Small nitpick on Kumiko the Treasure Hunter. The girl it was based on Takako Konishi did travel to the US, first to Minnesota and then to North Dakota where she sadly passed away. The reason everyone believed she came to the US in search of the missing briefcase of money from Fargo was due to the media spinning this narrative when they reported on her death in 2001. They made up this idea that she believed the Coen Brothers film was real and she came to the states explicitly to search for the money. It didn't help that Takako had gone to a police station and pointed to an area on a hand drawn map asking the police for directions there and even mentioning Fargo a couple of times. That led the media to link her death to the film Fargo. However its more likely that Takako traveled to the states after losing her job and going through some personal issues decided to come to the US in search of an American businessman she once dated. She wasn't able to find the man and her increasing depression caused her to binge drink and using heavy amounts of drugs, leading up to her death near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Her death was ruled as a suicide as her family received a letter from her while she was in the US stating she intended to end her life.
I mean, that’s just insane, even if it were true. Very much like a needle in 1000 haystacks. Japan has a real sui c1de problem. Like that forest where everyone goes to. You know. Do that. There was a Netflix episode about that forest. A show narrated by William Shatner. That first episode was creepy. As for that girl it’s a sad story. I bet she was just a Fargo fan. And it does seem sort of interesting how much international success they’ve had. Didn’t even know that.
@@FractalRaver, well, when you come from a culture that, for hundreds of years, suicide was expected of you if you shamed your family, it can be hard to shake.
Fargo is my favorite film they’ve made. One of my favorite comedies with some of the best dialogue and acting in a film. I love their movies and hopefully they will reunite to make another film together. Thank you for the video!
My favourite is the totally underrated Miller's crossing. I actually met Gabriel Byrne and we had a chat were he talked about the Coen brothers and the scene with Albert Finney with Danny Boy playing in the background. Was totally starstruck.
I was 8 when I saw Raising Arizona, it was the earliest I can remember hearing my typically stoic Father laughing out loud. Thanks to this Video I'll probably watch the Blu-ray of Big Lebowski and then Burn After Reading, another movie that made my Dad Laugh Out Loud.
Amazing catalogue of movies, most of which I adore. No Country for Old Men always stands out to me as a movie that has so much but is made with so little. It's ruthless efficiency blows me away every time I watch it, which is regularly. And The Big Lebowski is usually the first thing that comes to mind when I'm asked what my favourite all time movie is, but that's just like my opinion man.
No Country and Fargo are two of my all-time favorite films, but The Big Lebowski didn't tickle me. It's so popular, I watched it a second time (many years later) because I thought maybe I missed something the first time around, but again it left me cold. Personal taste is a mysterious thing, isn't it?
No Country for Old Men has a place in my heart. I remember I had a classmate in my cinema class in college that told me watch this or Lawrence of Arabia, chose the first. And at the time I did think the ending sucked. Maybe growing up in where I did, violence was not new. But as a film buff I did get disappointed Bardem was able to walk away. It's not til I've grown that I now understand why it was a best picture. It really isn't about the story I saw, it's about the sheriff. Man crazy how you learn more about a movie over time. How you try to see from other people's perspective.
My friend shared the same disappointment, and my brother gave it to him lol - "Aw, it didn't wrap up nicely with the good winning and everyone riding happily into the sunset? Hello! Life isn't like that, you want happy endings, go see a Disney movie," etc lol
What makes me sad sometimes is realizing that you only get to see a movie for the first time ONCE. The Coen Brothers' movies are especially spectacular upon first view. Repeated views are great, of course, but that first view of each of their movies is such a treat. Seeing Blood Simple for the first time for me was simply magical.
I’ve grown accustomed not liking their movies in the first watch funny enough but I love them after repeat viewings. I was working for a movie theater when country for old men came out and I got sucked in and watched the whole thing at work on a Tuesday and was blown away.
