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Archer Green
2023 ж. 1 Қаз.
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#TheBigLebowski #CoenBrothers #Fargo
From The Big Lebowski to Fargo, the Coen brothers have some of the most iconic irreverent comedies of recent decades. Today we're going to examine how the world of their films have a level of hyper-realism to them, despite remaining believable, largely through their expertly crafted minor characters, who all leave their mark on the film. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Hail, Caesar! and No Country for Old Men all feature such characters, and it's a key reason why so many of their films resonate with audiences.
Written & edited by Lawrence Mason for Archer Green

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  • What is your favourite character from a Coen brothers film?

    @ArcherGreen@ArcherGreen7 ай бұрын

    • Walter's my fave, mf pulls out the glock in a bowling alley

      @laurie3rdperson208@laurie3rdperson2087 ай бұрын

    • after watching thid video, marty

      @dreat1527@dreat15277 ай бұрын

    • Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy. "I'd stake my Pulitzer on it!"

      @VinceLyle2161@VinceLyle21617 ай бұрын

    • H.I. McDunnough.

      @Novastar.SaberCombat@Novastar.SaberCombat7 ай бұрын

    • Buster Skruggs

      @ZZ-kn1py@ZZ-kn1py7 ай бұрын

  • This is what film essayists are for, to spot the little details that make the film great, but are noticed only on a subconscious level by most people. Great video, Lawrence!

    @antoinepetrov@antoinepetrov7 ай бұрын

    • This is what the KZhead comment section is for, to spot the little details that make a video great, but are noticed only on a subconscious(autistic) level by most people. Great comment, Antoine!

      @spiired6469@spiired64697 ай бұрын

    • I fully agree. Love watching video essays specifically for those

      @ejizzyflyboy@ejizzyflyboy7 ай бұрын

    • If you need an 'essayist' to tell you that Coen bros films are full of quirky characters & attention to detail then I would probably try & grow a brain . Sorry , I'm in honesty mode.

      @DrTWG@DrTWG6 ай бұрын

    • Cohen brothers are overrated. Always have been.

      @tommymc7535@tommymc75356 ай бұрын

    • ​@@tommymc7535 why

      @jeanivanjohnson@jeanivanjohnson6 ай бұрын

  • the fact that the bowling league has an actual code for pulling a firearm on another player is hilarious

    @stabngab@stabngab7 ай бұрын

    • It's a league game, Smokey.

      @thevoxdeus@thevoxdeus7 ай бұрын

    • lmfao

      @johngiles6376@johngiles63766 ай бұрын

    • @@thevoxdeus OVER THE LINE!

      @samarvora7185@samarvora71856 ай бұрын

    • ​@samarvora7185 hahaha, it's amazing that a simple phrase from this movie can literally make me lol when I read it after 10+ years of not seeing it.

      @zeusdarkgod7727@zeusdarkgod77276 ай бұрын

    • @@zeusdarkgod7727 You are entering a world of pain!

      @thevoxdeus@thevoxdeus6 ай бұрын

  • "Jesus!" "You said it, man!" Kills me every time

    @dansantospirito5310@dansantospirito53106 ай бұрын

    • Well....um.....yeah....uh...well that's just you know like your opinion man.....lol

      @gregjorda3080@gregjorda30802 ай бұрын

    • eight year olds dude

      @diehardcynic@diehardcynic2 ай бұрын

    • PULL IT TIL THE TRIGGER GOES....... CLICK

      @vervor@vervor24 күн бұрын

  • Enjoyed your observations. Marty’s character also shows how good of a guy The Dude is. Marty asked him to come watch his dance and The Dude said he would be there, and he was. It reveals his character.

    @-Truth-Is-Singular@-Truth-Is-Singular7 ай бұрын

    • It legit made me tear up 🥲 My own best friend didn't even show up to my wedding, let alone some silly performance 😅

      @amandasunshine2@amandasunshine27 ай бұрын

    • The dude might be the stoner deadbeat, but he's also one of the most consistently morally centered people in the film. He just wants no-one to get hurt, and to be good to the people in his life.

      @flame1154@flame11546 ай бұрын

    • plus he owes him back rent, right?

      @theguru97@theguru976 ай бұрын

    • The Dude abides.

      @ken-mb5cp@ken-mb5cp6 ай бұрын

    • Brad Pitt suffers terribly from being a character actor trapped in a leading man's body.

