chigurh is as much bound by his own rules as the poor people he forces his own ways upon, in a sense it is the leash that keeps him from unjustly bringing death upon all those he comes across.
This scene as a whole is interesting (,and whilst I haven't covered all of it, I don't feel like I have to), it reveals a great deal about Chigurh such as how his presence affects a scene and simply just how terrifying he really is.

The second scene, featured only a few minutes from the final scene of the actual film truly conveys the dilemma that is Chigurh's character. Shortly after Llewellyn Moss's death, his wife continues to grieve as her own mother passes, leaving her in a position of financial uncertainty and utter sadness at both the loss of her husband and mother, it is almost poetic that Chigurh seeks her out now of all times (, perhaps following the thick stink of death that surrounds her so completely). His appearance is not sudden, if anything, it is predictable, as though we as viewers know preemptively that her time has come, whether we/she likes it or not; much like the reaper he presents her with the coin, with life or death. It is here that we see the first and only time that Anton in phased by the actions of another person, she openly denies it, denying both life and death and instead choosing to face the wrath of Anton without the rules that bind him so tightly, Anton momentarily rejects this, hoping to once again instigate mortality as a definitive law, however he is once again denied, ultimately leaving him confused, lost even. Without his rules, Chigurh is nothing more than a man with a gun, he is not death but rather one who simply follows it like a rabid dog; this is the greatest blow that is dealt to him throughout the film, without death all he has is life, and that is ironically just as alien to him as he is to the world around him.
Chigurh's power came from the rules that he so religiously followed, by revoking them, he and the coin lose all purpose, perhaps suggesting that even death does not continue indefinitely, once again inferring the overwhelming sense of mortality that haunts this world (much like the rest of the film).