In film school I learned they use a pseudonym for the editor because of union regulations around the guilds. It may not be this way now but it used to be you couldn't be a member of multiple guilds but needed to be union for certain projects. I did a paper on Barton Fink (my choice) and it came up at that point :)
I like the coen brother's alot and I think there one of if not the best directing duo's. Fargo is one of my favorite movie's of all time. I also liked raising arizona, the big lebowski, o brother where art thou?, miller's crossing, burn after reading, a serious man, the man who wasn't there, blood simple, true grit, no country for old men and barton fink alot. I would say my top 5 coen movie's are probably fargo, no country for old men, barton fink, raising arizona and the big lebowski.
Inside Lewin Davis was one of the most interesting scenes I've ever seen. I liked how it opens the way it ends, sort of. Also, it's one of the first films I've ever seen where I was just depressed by the end because of the lack of a happy ending and really how sad Lewis' life is.
Two of my top five all time favorite movies are Coen Bros films… Raising Arizona and Big Lebowski. They’re two movies I can watch over and over and always find such joy in. Raising Arizona is one of the most intelligently comedic films I’ve ever seen.
Fargo, Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and No Country for Old Men are classics. Though, I do find The Ladykillers to be their most underrated. It's not nuanced or complex as the films I mentioned, but I thought it was just funny.
Joel died of an explosive diarrhea attack. Ethan went to check on him, slipped on the diarrhea and cracked his skull on the bathroom tile. It was a horribly tragic way to lose such talented filmmakers.
I've over analyzed A Serious Man, and this is the conclusion that I came to. Throughout the film Larry keeps saying "I didn't do anything!" As if doing nothing means nothing should happen to him. The whole film is things happening to him, and him doing nothing. Then at the end, he finally makes a choice and does something bad, and God's judgement quickly follows. It's kind of like the story of Job if Job gave in at the end. Also Miller's Crossing is my favorite film of all time. I'll be surprised if I ever see one I enjoy more.
A Serious Man my favourite. Maybe because I'm seriously convinced quantum mechanics is essentially bullpoo. And who'd have thought a song written by some acid headed hippie freaks would contain the most profound lyrics ever written??
"No country for old men" has still some of the most intense and terrifying scenes ever made and isnt even an horror movie. They are known for dark comedies but that movie was really something of different and great
A little late to the party, but I never watched any Coen Brothers movies until I was in my twenties. The first of theirs I ever saw was Big Lebowski when I was 20 and took a film class in college, and then later saw their other movies like Raising Arizona, Hudsucker Proxy, No Country For Old Men, and Fargo on my own time
Love Coen Bros so much! Had no idea they weren’t fans of the Fargo series..so many other Coen movies eastereggs throughout. Is Hawley trolling them? You covered a lot, but admittedly disappointed you left out Ethan’s goofy movie he wrote The Naked Man and his book of short stories and scripts Gates of Eden, which is fantastic! 🤘🏴☠️
We get it you dont like Intolerable Cruelty, just let people like it, its ok. It's a blast and I've watched it more times than most Coen Bros movies. Some people still hate Hudsucker Proxy and that movie just slays me, that little bit of Raimi edge. Blood Simple is still just such a solis flick & the soundtrack doesnt get enough love.
What a delightful trip down memory lane. I discovered the Coens when Raising Arizona came out on video. I'd seen the trailer in a theater, but dismissed it as looking about as dumb and shallow as any film I could imagine. But man, was I wrong. I fell in love immediately, and followed the Coens from then on. Miller's Crossing was the low-profile gangster film I thought far superior to Goodfellas, and eventually, lots of people came around to agreeing. But at the time, everyone was patting themselves on the back for having "discovered" Scorsese. I took my folks to Barton Fink, making them lifelong Coen fans too. The snooty French got it, but I clearly remember the New Yorker critic dismissing it, while heaping praise on Batman, which is such a surface-only film, it makes me laugh. Speaking of, I sometimes wonder what a Coen Batman film would have been like, but as much of a fan as I am, I can't picture how the Coens could have pulled it off. Tim Burton is a shallow filmmaker by any standard, but he had at least a notion of how to bring a cartoon into the real world. I've never particularly liked his rubber Batman, but I can only imagine the Coen Batman being even worse. The Coens, for all their genius, are filmmakers' filmmakers. It's clear that their entire body of inspiration comes from film alone. And whatever one might say about Burton, he has a wider body of inspiration. And you need that to even begin the arduous task of translating the deceptively stylized world of superheroes into live action. There was no model in film that parallels what comic books do. It was utterly uncharted territory. There's no way around the fact that the minute you put a real person in a superhero leotard on film, the fantasy created by comics bursts. So I don't see the Coens cracking that problem, not with the ludicrous audacity that Burton cracked it, by turning his Batman into a six foot action figure, molded plastic muscles and all. I imagine that was one of many reasons they turned down the gig.