      @hoilst265@hoilst2656 ай бұрын

  • What I like about The Big Lebowski is how the characters talk to each other, but seem to be on a complete different world or dimension despite being next to each other. Everyone just hears or understands what they want from what the other person is talking, and some dialogs (like the Dude and Walter talking in the bowling alley) sound like they're bits taken from other random conversations that have nothing to do with one another

    @Nico-dv7bq@Nico-dv7bq4 ай бұрын

    • Also poor donny.. always being yelled at by walter and largely ignored by the Dude. That trio is just iconic!!

      @Chubbywubbysandwich@Chubbywubbysandwich3 ай бұрын

    • Which I think is very much what happens in real life a lot of the time. The Coens are so good at revealing bits of humanity we don’t usually notice.

      @ava.artemis@ava.artemis2 ай бұрын

    • ohhhh good observation! i’d have been able to describe it like that but yes for sure!

      @nozrep@nozrep2 ай бұрын

    • Yes! No Country for Old Men does this well too, but more subtly. I can think of two examples off the top of my head. Sheriff Bell laments the world getting more violent, but skims over the details of a story from a friend proving that violent crimes still existed way before Bell was born. Carson Wells mentions that Anton Chigurh has no sense of humour, but Chigurh still has a couple of his own little in-jokes. "Is Carson Wells there?" "Not in the sense that you mean."

      @ethanwebb5334@ethanwebb5334Ай бұрын

  • Jesus and his friend vigorously polishing their bowling balls will always be hilarious to me.

    @mercrantos3455@mercrantos34556 ай бұрын

    • Yes! They look ridiculous, like a couple of clowns...sent to amuse us. 😅

      @ajarnangus8837@ajarnangus883715 күн бұрын

  • Jesus's bowling partner made an impression just standing there with an attitude.

    @JiveDadson@JiveDadson7 ай бұрын

    • Liam. Haven’t seen the movie in like 20 years but still remember!

      @stevenqirkle@stevenqirkle6 ай бұрын

    • "Lemme tell you something, pendejo.. me and Liam; we are gonna fuck you up!"

      @charliedillon1400@charliedillon14006 ай бұрын

    • Jesus's bowling partner has so much character in just his looks, his name, and the contrasst he provides to Jesus.

      @Rasbiff@Rasbiff4 ай бұрын

  • I think Brad Pitt's performance in Burn After Reading might be the best thing he's ever done. He is so painfully goofy it's hilarious.

    @JasonNaas@JasonNaas7 ай бұрын

    • Yea, that's my favorite too. So superbly thought out by the brothers and masterfully performed by Mr. Pitt. It's just the top.

      @DukePaprikar@DukePaprikar7 ай бұрын

    • I love how many scenes he is hydrating in

      @b.s.4914@b.s.49147 ай бұрын

    • That's not a schwin bicycle!

      @HermanvanGelder@HermanvanGelder7 ай бұрын

    • Nah 12 monkey so he was amazing

      @meganrichards6828@meganrichards68287 ай бұрын

    • Pitt's performance in Inglorious Bastards is similar.

      @antiquecardboard@antiquecardboard7 ай бұрын

  • Nobody gets a performance out of George Clooney like the Coens.

    @ericfaulk2204@ericfaulk22047 ай бұрын

    • Or John Goodman.

      @ken-mb5cp@ken-mb5cp6 ай бұрын

  • Jesus Quintana is possibly the best small character ever and I don't think anyone could have outperformed Turturro in that role

    @downhillchris2809@downhillchris28096 ай бұрын

    • Turturro liked the character he made a whole movie around him. It was a remake of a French film, and not widely liked, but it shows that the character was so well written that he could take the lead in another film.

      @Windywoo@Windywoo6 ай бұрын

    • The film was not widely liked cuz it was a horrible movie - and the character was awful too. His character was the low point of Lebowski - the character could have been / should have been so much better. Turturro overacts every role he's in. @@Windywoo

      @musekic4654@musekic46546 ай бұрын

    • Especially since Jesus is almost entirely Turturro's creation. If you look at the lines, he's okay, kinda funny. But everything that makes him memorable - his look, his accent, his mannerisms - all came from Turturro. It's like they say, most of a director's job consists of getting the right people.

      @Serai3@Serai36 ай бұрын

    • Connor Roy. I wouldn’t be surprised if he isn’t even top 10 in screen time for Succession characters but he’s so damn memorable.

