Don't worry, checked the front page of IMDB and neither of them has died...

Just caught 'Romance and Cigarettes' on iPlayer...

Apart from 'Intolerable Cruelty' have these guys made a bad film?

Which is your fave?

Impossible to pick one, but if forced at gunpoint, I'd pick 'No Country for Old Men'

Wasn't too keen on The Ladykillers; pretty much love everything else they've done (not sure on IC though).

Mick

Wasn't too keen on The Ladykillers; pretty much love everything else they've done (not sure on IC though).

Mick

True, I'd forgotten that one...

'burn after reading' was pap beyond measure.

'..Old men' the best I think. Or 'fargo'. Daft as the proverbial that one and some excellent belly laughs.

Fargo, it's the best. Sir, you have no call to get snippy with me......

'burn after reading' was pap beyond measure.

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Or as the guy with his wife in front of me said, "two for Read After Burning" please.

Or as the guy with his wife in front of me said, "two for Read After Burning" please.

:D :D I do enjoy the very daft.

Of the Coen brothers films I've seen Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski (well, duh!), Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou are my faves, man.

Intolerable Cruelty -- meh. Burn After Reading -- meh. Ladykillers -- what were they thinking?

Joe

Got to be the Big L for me, liked Old Men and A Serious Man a lot.

Of the Coen brothers films I've seen Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski (well, duh!), Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou are my faves, man.

Intolerable Cruelty -- meh. Burn After Reading -- meh. Ladykillers -- what were they thinking?

Joe

I always forget 'O Brother, Where Art Thou' is a Coen film...

Don't get old Joe...

And hey, 'Romance and Cigarettes'... Steve Buscemi doesn't die in it...

And a wonderful call out to The Big lebowski when Elaine Stritch tell's his character to 'Shut up'...

All films mentioned so far worth seeing again and again .
I always liked Barton Fink, reminded me of my first attempt at wallpaper hanging, also Blood simple is worth catching

Don't forget the hudsucker proxy; can't think of a better scene that the rolling hoop.......

For some reason I always think The Shawshank Redemption (five quid HMV) is one of theirs. Fargo, Lebowski and Blood Simple for me. Anyone attempting a remake of an Ealing comedy without Alec Guinness is riding for a fall though.

For some reason I always think The Shawshank Redemption (five quid HMV) is one of theirs. Fargo, Lebowski and Blood Simple for me. Anyone attempting a remake of an Ealing comedy without Alec Guinness is riding for a fall though.

Ditto...

But I found my DVD at the supermarket for £3...

Not my best bargain, picked up 'Annie Hall' for a quid in Morrisons!

Of the Coen brothers films I've seen Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski (well, duh!), Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou are my faves, man.I agree, though still have a soft spot for Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing.

I agree, though still have a soft spot for Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing.

Agreed, both awesome.

I think it's the attention to detail that give the Coen Bros films that... little something extra.

Agreed, both awesome.

Haven't seen either. On my list they go.

Raising Arizona gets me every time, especially this exchange in a convenience store;

Evelle: [about the balloons he just bought] These blow up into funny shapes and all?
Grocer: Well no... unless round is funny.

I know which ones are not so good , which one is best ...are you kidding.

Haven't seen either. On my list they go.

Duuuuuude. millar's crossing is beyond awesome.

Apart from 'Intolerable Cruelty' have these guys made a bad film?
I think I like every Coen Bros film I've seen - including Intolerable Cruelty which I love!

Going back to the original post;

did the Coen brothers have anything to do with 'Romance and Cigarettes'?

Or is that not what you meant?

regards

Kevin

I think I like every Coen Bros film I've seen - including Intolerable Cruelty which I love!

So Steve, if you were a character in Fargo, who would you be?

I haven't seen it but I've added it to my list.

I've just taken my list to Amazon and hit the Buy button. I needed a few DVDs. It's still a cheap evening - until the government bomb Jersey or whatever they're planning to do.

i actually find all of their movies to be juvenile, although occasionally entertaining. two people can not make a film or write a novel or paint a picture that's any good, even if they are brothers.

"rasing arizona" is in really poor taste and i had to stop after about 10-15 minutes. stealing a baby is about as funny as death in a concentration camp. it says a lot about the brothers and contemporary western culture.

vuk.

I'd forgotten about Raising Arizona - I keep trying with it but can't get on with it because it's full of people SHOUTING ALL THE TIME!

The Man Who Wasn't There always seems to get forgotten. Lovely tone to that one, I think.

I'm a huge fan; Fargo, The Big Lebowski & Oh Brother Where Art Thou? are marginally my faves but, let's face it, they've yet to make a bad film. In addition to their attention to detail, I just love the characters that inhabit their stuff.

They also had a hand in a great little film called Crimewave (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088967/)
Blood Simple is a great film but it does un nerve a little.

I'm a huge fan; Fargo, The Big Lebowski & Oh Brother Where Art Thou? are marginally my faves but, let's face it, they've yet to make a bad film. In addition to their attention to detail, I just love the characters that inhabit their stuff.

I'm the same; add Barton Fink to those three and those are my favourites, although Millers Crossing is a close fifth.

Mick

Of the Coen brothers films I've seen Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski (well, duh!), Fargo and O Brother, Where Art Thou are my faves, man.

Intolerable Cruelty -- meh. Burn After Reading -- meh. Ladykillers -- what were they thinking?

Joe

Nothing much else to add to that splendid list.