Miller’s Crossing is a personal favorite. Not their best work but so satisfying. Either you ‘get’ their work or not. A simple way to find like-minded friends is to ask someone about Barton Fink.
Just one? Miller's Crossing Number two? (Frick you!): Intolerable Cruelty (seriously, love the intense script and Catherine Zeta Jones. And Billy Bob Thornton) Number three? A tie between Raising Arizona and O Brother Where Art Thou (although I'll concede at this point that I could easily trail off into a list of all their movies). The Coens are the nearest thing we have today to what Shakespeare was doing in his time. Miller's Crossing is their Hamlet, Intolerable Cruelty is their Taming of the Shrew, etc. What happened to the Coens? They need to get back to writing dense Shakespeare-esque scripts and then filming the everloving shit out of it. (Oh, yeah...and I agree with you on The Ladykillers...poorly acknowledged but absolutely delicious)
Big lebo is all time classic as is Fargo , but no country is a gem of such a rare quality , it’s crazy. I’d say it’s one of the best movies of all time
I enjoyed "The Hudsucker Proxy" more than "The Big Lebowski". And,, "O Brother Where Art Thou?" Is my number one favorite Coen Bros film, by a pretty good lead. It's actually one of my all time favorite films, period.
I'm as big a Coen Bros fan as you'll find, which is why it's so ironic that whenever I try to pick a favorite film I always end up at True Grit. It's one of only a couple films that isn't an original idea of theirs, and it's just perfect. A close second is pretty much everything else, but in particular I love Inside Llewyn Davis, The Hudsucker Proxy, O' Brother, Fargo, No Country...well like I said, pretty much everything they've done is exceptionally good. Only Paul Thomas Anderson holds a candle to the brothers in my opinion, especially among American filmmakers.
I couldn't believe how good "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" was. I was glued to the scene the whole time and was thinking about it a lot for days after watching. Their movies always feel so original and different.
For me, the coens are all about America. Each of their movies represents a different regional facet of American culture, often one that doesn't get much attention from Hollywood. And then they elevate its flavors and nuances it to an almost mythical status.
I like the Coen brothers. I have seen most of their films. Raising Arizona and No Country For Old Men are two of my favorite films. I didn't like Fargo and found The Big Lebowski to be unwatchable so much so I didn't even finish viewing it.
Great video, brilliant film makers. Only thing I don't understand is why hardly any of their films are on 4K - or even Blu-ray. Surely someone could put out a complete collection for their fans. They deserve it and we deserve it.
my money was part of the 60 million when i saw Fargo in the theaters. But i walked out of that movie thinking it was so stupid. But then saw it again on VHS when it came out and loved it!!!
It's so funny that this concept of "the world is more violent now and an old person would be shocked by the current day violence" when the time that the Tommy Lee Jones character grew up in would have been far more wantonly violent.
I've recommended that film. Texas could have a lot more films. I remember a scene where off in the distance is an enormous fire. No one mentions it in the scene. Texas.
'Blood Simple', 'Miller's Crossing' and 'No Country for Old Men' are my favorites. I worked on the Coen Bros. film 'The Hudsucker Proxy' as a make-up artist and there was a scene where Paul Newman was talking with his yes men that was hilarious (I was holding myself back from laughing) and it got cut from the film unfortunately. The film could have used it, in my opinion.
