Coen brothers

True Grit was originally created in 1969 by Hal B. Wallis and starred the world famous, John Wayne. Many years later is was remade by the Coen Brothers in 2010. The remake featured a very popular actor, Jeff Bridges. The roles played in the remake act, walk, and talk a lot like the original. For the most part, they even look alike! The Coen Brothers stuck to all of the original roles and didn’t add a single one. The way the directors of both movies go about the violence and humor in both are great. They’re not bloody or crude to the point that you wouldn’t want to watch it. But it’s got enough to make it interesting. The original True Grit has become a classic western movie that a lot of the younger generations haven’t seen, while the remake…

Long throughout history, humans have been intrigued by stories. They cannot seem to slake their thirst for epic poems and tales about triumphant heroes that save the day. However, it is not always the stories of victory and happiness that captures one's attention, but like a horrible motor-vehicle accident on the side of the road, crowds are drawn towards stories of another's suffering. We as humans are fascinated by misery and adversity, just so long as it is someone else's and not our own. In…

The Coen Brother’s, Inside Llewyn Davis presents a new perspective of the American Nightmare for Llewyn after the death his parter informs his new perspective of his personal American Dream. Through the use of visual techniques the Coen Brothers reveal how Llewyn’s past is corrupting his future. The brothers strove to create an image with limited contrast and a wide palette of gray tones whilst maintaining firm grasp on contrast ratios in interiors and exteriors. Ethan stated that the goal was…

Fargo is a dark crime comedy released in 1996, directed by Joel Coen; written by Joel and Ethan Coen. The cast includes: Chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand); Jerry Lundegaard ( William H. Macy); Carl Showalter ( Steve Buscemi); Gaear Grimsrud ( Peter Stormare); Wade Gustafson ( Harve Presnell); Mike Yanagita ( Steve Park) The opening of the movie described the balance, by showing a snowy / aggressive weather condition in Minnesota and North Dakota. Main Characters were introduced as a…

for a minor traffic incident. “Money is the root of all evil” is a one of the common themes both “No Country for Old Men” and “Fargo” share. There is also a small time cop whose experience and intelligence pieces together the crime the deranged criminals and the average hardworking Joes have committed. No Country for Old Men could potentially be a sequel to Fargo because of how similar the plot and characters are among the movies; it expands world views from Fargo, and incorporate different…

Blood Simple is the first movie directed by the Coen brothers. A more contemporary noir, with a knowing awareness of the origins of the genre, blood simple saw film noir get down and dirty again, and not just in the bedroom (Wood. 2014). The use of violence and crime in this neo noir film utterly correlates with the classic noir. Majority of the Coen brother’ films feature a crime that seldom goes right. Blood Simple features a jealous Saloon owner, Marty who hires a divorce detective, Visser to…

Aesthetics Analysis of No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men is a movie adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s novel. Joel and Ethan Coen are the producers of the film, and it is hailed as the best film ever produced by the Coen brothers. The movie brings a new level of seriousness, a subtler touch, and an unbelievable depth and breadth of the vast sense of humanity to the Coen universe. In adapting the McCarthy's novel, the two brothers scaled the visual vocabulary in the film to match the…

The Coen brothers are two of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the American movie industry. Joel David Coen was born on November 29th, 1954 and Ethan Jesse Coen born on September 21st, 1957. The two brothers have worked together on creating an award winning sense of humor through the stories of their characters, most of whom are trapped in worlds that are often tinged, unforgiving, and daunting universes. Since 1984, the Coen brothers have directed more than 15 films of diverse genres…

People talk about Armageddon like it’s some future event. With dramatic morbid gravitas and fanfare ‘POOF’ the earth is now filled with empty shoes and buildings. “That my friend was the human race, and how fast did they run”. Roll credits. Directed by The Coen Brothers ,or whoever the clean shirts decided would sell more. The dirty shirts get up from the stained seats and leave with clear minds out of the theater. “Well that movie was really heavy, but it was so beautifully done. What real…

No Country for Old Men deceives the user by portraying Llewellyn Moss at the protagonist rather that Ed Tom Bell. Only as the movie comes to a close can the user confirm that Ed Tom Bell is the protagonist. The Coen brothers used drugs, money, and murder as a cover up for the true meaning of this movie, and in doing this it creates mixed feelings from the reviewers. This twist on the movie can receive applause for genius, or criticism for trying to develop too deep of a meaning in such little…