      @rickharrison1737@rickharrison17376 ай бұрын

    • @@musekic4654Low point? Get outta here. One of the funniest bits. The spin off movie was unnecessary, but within Lebowski he was great.

      @wellesradio@wellesradio6 ай бұрын

  • Any scene with just JK Simmons and David Rashe sitting at a desk can only be a Coen Bros movie.

    @jairkerker2821@jairkerker28217 ай бұрын

    • favorite line of all time. "report back to me...when it makes sense"

      @sjmac9737@sjmac97372 ай бұрын

  • One of my favorites is the trailer park lady in "No Country for Old Men". "Did yew nawt hear me?"

    @tinderbox218@tinderbox2187 ай бұрын

  • I watched all the Coen Brothers movies in sequential order and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

    @OJC6@OJC66 ай бұрын

  • I remember watching the Big Lebowski and, more than anything, getting excited about wacky character they would introduce next. Jesus was on screen for what, about a minute? But I remember every second.

    @mccasper5721@mccasper57217 ай бұрын

    • Everyone is a star in Big Lebowski! Even the funeral director with his "this is our most modestly priced receptacle" 😂

      @Coillcara@Coillcara6 ай бұрын

    • Honorable mention to Liam. the straight-laced looking white guy who is Jesus's bowling partner. No dialogue, but hilariously cast as a juxtaposition to Jesus.

      @charliedillon1400@charliedillon14006 ай бұрын

  • Speaking as a long time admirer of the Coen's demonstrated genius as filmmakers, let me doff my cap at this perfectly observed short review of one of the most memorable and satisfying aspect of their films. Virtually every observation you make here is right on the mark, yet in all the commentary I've seen on the Coen brothers, this is the first one that highlights this unique and quality that appears in virtually all their films. Thanks for putting this together.

    @patrickmurphy6911@patrickmurphy69115 ай бұрын

  • My favorite thing about Fargo is the "nothing burger" dialogue. Whenever characters meet each other, they're always just kibitzing about random stuff in their lives. It really sells the small town Midwest vibe and just adds a level of... I dunno, mundaneness? It makes the other wild story beats more visceral by comparison, and just coats the whole thing in a layer of reality. It's naturalistic dialogue for no reason other than to make everything else that much more naturalistic.

    @jackmcfarlane7173@jackmcfarlane71736 ай бұрын

    • Oh ja? Ja.

      @fhlostonparaphrase@fhlostonparaphrase7 күн бұрын

  • Everyone should have every Cohen bros film in their possession. They are all masterpieces every one.

    @robertblackburn752@robertblackburn7526 ай бұрын

    • I do, and I agree!

      @BeatlesCentricUniverse@BeatlesCentricUniverse6 ай бұрын

  • Almost every word of dialogue in True Grit is perfection

    @rear9259@rear92597 ай бұрын

    • And notice how most of the characters never use contractions.

      @VinceLyle2161@VinceLyle21617 ай бұрын

    • The words that you can actually understand without subtitles?

      @saneman7177@saneman71777 ай бұрын

    • Much of the dialogue is drawn straight from the novel by Charles Portis, which is a great, but underrated classic.

      @UncleDansVintageVinyl@UncleDansVintageVinyl6 ай бұрын

    • @@VinceLyle2161That is correct.

      @ken-mb5cp@ken-mb5cp6 ай бұрын

    • @@VinceLyle2161 I'd say contractions are best used for colloquial language. This ain't primary school with the teacher yelling at you. They've not got authority on how culture should've and shouldn't develop.

      @rear9259@rear92595 ай бұрын

  • This is one of the things the Cohen brothers films do best. From the cops in the Big Lebowski, to the gas station attendants in Old Country, and Raising Arizona. They cast these actors that steal the show for the tiny amount of time they get to be onscreen.

    @ajplays-gamesandmusic4568@ajplays-gamesandmusic45687 ай бұрын

    • Oh man, the Cops are so great, you're right!!

      @kasachianbeastman2@kasachianbeastman26 ай бұрын

  • Walter was never out of his element....

    @oxyiscool@oxyiscool7 ай бұрын

  • Wow you really hit the nail on the head .. The big lebowski has been one of my favourite movies for a while but I could never describe why. It’s clear to me now that it all comes down to the characterisation.

