Tuesday, August 16, 2011

MOVIES MADE ME #30: Early Coen Brothers

BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)
If Edgar G. Ulmer had made THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE...



RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
True Crime Confessions a la Looney Tunes...



MILLER'S CROSSING (1990)
THE GODFATHER meets TWIN PEAKS



BARTON FINK (1991)
SPIDER BOY (Carl Van Vechten, 1928 - look it up) as slasher movie...



THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994)
MR. DEEDS meets HIS GIRL FRIDAY... you know, for kids...


2 comments:

  1. Lorrie X8/21/2011

    All golden films, agreed. I just wonder about your thoughts on "Fargo," "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" and "No Country For Old Men?"

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  2. Joe8/23/2011

    Lorrie,

    I was thinking of FARGO as the turning point in their filmmaking careers, when the Coen Brothers were accepted by "mainstream audiences." Their storytelling has certainly become more sophisticated over the years. O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN are, purely and simply, works of genius. I also love THE BIG LEBOWSKI, A SERIOUS MAN and most of TRUE GRIT. I could write an entire book about my love for the Coen Brothers... but I was in a hurry last week.

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