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In Reply to: The Man Who Wasn't There posted by Troy on February 18, 2004 at 07:25:31:
There comes a time in every Coen Brothers film where something just whacky happens and you say to yourself, "Only in a Coen Brothers film." Examples are when the woman talking about aliens arrives in "TMWWT" or when the Japanese classmate calls Marge in the middle of the night in "Fargo" or when Paul Newman falls out the window and there's a flashback to his tailor in "The Hudsucker Proxy".
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Or did I miss it, after having seen this film four times?Regards
BF
I agree there is no such magic Coen moment in "Miller's Crossing" which is probably why it's my least favorite of their efforts. I should have said "...in MOST Coen Brothers films".
Perhaps because it doesn't have the element of unexpected, like the other ones you mentioned?
MC does not delve anywhere surreal but sticks to the story instead.
Imho, it is a head above the touted film that was somewhat modeled after it - Road to Perdition.How about that John Torturro!!!
The hudsucker was a failed attempt. I thing that Fargo was maybe the most valid of what they have done...till now. It was the more complete.
...Blood Simple was the most complete. IMO.
--The hudsucker was a failed attempt.Attempt at what?
To be a film. Remember it was somekind of a remake.
It was? I didn't know that. What was the original called?
It was Capraīs " Meet John Doe " with Gary Cooper. An old, but very good film. Humanistic and with a touch that some would call " utopian " but those who donīt feel this way are the real utopians.
Have you seen " The lost Horizon? "
The mother of a lot of films. Fascinant.
Are you sure Hudsucker was molded after Meet John Doe ?The stories are different...
Of course, at my age I can mixed up things.....But I look and I did not...
I know that this film does not have a large following but it remains one of my favorites. There are obvious references to other films
("The Front Page", "Star Wars", "Superman", etc.) but I don't think this highly original film is a remake of anything. It perfectly captures the fifties and makes a great double bill with "Quiz Show".
It was " Meet Joe Doeī s" Capra. I saw twice, better say one time and a half. I just did not like it, I remember only to found it totally boring and having nothing of the magic the original had.
Which " Front Page " there are so many! The Quiz Show..is a film I like ! All falls together in this one.
I bought it.
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