    @sunstryder@sunstryder7 ай бұрын

  • That coin toss scene. There is nothing else like it in cinema, it is brutal reality put in front of you, daring you to question it or turn your head to look away.

    @seyerus@seyerus5 ай бұрын

  • Thanks! "There are no small parts". I didn't realize why the Coen movies stood out to me until you pointed it out. Every character is memorable and comes across in a way that you know they all have a back story. The Big Lebowski is one of my favorites. I know people like that!

    @lindawilson4625@lindawilson46254 ай бұрын

  • "In George's case they all happen to be morons..." LOL

    @aliziafinola@aliziafinola7 ай бұрын

    • These guys must have so much fun coming up with this stuff. Same goes when you hear Josh Brolin talk about No country for old men

      @sportysp@sportysp6 ай бұрын

  • Being specific ALWAYS makes a story more interesting

    @MA-go7ee@MA-go7ee7 ай бұрын

  • This movie is so good I genuinely don't remember the plot- only the characters lmao

    @dontgetmarried@dontgetmarried7 ай бұрын

  • This video rocks, you’re great at this man. I’m gonna add every coen bros movie to my watchlist now.

    @NickThaman@NickThaman7 ай бұрын

    • Just watched a serious man this weekend, super underrated film of theirs

      @whatcamebefore2902@whatcamebefore29027 ай бұрын

    • Burn after reading is gold

      @ZZ-kn1py@ZZ-kn1py7 ай бұрын

    • Hell yeah dude

      @Batt-man@Batt-man7 ай бұрын

    • 8 year olds, Dude.

      @monkeyattackedmyass5435@monkeyattackedmyass54357 ай бұрын

    • All Coen brothers movies are good too me.

      @kyzor-sosay6087@kyzor-sosay60875 ай бұрын

  • I've yet to see a bad film from the Coen bros. They are hands down my favorite movie makers. Marge's husband sticks out to me, the way they're just in sync and comfortable. You didn't need to see much to see that it's simply a pleasant marriage. Favorite character is Tom Reagan from Miller's Crossing, he's not the tough guy, and he didn't even make the best decisions half the time, but he did what he set out to do, and even if he lied to everybody else, he never betrayed himself in the long run, for better or for worse.

    @thewhat6219@thewhat62197 ай бұрын

  • "As far as I'm concerned, I'm the star of the movie." We've a handful of actors like that, Gary Oldman, Stanley Tucci, Sam Rockwell.

    @augustsbautra@augustsbautra2 ай бұрын

  • In real life everybody’s in leading role of their lives. It would be unrealistic if an actor would act as a side character.

    @markuslappalainen6847@markuslappalainen68477 ай бұрын

  • Favorite character, Osborne Cox played by John Malkovich in Burn After Reading.

    @ElliottNest39@ElliottNest396 ай бұрын

  • "Yeah, well, thats just like, your opinion man." Rent free since I first saw the movie.

    @craigschaffert@craigschaffert6 ай бұрын

    • “Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it’s an ethos.” Forever lodged in the messy attic of my mind.

      @pjmlegrande@pjmlegrande2 ай бұрын

  • It's a shame that there are fewer and fewer great character-driven movies these days. Most modern movies are CGI, superficial crap. We need to go back to these kinds of movies again. Movies which move and intrigue the audience.

    @bazzyg@bazzyg7 ай бұрын

    • Modern movies are all rehashed comic book stories and franchise crap. Hollywood is so lazy and lame. They deserve to go hungry. No one has the balls to make an effort and go out there and make films any more.

      @charliedillon1400@charliedillon14006 ай бұрын

  • 'There are no small parts...' This has to be the best video on the internet talking about Coen Brothers.

    @realyatharthh@realyatharthh7 ай бұрын

  • This feels like a super original callback to OG KZhead skits! Well done

    @JohnSmith-gi2oy@JohnSmith-gi2oy7 ай бұрын

  • M. Emmett Walsh as PI Loren Visser one of my favorites in Blood Simple, the Coen Brothers just one fabulous film after another, this video was so Well done I Thank You so Much.

    @drohegda@drohegda6 ай бұрын

  • Jeez, I just realized that the Dude may be the most normal character in the movie.

