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**cessna152towser** · 8th March 12, 07:50 AM

The pair of filmmaking brothers from Minnesota who made "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?"~"Fargo"~"Raising Arizona" and of course "No Country For Old Men."

Over here in Scotland I have never heard of any of these films.

**creagdhubh** · 8th March 12, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

Over here in Scotland I have never heard of any of these films.

Alex, I am sure you'd enjoy them.

**auld argonian** · 8th March 12, 08:28 AM

The Coen Brothers films are in much the same vein as David Lynch's...that there's a very weird subtext to what seems like normal, everyday life.

Some of them are easy to watch...O Brother, which is loosely based on The Odyssey, Fargo and Raising Arizona.

Others are difficult...Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and A Serious Man.

One of the great things about the Coens is that they have a sort of repertory company of actors who show up in many of the movies....thus you get John Turturro as the doomed screenwriter, Barton Fink and later as the preposterous Hispanic bowler Jesus in Lebowski.

They also like to take a genre and do a slightly bent homage to it.

Best advice is to watch a few but don't expect to finish the film and feel that all the loose ends have been tied up...it's sort of like drinking something and then waiting to experience the aftertaste...might take hours or days for it to happen, though. Sometimes you may watch one of their movies, find yourself frustrated and befuddled at the end but go back several months later to watch it again...

It's a strange body of work but once you've seen a few of them you start to see how they relate and appreciate the fact that it is a true body of work, something that's kind of rare these days...rare since the days of Frank Capra and John Huston, in fact.

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**dfmacliam** · 8th March 12, 08:35 AM

I enjoyed the "No Country for Old Men" since it takes place in West Texas... and Tommy Lee Jones stars in it...the villian has an unsual set of values...but a professional in his job... The movie "O Brother Where Art Thou" is full of wonderful music, and several songs are now Blue Grass classics, now..

ok sorry for the jumping off topic...

**auld argonian** · 8th March 12, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by peacekeeper83

I enjoyed the "No Country for Old Men" since it takes place in West Texas... and Tommy Lee Jones stars in it...the villian has an unsual set of values...but a professional in his job... The movie "O Brother Where Art Thou" is full of wonderful music, and several songs are now Blue Grass classics, now..

ok sorry for the jumping off topic...

It's on topic...you either love The Soggy Bottom Boys or you don't!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08e9k-c91E8

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**Burly Brute** · 8th March 12, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

It's on topic...you either love The Soggy Bottom Boys or you don't!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08e9k-c91E8

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It's an awesome movie! Clooney's fixation on dapper dan is just hilarious!

**Burly Brute** · 8th March 12, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

Over here in Scotland I have never heard of any of these films.

You really need to watch them. I would say definitely, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? It is a semi-family movie, the worse thing could have been maybe a few swear words. It really does a fair job at representing the era and area, and I relate as my Grandfather is from Tennessee and his family had to move because they flooded his land. Fargo--from what I remember, not kid friendly and aspects of it were disturbing. (This is the wood chipper movie, right?) Raising Arizona--I havent seen this one. No Country For Old Men--Decent, kinda weird.

**Peter Crowe** · 8th March 12, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

Over here in Scotland I have never heard of any of these films.

Alex, I haven't seen The Big Lebowski so I can't comment on it with any authority, but from what Artificer said, I wouldn't mind watching it. As to Brother Where Art Thou, I have seen it at least three times and the movie and it's sound track are excellent.

**Burly Brute** · 8th March 12, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by Peter Crowe

Alex, I haven't seen The Big Lebowski so I can't comment on it with any authority, but from what Artificer said, I wouldn't mind watching it. As to Brother Where Art Thou, I have seen it at least three times and the movie and it's sound track are excellent.

I think I have most of the sound track on this playlist, including some songs from Cold Mountain, another favorite of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB7765E756A08CFCD

**Harold Cannon** · 8th March 12, 10:13 AM

O Brother Where Art Thou is based on Homer's Odyssey. I am friends with one of the writers. He is actually in the sceen where they ride the guy out on a rail.