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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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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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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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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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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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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