    @ElliottNest39@ElliottNest396 ай бұрын

  • Will you were talking i couldn't help myself from thinking how beautiful all those scenes where framed and more importantly, lightened. Lighting in all these shots is so perfect it hurts when juxtaposed out of the context of the movie they come from. I think the light work is what uplifts all the secondary roles to real performance, they are lightened as if they were the main protagonist of their movie.

    @CmdZOD@CmdZOD7 ай бұрын

    • Sorry i had to my own comment, but really, it's always hard left or right lightning with deep shadow, coupled with really centered focus, it leave all the job to the actor to do the best job it can to sell the scene

      @CmdZOD@CmdZOD7 ай бұрын

  • The Dude did not throw one bowling ball except in the dream sequence.

    @A_to_Zappa@A_to_Zappa6 ай бұрын

  • Who clicked on the video recognising Irving from severance ? Me : yes

    @Owen_Starlifter@Owen_Starlifter7 ай бұрын

  • This video slapssss dude - keep it up :)

    @SceneItReviews@SceneItReviews7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks so much man! I love your videos so I really appreciate it :)

      @ArcherGreen@ArcherGreen7 ай бұрын

  • Da Jesus is the most POWERFUL minute or so in any movie. Everything J.T. touches turns to gold.

    @slowneutron6163@slowneutron61636 ай бұрын

  • My favorite midwestern dialect phrase from a friend from Chioton Wisconsin: “Shout me down the alley so my Ma don’t see who I hang by.” Not fake.

    @butchie2752@butchie27526 ай бұрын

  • Think I've just realised I haven't seen a single Coen brothers film...

    @_Titanium_@_Titanium_7 ай бұрын

  • They create memorable tapestries, for sure.

    @greglongphee2034@greglongphee20346 ай бұрын

  • Terrific essay, really nicely observed, well done and thank you. It really tied my viewing experience together.

    @thedudeabides3138@thedudeabides31387 ай бұрын

  • When the dude puts on the bowling shoes without socks 😂

    @ohemmehey561@ohemmehey5617 ай бұрын

  • I'll *always* remember Chet! After how many years ... over 30 years???!!! I walk around the house saying, "Hi, I'm Chet!" 😅

    @Zzyzzyx@Zzyzzyx7 ай бұрын

    • Same! Every time LA is mentioned anywhere, there is a small voice in my head that goes "Welcome to Los AnGeles" with the hard g.

      @NinjaTofu0@NinjaTofu06 ай бұрын

    • I think the “Chad” character from SNL was derived from “Chet”.

      @ken-mb5cp@ken-mb5cp6 ай бұрын

  • A farce was never more satisfying than in the hands of the Coen brothers. Thank you for reminding us of some of those quirks that make their stories so captivating. These guys, to reference Scorsese, make cinema... unlike much of the CGI glitter that rolls out of Hollywood.

    @Iyindu@Iyindu6 ай бұрын

  • It’s interesting to feel for many of these characters, and this video has a bit of eye opening to appreciate them further.

    @theenoogie@theenoogie7 ай бұрын

  • I thought this video would have millions of views! Your production level is outstanding, this was great! My favorite characters are for sure the nihilists. I can’t help but crack up every time the introduction scene from the pool plays where he is passed out

    @PureRush94@PureRush947 ай бұрын

  • I’ve never seen half of the films you mentioned here..but after listening to you describe with passion the details gone into the films..I’m inclined to now watch. Thank you for making this!

    @blueknight5754@blueknight5754Ай бұрын

  • Your video showed up in my suggested feed, and only reading the title, I was intrigued so I started watching it. And towards the end of the video, I started to scroll down to read comments thinking there were a ton because from the quality of your video made me assume your channel would have 100k+ followers. Great video. Clear, insightful and entertaining.

    @memesfather7821@memesfather78217 ай бұрын

    • I thought the very same thing.

      @VinceLyle2161@VinceLyle21617 ай бұрын

  • They are brilliant film makers. The Big Lebowsky is my all time favorite. The dude abides.

    @okiepita50t-town28@okiepita50t-town286 ай бұрын

  • favorite character is Steve from borderlands 2 that just says “Heyooooo!” whenever you press e on him and he does nothing else he live in my head rent free cus he literally does nothing so why he’s in the game and you can even interact with him i dunno

    @DerpyEinstein@DerpyEinstein6 ай бұрын

  • Excellent essay. Always loved the Coen brothers, but now i definitely will keep a more open eye for the 'minor' characters

    @clon4095@clon40957 ай бұрын

  • I'm so glad this landed in my KZhead feed. Great analysis. Subscribed!

