The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen: A Mashup

By David in Film on Apr 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.

Link – via Digg

Tags: coen, films, mashup, movies

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Murf
Apr 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.
mikelietz
Apr 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am
Aw man, it’s got NCFOM? I’d rather watch this until I see that.
Justin
Apr 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.
Parker
Apr 21st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Was Blood Simple in there too?
andrewdoane
Apr 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.
Louisa
Apr 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.
ChrisM70
Apr 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.
MoonCake
Apr 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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