The Coen Brothers
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![Joel & Ethan Coen [Part 8] — Tales From A New Frontier](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/screen-shot-2022-04-22-at-2.20.07-pm.png)
PART 8: TALES FROM A NEW FRONTIER breaks down Joel & Ethan Coen’s THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (2018), their first production under Netflix– and quite possibly, their last collaboration ever.
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Notable Festivals: Venice Like the recording industry before it, the film industry has sustained a seismic shift over the past decade and change— both in small movements made gradually and in giant, abrupt leaps. While experts and armchair analysts alike feared that the advent of home video in the 1970’s and 80’s would result in…
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In 2017, directors Joel and Ethan Coen returned to the commercial fold for a high-profile Super Bowl spot. Titled “EASY DRIVER”, the spot for Mercedes-Benz pays winking tribute to the lasting influence of Dennis Hopper’s pioneering independent film, EASY RIDER (1969), depicting a gang of goofball bikers blasting Steppenwolf’s “Born To Be Wild” in a…
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![The Coen Brothers [4.7] – The Art Of Commerce](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cb4-7.jpg)
4.7: THE ART OF COMMERCE is the seventh installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of films that explore the absurdities of art and commerce: -INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013) -HAIL, CAESAR! (2016)
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There’s a saying in Hollywood that goes: “you’re only as good as your last movie”, and while we all would like to think that’s really not the case, it’s unfortunately been proven true time and time again in the court of public opinion. Directing team Joel and Ethan Coen are well acquainted with this sentiment,…
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![The Coen Brothers [4.6] – A Prestigious Pinnacle](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/cb4-6.jpg)
4.6: A PRESTIGIOUS PINNACLE is the sixth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their four-year run of highly-acclaimed, award-winning features: -NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) -TO EACH HIS OWN CINEMA: “WORLD CINEMA” (2007) -BURN AFTER READING (2008) -A SERIOUS MAN (2009) -TRUE…
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![The Coen Brothers [4.5] – Screwball Scoundrels](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cb4-5.jpg)
4.5: SCREWBALL SCOUNDRELS is the fifth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their brief foray into the slapstick caper genre with mass commercial appeal: -GAP “TWO WHITE SHIRTS” COMMERCIAL (2002) -INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (2003) -THE LADYKILLERS (2004) -PARIS JE T’AIME: “TUILERIES” (2006)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.4] – An Odyssey Into Style](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sequence-01-00_06_46_18-still021.jpg)
4.4: AN ODYSSEY INTO STYLE is the fourth installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of highly-stylized features from the dawn of the new millennium: -O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? (2000) -THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (2001)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.3] – The Breakout Classics](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cb4-3.jpg)
4.3: THE BREAKOUT CLASSICS is the third installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of mainstream breakthrough works in the late 90’s: -FARGO (1996) -THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.2]- The Postmodern Pictures](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cb4-2.jpg)
4.2: THE POSTMODERN PICTURES is the second installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their trio of “retro-surreal” period pictures producing in the 1990’s. -MILLER’S CROSSING (1990) -BARTON FINK (1991) -THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994)
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![The Coen Brothers [4.1]- Murder & Mania](https://thedirectorsseries.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/coen4-1.jpg)
4.1: MURDER & MANIA is the first installment of THE DIRECTORS SERIES’ examination into the films and careers of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, covering their pair of independent debut features set in the American southwest. -BLOOD SIMPLE. (1984) -RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
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Notable Festivals: Cannes (Jury Grand Prize), New York Inducted Into the Criterion Collection: 2016 Any aspiring artist can tell you the long, sad, often-frustrating story of their attempts to break through in their chosen medium. The pursuit of making art as one’s primary means of income, while incredibly exhilarating and fulfilling in its victories (both…