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JimC

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Sep 27, 2006, 11:58:33 AM9/27/06

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This group is so active, I can't keep up! :)

OK, here's a baseline question. What is the best (or your favorite)
Coen brothers film? My usual answer is Miller's Crossing, but lately
I've been really into The Big Lebowski.

Gourbi

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Sep 28, 2006, 8:30:25 AM9/28/06

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Hi!

This is hard to say, which Coen Brothers film I like most. Barton Fink
is very impressive. Also O Brother, Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn't
There and, of course, The Big Lebowski. But my favorite might be Fargo.

Cheers
Gourbi

JimC

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Sep 28, 2006, 1:17:23 PM9/28/06

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Gourbi wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This is hard to say, which Coen Brothers film I like most. Barton Fink
> is very impressive. Also O Brother, Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn't
> There and, of course, The Big Lebowski. But my favorite might be Fargo.

I think if you tied me down and said watch one, I'd say O Brother.
It's a lot of fun. I liked the Man Who Wasn't There but didn't love
it; same with Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers

Looking forward to No Country for Old Men, though.

JimC

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Sep 28, 2006, 3:20:54 PM9/28/06

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Gourbi wrote:
> This is hard to say, which Coen Brothers film I like most. Barton Fink
> is very impressive. Also O Brother, Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn't
> There and, of course, The Big Lebowski. But my favorite might be Fargo.

Something's weird, my messages aren't posting today, Anyway, I think
if you put a gun to my head and said watch one Coen movie, it would be
O Brother.

Gourbi

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Sep 29, 2006, 5:53:33 AM9/29/06

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Your last two messages came in but I didn't check the mails again
yesterday evening.

And by the way: I wouldn't dare to put a gun at your head... I'd just
tell you repeatedly to watch one Coen movie ;-)

But O Brother is a very good choice, and a heck of a roadmovie with an
incredible soundtrack.
The first time I saw it in a theater I was impressed by the
story--though, as a non U.S. American, I didn't get it all, especially
the way some guys speak. So I had to buy the DVD, and check intensely
the Internet for further information. I hit on Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F).
One of the most amazing things in the film is that Mississippi is not
green at all--the main colors are yellow and brown. Maybe it'd suggest
that it's an old movie, I don't know.

Cheers
Gourbi

JimC

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Sep 30, 2006, 8:41:37 AM9/30/06

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Gourbi wrote:
> >> This is hard to say, which Coen Brothers film I like most. Barton Fink
> >> is very impressive. Also O Brother, Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn't
> >> There and, of course, The Big Lebowski. But my favorite might be Fargo.

Barton Fink, I think, puts them into the map of world cinema in a way
that nothing else will, which is unfortunate for world cinema, which
should appreciate all their movies.

Gourbi

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Sep 30, 2006, 7:44:50 PM9/30/06

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Indeed, it's all about art and money making and the power game related
to it. But also about the misjudgement of what is art and what is money
making: Barton Fink writes "Theater of the Common Man" (in New York) but
is not able to reach the Common Man (e.g. Charlie Meadows [John
Goodman]). On the other hand, Jack Lipnick, President of Capital
Pictures, needs Fink's name to make (more) money (and Fink is finally
willing to work for him)--but doesn't understand what Fink writes about.

Gourbi

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Oct 1, 2006, 7:54:17 AM10/1/06

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JimC wrote:

> Looking forward to No Country for Old Men, though.

I haven't read the book yet, just know a summary of it, but it sounds
like a very tough story. I wonder how the movie will be--probably
indredibly good.

Cheers
Gourbi