Coen Bros (late '80s to present).

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I've been having a look at several movie-related discussion sites, and none of them seem to get even halfway into the ideas that the Coen Bros really present - from "Hey, wow, I love these guys" to "God, why can't they make a decent movie?". There's not just not a single glimpse of what they're trying to do, from Blood Simple to The Man Who Wasn't There.

Just wondered if anyone had any insights into their work - even though they try to function purely from originality, not taking any (credited) influences from previous efforts. (Ha, ha, I'm sure Miller's Crossing owes nothing to The Godfather Pt II).

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Wait, that's not true

What a dipstick. Just remembered that the story - if not the style - of O Brother, Where Art Thou? closely follows Homer's The Odyssey. Homer is even credited as the co-writer..!

(Well, at least that gives this thread a basis in literature.)

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