Coenucopia: 10 Reasons We Love the Coen Brothers
The term "movie brats" was coined in the 1970s to describe the likes of Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma and Steven Spielberg - the first generation of filmmakers that had grown up weaned on movies and TV. It fits the Coen brothers just as well. A Coen film filters life through the lens of old movies, many of them made well before they were born: the screwball comedies of Preston Sturges; the pinball wisecracks of Billy Wilder; Kubrick's chilly nihilism; Busby Berkeley musicals… They're all...
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