Monday, May 5, 2008
Again with the terrible people...
Is there some unwritten rule somewhere that says all good filmmakers must make X number of films about people with ill intent? Seriously. Robert Altman did it. Akira Kurosawa did it. Albert Hitchcock did it. The Coen Brothers are no different. All of the movies that we watched involved a certain amount of death and/or money. Now of course, 3 movies is hardly a fair representation of their entire filmography. However I do find it interesting that all they could think of to write about for the 3 that we watched was greed and murder. I wonder what would have to happen to them before making all of these films that inspires such pessimism. Maybe they had a good long talk with Robert Altman before making all 3 of these films, which in my opinion would cause anyone to instantly lose hope. But don't get me wrong, these are certainly good movies and are worthy of seeing a few times just to take in all of the details, however I think they could use a bit less death...
~PSH
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It may be depressing, but if you think about it there's not a lot to analyze in your basic run of the mill comedy. These topics are discussed because there's depth to them and we learn more. The emphasis is on the story and the characters rather than jokes (or whatever else you may pick). So yeah, film directors are probs really weird people, but the topics they pick are for a reason.
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