The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen: A Mashup

Posted by David in Movies & SciFi on April 21, 2008 at 7:49 am


Those of you who are huge Coen brothers fans like me know that despite being set in a variety of outlandish places (e.g. Arizona in “Raising Arizona”, L.A. in “Barton Fink,” Brainerd in “Fargo”) a lot of their films have similarities: ponderous voiceovers, psychotic white males, copious amounts of gunplay. But this brilliant mashup by Youtube user barringer82 not only reveals the visual and aural similarities between many of their films; it also does an excellent job of showing you how diverse and compelling their films really are. Bonus points if you can identify every single one of the films used.

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8 comments to "The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen: A Mashup"

  1. Murf
    April 21st, 2008 at 9:27 am

    Fargo
    O brother, where art thou?
    Ladykillers
    Raising Arizona
    The hudsucker proxy
    The big lewbowski
    No country for old men

    I guess Barton Fink, but I never saw that one.

  2. mikelietz
    April 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am

    Aw man, it's got NCFOM? I'd rather watch this until I see that.

  3. Justin
    April 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am

    Wow that was really well done. I haven't even seen half these movies, but I still appreciate it.

  4. Parker
    April 21st, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    Was Blood Simple in there too?

  5. andrewdoane
    April 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    Hooray for O Brother Where Art Thou. I love that movie. I saw No Country for Old Men this weekend and was a little disappointed.

  6. Louisa
    April 21st, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    The Academy should hire this guy when it comes time for a Coen Brothers retrospective. That was really well done.

  7. ChrisM70
    April 21st, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Also used:

    The Man Who Wasn't There
    Miller's Crossing
    Intolerable Cruelty

    Miller's Crossing is a CLASSIC.

  8. MoonCake
    April 22nd, 2008 at 6:33 am

    if it weren't for my brother, i wouldn't really know the magic that is the coen brothers. i love that they have set a style for themselves using vast wastelands to depict the mundaine. and their ecclectic taste allows their plots to take place really at any point on a timeline. i also love that they (like many others) use the same actors for different roles and create sincerely awkward situations. LOVE. THEM.

    @andrewdoane: just like all the other coen brothers movies, 'no country' takes a couple times of viewing to really understand and appreciate. they don't make hit-or-miss movies where you only watch it once, they make hit-and-keep-hitting-to-make-sure-you-didn't-miss-anything movies where you are almost obligated to watch half a dozen times because it's not possible to get the entire picture after seeing it once or twice. or even three times. i didn't like fargo at first because it was too slow and boring, and their accents were killing me. but then i found myself saying "oh ya!" all the time. i have to say their movies aren't exactly attention grabbers. i just PINE for them!


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