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The whole chase scene in "Raising Arizona" is still one of the funniest sequences I have ever watched
Such a great film
And it STILL holds up today!!.....,"just drive fast."...."aghhhhhhhhhh!!!!" Epic.
"Don't forget the Huggies!"
Also love bad santa
So much deeper than people give it cred it for.
I love The Big Lebowski, Fargo, and Oh Brother, Where Aren't Though. Their dark comedies are my favorite. But, their best movie is Garfield.
I understood this reference.
burn after reading for me, lol.
Fargield
Nice🤣
😂😂😂
O Brother is such a fever dream, a true classic.
Small nitpick on Kumiko the Treasure Hunter. The girl it was based on Takako Konishi did travel to the US, first to Minnesota and then to North Dakota where she sadly passed away. The reason everyone believed she came to the US in search of the missing briefcase of money from Fargo was due to the media spinning this narrative when they reported on her death in 2001.
They made up this idea that she believed the Coen Brothers film was real and she came to the states explicitly to search for the money. It didn't help that Takako had gone to a police station and pointed to an area on a hand drawn map asking the police for directions there and even mentioning Fargo a couple of times.
That led the media to link her death to the film Fargo. However its more likely that Takako traveled to the states after losing her job and going through some personal issues decided to come to the US in search of an American businessman she once dated. She wasn't able to find the man and her increasing depression caused her to binge drink and using heavy amounts of drugs, leading up to her death near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Her death was ruled as a suicide as her family received a letter from her while she was in the US stating she intended to end her life.
Was searching for a comment like this before I said the same thing.
I mean, that’s just insane, even if it were true. Very much like a needle in 1000 haystacks. Japan has a real sui c1de problem. Like that forest where everyone goes to. You know. Do that. There was a Netflix episode about that forest. A show narrated by William Shatner. That first episode was creepy. As for that girl it’s a sad story. I bet she was just a Fargo fan. And it does seem sort of interesting how much international success they’ve had. Didn’t even know that.
@@FractalRaver United States actually has a higher suicide rate than Japan.
@@FractalRaver, well, when you come from a culture that, for hundreds of years, suicide was expected of you if you shamed your family, it can be hard to shake.
Fargo is my favorite film they’ve made. One of my favorite comedies with some of the best dialogue and acting in a film. I love their movies and hopefully they will reunite to make another film together. Thank you for the video!
Check out the show, too. First season. Very good IMO.
A Serious Man is as sublime a film as can be made.
*Edit: Thanks for making this one gang🙏🙏
My favourite is the totally underrated Miller's crossing. I actually met Gabriel Byrne and we had a chat were he talked about the Coen brothers and the scene with Albert Finney with Danny Boy playing in the background. Was totally starstruck.
If only that was real
Miller's Crossing is easily my favorite Coen Bros film and gangster film.
@@laurarules3642 Yes it's a real story. I worked in a restaurant in Dublin and he used to be a regular there. Nice fella.
One of my all time favorites.
@@laurarules3642 shut up Laura.
All their movies are just great, even their weaker ones! The Coen Brothers are the definition of cinema! Hopefully they will return as a duo one day
I was 8 when I saw Raising Arizona, it was the earliest I can remember hearing my typically stoic Father laughing out loud. Thanks to this Video I'll probably watch the Blu-ray of Big Lebowski and then Burn After Reading, another movie that made my Dad Laugh Out Loud.
Amazing catalogue of movies, most of which I adore. No Country for Old Men always stands out to me as a movie that has so much but is made with so little. It's ruthless efficiency blows me away every time I watch it, which is regularly. And The Big Lebowski is usually the first thing that comes to mind when I'm asked what my favourite all time movie is, but that's just like my opinion man.
