The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Country: US/GB
Technical: bw 116m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini
Synopsis:
A barber's wife commits adultery with her boss and he exacts a financial revenge which turns sour when he is obliged to kill the shyster in self-defence.
Review:
The brothers return to the murky plotting of Blood Simple, with some of Camus's L'Etranger thrown in. It's a disquieting film, with little of their trademark humour, and an inconsequential subplot about the antihero's obsession with a young piano playing prodigy. As always, however, there is a rare distinction to the filmmaking, with technical and acting departments finely attuned to the makers' in this case obscure intentions.
Country: US/GB
Technical: bw 116m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini
Synopsis:
A barber's wife commits adultery with her boss and he exacts a financial revenge which turns sour when he is obliged to kill the shyster in self-defence.
Review:
The brothers return to the murky plotting of Blood Simple, with some of Camus's L'Etranger thrown in. It's a disquieting film, with little of their trademark humour, and an inconsequential subplot about the antihero's obsession with a young piano playing prodigy. As always, however, there is a rare distinction to the filmmaking, with technical and acting departments finely attuned to the makers' in this case obscure intentions.
Country: US/GB
Technical: bw 116m
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini
Synopsis:
A barber's wife commits adultery with her boss and he exacts a financial revenge which turns sour when he is obliged to kill the shyster in self-defence.
Review:
The brothers return to the murky plotting of Blood Simple, with some of Camus's L'Etranger thrown in. It's a disquieting film, with little of their trademark humour, and an inconsequential subplot about the antihero's obsession with a young piano playing prodigy. As always, however, there is a rare distinction to the filmmaking, with technical and acting departments finely attuned to the makers' in this case obscure intentions.