feels like some of the premier modern directors deserve their own discussion thread
just watched a pretty solid ranking video and it’s got me feeling like I might want to do a total rewatch of their stuff over the next year or two. I’ve seen my favourites multiple times but there’s also a bunch I’ve only seen once or many years ago, and think I’d feel very differently about them this time - pretty sure A Serious Man isn’t the same in your mid-30s as being a 20 year old in uni …
please talk about any and all Coen bros thoughts, opinions, rewatches, etc. in the following space
Me and my gf have been making our way through them randomly, mostly rewatches for now. Fargo probably cream of the crop so far, although No Country for Old Men really stuck with me this time round, more so than the last time I watched it.
I think reading the book for No Country in between first watch and rewatch really helped for me too. Made it clear it was a faithful adaptation but also how much of their own vibe and atmosphere they added, since the basic story is very lean and direct
i’m slowly making my way through the Blank Check Coens mini-series, which has made me want to rewatch a bunch of them (shame none are on any of the multiple streaming services i pay for)
Seen everything except Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers (caught the end of that once but not counting it obviously), and haven’t seen Honey Don’t because Drive Away Dolls was kinda shit
feels like that, Barton Fink and A Serious Man all most need a rewatch because I was just a lot younger when I first saw them, and then Blood Simple because I got too drunk so it was quite a distracted, background watch. A true Coens noir deserves better than that
From voting I realise I’ve seen loads of their films - they were just an essential part of my formative cinephile endeavours without me even thinking about it, which shows how freaking amazing they are really!