I’m sorry your step-mother is a nympho
The books is amzing too
No Country and Fargo are two of my all-time favorite films, but The Big Lebowski didn't tickle me. It's so popular, I watched it a second time (many years later) because I thought maybe I missed something the first time around, but again it left me cold. Personal taste is a mysterious thing, isn't it?
No Country for Old Men has a place in my heart. I remember I had a classmate in my cinema class in college that told me watch this or Lawrence of Arabia, chose the first.
And at the time I did think the ending sucked. Maybe growing up in where I did, violence was not new.
But as a film buff I did get disappointed Bardem was able to walk away.
It's not til I've grown that I now understand why it was a best picture. It really isn't about the story I saw, it's about the sheriff.
Man crazy how you learn more about a movie over time. How you try to see from other people's perspective.
LoA is worth watching for the gorgeous cinematography alone!
My friend shared the same disappointment, and my brother gave it to him lol - "Aw, it didn't wrap up nicely with the good winning and everyone riding happily into the sunset? Hello! Life isn't like that, you want happy endings, go see a Disney movie," etc lol
You do understand that Bardem may or may not have even existed, right?
Cormac McCarthy. Died Recently.
@@chuckschillingvideosThe moment when you realize how shameful this comment is will also be the moment when you become a man.
Two of the Greatest to ever put their touch on cinema!
What makes me sad sometimes is realizing that you only get to see a movie for the first time ONCE. The Coen Brothers' movies are especially spectacular upon first view. Repeated views are great, of course, but that first view of each of their movies is such a treat. Seeing Blood Simple for the first time for me was simply magical.
I’ve grown accustomed not liking their movies in the first watch funny enough but I love them after repeat viewings. I was working for a movie theater when country for old men came out and I got sucked in and watched the whole thing at work on a Tuesday and was blown away.
In film school I learned they use a pseudonym for the editor because of union regulations around the guilds. It may not be this way now but it used to be you couldn't be a member of multiple guilds but needed to be union for certain projects. I did a paper on Barton Fink (my choice) and it came up at that point :)
I like the coen brother's alot and I think there one of if not the best directing duo's. Fargo is one of my favorite movie's of all time. I also liked raising arizona, the big lebowski, o brother where art thou?, miller's crossing, burn after reading, a serious man, the man who wasn't there, blood simple, true grit, no country for old men and barton fink alot. I would say my top 5 coen movie's are probably fargo, no country for old men, barton fink, raising arizona and the big lebowski.
My favorite Coen Bros film is all of them except The Ladykillers & Intolerable Cruelty (both of which I choose to pretend never existed).
In the Fargo TV Series, Billy Bob was one of the best Hitmen ever!!
Love just about every one of the Coen Brothers films, but Raising Arizona just may be my personal favorite.
I'm surprised they don't like the Fargo series. It practically pays homage to all of their films at one point or another.
The Coens don't care if they win awards or make billions of dollars, they care about making great movies. Its quite refreshing.
Inside Lewin Davis was one of the most interesting scenes I've ever seen. I liked how it opens the way it ends, sort of. Also, it's one of the first films I've ever seen where I was just depressed by the end because of the lack of a happy ending and really how sad Lewis' life is.
Two of my top five all time favorite movies are Coen Bros films… Raising Arizona and Big Lebowski. They’re two movies I can watch over and over and always find such joy in. Raising Arizona is one of the most intelligently comedic films I’ve ever seen.
I think I've got Lebowski memorized in it's entirety. Great movie.
Words cannot begin to convey how much I love Fargo, Miller's Crossing and O' Bro
Fargo, Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and No Country for Old Men are classics.
Though, I do find The Ladykillers to be their most underrated. It's not nuanced or complex as the films I mentioned, but I thought it was just funny.
A special circle of hell awaits all who employ Tom Hanks to attempt a Southern accent.
Seeing David Ransche (☆Sledge Hammer ☆) in Burn After Reading was the highest quality casting ever.
Raising Arizona was brilliant....
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I feel like Steve Buscemi would be a great subject for a WTF episode
Joel died of an explosive diarrhea attack. Ethan went to check on him, slipped on the diarrhea and cracked his skull on the bathroom tile. It was a horribly tragic way to lose such talented filmmakers.
Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer in Burn After Reading still makes me laugh
Thank you for your reverence and respect for "A Serious Man." I think it's their best.
I can't think of anyone else with a longer list of good movies.
No country for old men hit me incredibly hard. Their tightest movie besides Fargo. Imo.
"Her insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase."
TURN TO THE RAUGHT!
Intorelable Cruelty is perfect! 10/10
It sure puts me in a great mood. A desert island comedy.
No country for old man was amazing!
The Coen Brothers have directed some great films Over the years
Nahhh come on
Intolerable Cruelty was hilarious.
I love it too. Puts a smile on my face, along with Hail Caesar.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is great too..
No Country For Old Men is one of the absolute BEST movies I have ever seen.
I've over analyzed A Serious Man, and this is the conclusion that I came to. Throughout the film Larry keeps saying "I didn't do anything!" As if doing nothing means nothing should happen to him. The whole film is things happening to him, and him doing nothing. Then at the end, he finally makes a choice and does something bad, and God's judgement quickly follows. It's kind of like the story of Job if Job gave in at the end.
Also Miller's Crossing is my favorite film of all time. I'll be surprised if I ever see one I enjoy more.
A Serious Man my favourite. Maybe because I'm seriously convinced quantum mechanics is essentially bullpoo. And who'd have thought a song written by some acid headed hippie freaks would contain the most profound lyrics ever written??
Ya think?
"No country for old men" has still some of the most intense and terrifying scenes ever made and isnt even an horror movie. They are known for dark comedies but that movie was really something of different and great
I was a little let down that Llewelyn's body, let alone death wasn't shown. But I bought the DVD as soon as it hit the store
@@idkwhodidthis2990 it's done this way to imply "it doesn't matter how we got there, only the end result. A theme throughout the movie.
@@idkwhodidthis2990 you wwre suposed to. It's the point!
There are no clean geteways
WTF happened to the DCEU next please
They're... they're right there. Still making movies...
I love these boys so much. My favorite will always be Miller's Crossing
A little late to the party, but I never watched any Coen Brothers movies until I was in my twenties. The first of theirs I ever saw was Big Lebowski when I was 20 and took a film class in college, and then later saw their other movies like Raising Arizona, Hudsucker Proxy, No Country For Old Men, and Fargo on my own time
That's amazing! Great job!
Intolerable Cruelty is one of my favorites of theirs
It puts me in great mood. Desert island movie..
Miller's Crossing is brilliant and my favorite of their movies. I love all of their work and it is my number one.
I listen to the O Brother and Inside Llewen Davis soundtracks regularly
The O Brother soundtrack is pure perfection, I also listen to it quite often.
Big Lebowski & True Grit are their best.
"Fargo" & "Burn after reading" has still some of the best most WTF moments in cinema history. Like Brad pitt death and Steve Buscemi death
Spoiler Alert 🙄
Love Coen Bros so much! Had no idea they weren’t fans of the Fargo series..so many other Coen movies eastereggs throughout. Is Hawley trolling them? You covered a lot, but admittedly disappointed you left out Ethan’s goofy movie he wrote The Naked Man and his book of short stories and scripts Gates of Eden, which is fantastic!
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Hey thanx! I enjoyed this so müch!! Your passion & enthusiasm 4 the Coen bros. which I definitely share!! Esp. Barton Fink & ... Fargooo!!
We get it you dont like Intolerable Cruelty, just let people like it, its ok. It's a blast and I've watched it more times than most Coen Bros movies. Some people still hate Hudsucker Proxy and that movie just slays me, that little bit of Raimi edge. Blood Simple is still just such a solis flick & the soundtrack doesnt get enough love.
Intolerable is wonderful film. It always puts me in a grear mood.
Coen brothers are masters of filmmaking, they gave us rich quality fun movies in this absurd strange world, lots of respect and blessings for them. 🙌🙏
A Serious Man is very underrated.