    @matthalpin1981@matthalpin19814 ай бұрын

  • 2:42 "gillie im the king of philly, yess"

    @frankenstein1360@frankenstein13607 ай бұрын

  • Right on. Wearing Hudsucker becomes a joke, the detective in a beetle, the twins in Caesar. We only serve carott juice.

    @brunolerman2108@brunolerman21086 ай бұрын

  • This is why only the Coen brothers can make Blood Meridian.

    @Truffle_Pup@Truffle_Pup5 ай бұрын

  • I still think back on Bear Man from “True Grit”

    @Cheesefist@Cheesefist7 ай бұрын

  • Excellent stuff. Thanks. I love this aspect of the Goen Brothers films, and they’re among my favorite filmmakers. Having watched this commentary I’m now aware that one of my other filmmakers, Wes Anderson, uses the same kind of casting and writing as the Coen Bros. I’m thinking about all of the terrific little supporting roles in movies like Grand Budapest Hotel. It’s such a great technique to make films that much more interesting and rewarding.

    @grimper35@grimper357 ай бұрын

    • I very much agree - and I also think Terry Gilliam has the same qualities in his casting and writing. Even if his films are quite uneven, there are always some fantastic characters to be found among the supporting roles.

      @ninagohlsson6053@ninagohlsson60536 ай бұрын

  • really good video... my favorite character is the one I'm watching. that's the Coen magic!

    @Ukepa@Ukepa4 ай бұрын

  • No small parts. Apocalypse now: The Roach. Nuff said.

    @SPQSpartacus@SPQSpartacus7 ай бұрын

  • I love those moves and your analysis is great.

    @juliendebache8330@juliendebache83305 ай бұрын

  • This makes me wonder- is the Trump era really just a Cohen brothers movie that I'm stuck in?

    @nguzoloveinlofi3832@nguzoloveinlofi38326 ай бұрын

    • He definitely is one of those characters

      @scribesarchive289@scribesarchive289Ай бұрын

  • Great find. Am glad. Thank you. Love and blessings!

    @domovoi_0@domovoi_07 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic video. A real love letter to some of the greatest minds in filmmaking history. I remember the first time I watched the ending of no country for old men and I was waiting for Tommy Lee Jones to track down Bardem but instead just seeing an old man talk about his dreams. After that cut to black I thought about the film for weeks and watched and read every analysis I could find. Truly the greatest film ending of all time in my opinion.

    @user-fy5ms1bx2e@user-fy5ms1bx2e7 ай бұрын

    • "... and then I woke up."

      @JiveDadson@JiveDadson7 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for giving me another perspective to their films and adding some movies to my to watch list.

    @972Blanco@972Blanco7 ай бұрын

  • Ultimate short screen time character with maximum impact was the Eagles loving cab driver from the Big Lebowski. I want to watch his movie.

    @jonnyhenningson1182@jonnyhenningson11826 ай бұрын

    • Dude was a passionate fan. Just one of many laugh-out-loud throwaway scenes in that movie. The Dude’s run in with the sheriff of Malibu is way up there, too.

      @pjmlegrande@pjmlegrande2 ай бұрын

  • What's makes Coen brothers so good is they can make a character out of dripping wall paper in Barton fink.

    @christianterrill3503@christianterrill35036 ай бұрын

    • Had that “Barton Fink” feeling.

      @ken-mb5cp@ken-mb5cp6 ай бұрын

  • I love how many clips you gave to Burn After Reading Every scene in that movie is perfect

    @the_correct_ian@the_correct_ian6 ай бұрын

  • "would that it were so simple," f'cking kills me, i have to watch the scene over and over.

    @timwhite5562@timwhite55626 ай бұрын

  • This must be one of the best cinema related videos I have seen in youtube in my life. Thank you for that, big fan of your content!

    @disnamenotavailable@disnamenotavailable7 ай бұрын

  • Gonna have to rummage their whole catalog. Just watched no country for old men and it was a refreshing experience. I was invested in every scene

    @joonasvahasalo6635@joonasvahasalo66356 ай бұрын

  • What makes Coen brothers movies so good? Like you say, it's all the tiny little observations and details, providing the viewer with a fresh viewpoint each time they movie is revisited... Laced with the darkest sense of humor. In a league of their own. Favorite character? Too many favorites, to be honest!

