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Stumbled upon this AV CLUB article https://www.avclub.com/who-s-your-favorite-coen-brothers-character-1830439153 And it really got me to realize just how many memorable, quotable and indelible characters the Coen Brothers have given us over the years and how much that contributes to making their films so fun and easy to re-watch. I had a hard time narrowing mine down to just three (Walter from Lebowski, Anton Chigurh from No Country and Glen from Raising Arizona) but those are almost too obvious and too easy plus I had to omit so many others I love. Even minor characters like Chet from Barton Fink, the snow shoveler and Mike from Fargo, and Sam Elliott's cowboy and the strange artist guy in Maude's loft from Lebowski leave their mark and make you remember them. With the release of their new film on Netflix I figured I'd start a Coen Brother's thread.
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snergle posted:Coen brothers are over rated. they are good writers and have made great movies but they have as many turds as they do good movies. Just like spielberg. Get a load of this wrongness. If anything, they're underrated. At least based on something like commercial success. I find even their weakest films have a lot to offer. Obligatory "well...that's just like...your opinion, man"
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Nov 18, 2018 18:38
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a kitten posted:It's Ed because Holly Hunter is so good. *somber* "I know ya' do, honey"
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Everyone should check out "The Ballad of Buster Skruggs". It's a little unevenand slow in spots but has all the cinematography, acting, symbolism, charaterization and dialogue that Coen fans like. It was good. I keep coming up with more and more supporting/one scene characters that seem to pepper all of their films. - The taxi cab driver who LOVES The Eagles - Old man in the bank in Arizona who doesn't know whether to freeze or get down on the ground. Seeing as how, iffen he drops, he's a gonna be in motion. And if he freezes, he can't rightly get down on the ground. - The hooker in Fargo who gives the helpful description that Buscemi is "kinda funny lookin" - Old shop owner in NCFOM who "closes now. He closes now" and "needs to know what he's flipping for" - The nihilist, Flea, in Lebowski who whines that "it's not FAIR!" that they get no money - Store owner in Raising Arizona who explains that his balloons are only funny if you get a kick out of them being "round" - H.I.'s cellmate and co-worker who just drone on and on about bullshit; eating crawdads and sand or describing car accidents - JK Simmons in Burn After Reading who is unsure what they're doing but feels like they should learn from it anyway. The Russian counsalent who stares at a CD and asks "PC or MAC"? They even made a memorable character out of a loving painting and a cat in "Ladykillers", which everyone seems to hate except for me. As for main characters, Tommy Lee Jones Sheriff in No Country, Billy Bob Thornton's resigned depressed barber in The Man Who Wasn't There and, now, Tom Waits beaten but persistent prospector in Buster Skruggs
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