Burn After Reading has always been my favorite Coen brothers movie. 🎉
Intolerable Cruelty is highly underrated. If you want to see a truly bad Coens' film The Ladykillers is just awful
We are in agreement. I.C. Puts me in a great mood. I recommend Hail Caesar.
What a delightful trip down memory lane. I discovered the Coens when Raising Arizona came out on video. I'd seen the trailer in a theater, but dismissed it as looking about as dumb and shallow as any film I could imagine. But man, was I wrong. I fell in love immediately, and followed the Coens from then on. Miller's Crossing was the low-profile gangster film I thought far superior to Goodfellas, and eventually, lots of people came around to agreeing. But at the time, everyone was patting themselves on the back for having "discovered" Scorsese. I took my folks to Barton Fink, making them lifelong Coen fans too. The snooty French got it, but I clearly remember the New Yorker critic dismissing it, while heaping praise on Batman, which is such a surface-only film, it makes me laugh.
Speaking of, I sometimes wonder what a Coen Batman film would have been like, but as much of a fan as I am, I can't picture how the Coens could have pulled it off. Tim Burton is a shallow filmmaker by any standard, but he had at least a notion of how to bring a cartoon into the real world. I've never particularly liked his rubber Batman, but I can only imagine the Coen Batman being even worse. The Coens, for all their genius, are filmmakers' filmmakers. It's clear that their entire body of inspiration comes from film alone. And whatever one might say about Burton, he has a wider body of inspiration. And you need that to even begin the arduous task of translating the deceptively stylized world of superheroes into live action. There was no model in film that parallels what comic books do. It was utterly uncharted territory. There's no way around the fact that the minute you put a real person in a superhero leotard on film, the fantasy created by comics bursts. So I don't see the Coens cracking that problem, not with the ludicrous audacity that Burton cracked it, by turning his Batman into a six foot action figure, molded plastic muscles and all. I imagine that was one of many reasons they turned down the gig.
Enjoyed watching. I'm a Coen Brothers fan and this is a terrific review.
Raising Arizona will always be my favourite film from the Brothers.
I'm at a loss for words, just, thank you, and thanks to the greatest film makers of my generation. Long live the Coen brothers.
Intolerable cruelty is my favorite movie by the Cohen brothers.
It sure puts me in a great mood. You probably like Hail Caesar too..
I believe the Coen Brothers to be the finest American filmmakers of all time. Their catalog speaks for itself.
Well done . Nailed it!! JoBlow
Miller’s Crossing is a personal favorite. Not their best work but so satisfying. Either you ‘get’ their work or not. A simple way to find like-minded friends is to ask someone about Barton Fink.
Just one? Miller's Crossing
Number two? (Frick you!): Intolerable Cruelty (seriously, love the intense script and Catherine Zeta Jones. And Billy Bob Thornton)
Number three? A tie between Raising Arizona and O Brother Where Art Thou (although I'll concede at this point that I could easily trail off into a list of all their movies).
The Coens are the nearest thing we have today to what Shakespeare was doing in his time. Miller's Crossing is their Hamlet, Intolerable Cruelty is their Taming of the Shrew, etc.
What happened to the Coens? They need to get back to writing dense Shakespeare-esque scripts and then filming the everloving shit out of it.
(Oh, yeah...and I agree with you on The Ladykillers...poorly acknowledged but absolutely delicious)
I.C. is great fun.
Big lebo is all time classic as is Fargo , but no country is a gem of such a rare quality , it’s crazy. I’d say it’s one of the best movies of all time
I enjoyed "The Hudsucker Proxy" more than "The Big Lebowski".
And,, "O Brother Where Art Thou?" Is my number one favorite Coen Bros film, by a pretty good lead. It's actually one of my all time favorite films, period.