    @wambugumassive@wambugumassive7 ай бұрын

  • My favorite Coen Brothers film is The Hudsucker Proxy, and I wish that had shown up more here. There are so many minor characters that still stick out in my brain after all these years. The tailor, the taxi drivers with indigestion, the mail room supervisor giving orientation ("...THEY'LL DOCK YA"), the two silhouetted marketing men trying to come up with the name "Hula Hoop". I could go on and on.

    @TheRossMadness@TheRossMadness6 ай бұрын

    • All of those! That was my list, too. Don’t forget the evil killer handyman. I remember playing a game called Chronicles of Crime where you’re a detective and at one point you interview a janitor who looks exactly like that guy. I turn to my friend and we both saw it. We knew not to trust him, and it turned out he had a role much like in the movie!

      @wellesradio@wellesradio6 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for this, it is brilliant

    @Panzerkita61@Panzerkita617 ай бұрын

  • This scratched the itch that Every Frame a Painting left behind.

    @boscodaze@boscodaze4 ай бұрын

  • what an excellent analysis of a coen bros. technique that i've unwittingly enjoyed many times.

    @wadeoden8464@wadeoden84646 ай бұрын

  • Hugh Grant has been stealing the show in everything he has done recently. Operation Fortune was a great example. Also Paddington 2 and dungeons and Dragons.

    @s-b6218@s-b62187 ай бұрын

  • Great expression of experience. Keep doing what you are doing.

    @jtro77@jtro773 ай бұрын

  • "they tend to inspire us to write characters for them, in George's case they all happen to be morons" hilarious

    @fuuuursure@fuuuursure4 ай бұрын

  • Great video! I feel like you missed the opportunity to talk about Stephen Root. He appeared in numerous Coen brothers films, always playing memorable characters

    @vinnidp2@vinnidp27 ай бұрын

    • That guy is insanely versatile.

      @charliedillon1400@charliedillon14006 ай бұрын

  • Minute in, and I love this already

    @joshbertrand9979@joshbertrand99797 ай бұрын

  • Delightful. I feel like I've rewatched their films, and discovered a few l haven't seen. Thank you.

    @c.a.savage5689@c.a.savage5689Ай бұрын

  • Good job man!! This is awesome :) keep it up

    @rshakilur@rshakilur7 ай бұрын

  • This was awesome

    @bigsiebuzz1728@bigsiebuzz17286 ай бұрын

  • Sooo, you're Leboskieeeeee... Knox Harrington, got to love him!

    @cthoadmin7458@cthoadmin74586 ай бұрын

  • Heartwarming Human Genius !

    @sobreaver@sobreaver7 ай бұрын

  • Yeah, I like how every character is a scene, essentially. It allows the movie to feel very Shakespearian. The lead doesn't need to carry all the audience engagement, and the plot doesn't need to bear the burden of chief interest. Another great thing about doing this is the movie doesn't need to have expensive action or crazy sets. The characters have all the dynamism and entertainment value to satisfy the audience. So if you're writing a story and want to make a scene interesting, think about the supporting character as the lead of their own story, just passing through yours. When a supporting character wants something rather than merely acts as a go-for for the lead character, you get tons of conflict that is natural -- no need to manufacture it.

    @kilgoretrout321@kilgoretrout3213 ай бұрын

  • Also they use unique colors for every film, to give it its own quirky tone and personality.

    @holyX@holyX7 ай бұрын

  • 2 of my favorite films are the big labowski as an adult, and raising Arizona when I was in college and it came out. Love the Cohen brothers, geniuses.

    @bobdobalina838@bobdobalina8386 ай бұрын

  • This is a fabulous essay, great work!

    @Jekoo1881@Jekoo18816 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful analysis. Thank you.

    @derickmccoy5852@derickmccoy58522 ай бұрын

  • Really well-done, thank you!

    @davidwhitehead6880@davidwhitehead68807 ай бұрын

  • Just terrific. Enjoyed every moment.

    @VinceLyle2161@VinceLyle21617 ай бұрын

  • The ending of Burn After Reading is about how ending a Coen brother movie feels

    @dh9232@dh92326 ай бұрын

  • O'brother, Burn after reading and Big Lebowski are among the best films ever made

    @sjmac9737@sjmac97372 ай бұрын
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