Honestly all their movies are really good. None of em suck
I'm as big a Coen Bros fan as you'll find, which is why it's so ironic that whenever I try to pick a favorite film I always end up at True Grit. It's one of only a couple films that isn't an original idea of theirs, and it's just perfect. A close second is pretty much everything else, but in particular I love Inside Llewyn Davis, The Hudsucker Proxy, O' Brother, Fargo, No Country...well like I said, pretty much everything they've done is exceptionally good. Only Paul Thomas Anderson holds a candle to the brothers in my opinion, especially among American filmmakers.
What happened to the Cohen bros? They're continuing to make good films. Loved Buster Scruggs
I couldn't believe how good "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" was. I was glued to the scene the whole time and was thinking about it a lot for days after watching. Their movies always feel so original and different.
For me, the coens are all about America. Each of their movies represents a different regional facet of American culture, often one that doesn't get much attention from Hollywood. And then they elevate its flavors and nuances it to an almost mythical status.
Raising Arizona is absolute fire! A top 5 movie for sure! I thought Cage's performance was solid and Holly Hunter was spot on.
"That's gold, Ethan and Joel, GOLD!"
How great was this sum-up of the CoenBros phenomenon ? Totally great. The Coens are, in film, what Dylan is to me, in Music. On a whole nother level.
I like the Coen brothers. I have seen most of their films. Raising Arizona and No Country For Old Men are two of my favorite films. I didn't like Fargo and found The Big Lebowski to be unwatchable so much so I didn't even finish viewing it.
Man who wasn’t there is my favorite
What is The Music At 19:16?
Great video, brilliant film makers. Only thing I don't understand is why hardly any of their films are on 4K - or even Blu-ray. Surely someone could put out a complete collection for their fans. They deserve it and we deserve it.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Is my favourite film out of all them they did.
Mine as well. The performances from the 3 leads are damn good
@@jasoncanby2525 I know. It’s my favourite Coen Brothers film out of all of them.
Looking forward to "Drive Away Dolls" this coming autumn.
my money was part of the 60 million when i saw Fargo in the theaters. But i walked out of that movie thinking it was so stupid. But then saw it again on VHS when it came out and loved it!!!
Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou and True Grit are all in my top ten favorite films of all time
You have good taste in movies.
I thank The Coen Brothers for making The Big Lebowski, thanks to them I have a cussing addiction and I am proud of it.
Wow, great analysis of all their films. I've gotta say I am in almost 100% agreement with all your comments and ratings. Thanks.
Love these. Thank you.
I love, ❤️ love, love ❤️ their works....
Don’t blame Sam Raimi for Crimewave, the studio did that.
I didn’t know that the Coens had anything to do with Evil Dead. That’s one of my favorite movies!
who would dare say that about the ending to No Country For Old Men that was a gotdam masterpiece
I'd love to watch a streaming series based on the further stories of Buster Scruggs
It's so funny that this concept of "the world is more violent now and an old person would be shocked by the current day violence" when the time that the Tommy Lee Jones character grew up in would have been far more wantonly violent.
5:43 combinding is not a word!
Barton Fink was their masterpiece.
They have so many good movies. I am a big fan of True Grit
DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE always brings a grin among all classes of Guys.
Hell or high water is the only coen brothers esc movie that is absolutely amazing. It reminds me heavily of no country for old men
I'd add Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan" to that list as well...
I've recommended that film. Texas could have a lot more films. I remember a scene where off in the distance is an enormous fire. No one mentions it in the scene. Texas.
I give them props for the directors' cut of Blood Simple, only director cut I know of that was indeed cut shorter than the original release.
Here is my at least 3: THE BIG LEBOWSKI, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS and BARTON FINK…Love their films.
I think O brother where art though has their best and happiest ending out of all them I love that movie.
Lebowski and Bad Santa make a perfect double feature
'Blood Simple', 'Miller's Crossing' and 'No Country for Old Men' are my favorites. I worked on the Coen Bros. film 'The Hudsucker Proxy' as a make-up artist and there was a scene where Paul Newman was talking with his yes men that was hilarious (I was holding myself back from laughing) and it got cut from the film unfortunately. The film could have used it, in my opinion.