The interlacing of fantasy and reality is indistinguishable, and therefore questioned the most fundamental dream-making attribute of the film. From then on, we are not dreaming in the film, but the reality that invades our (or any intentionally created "creator") intentionally or unintentionally. In terms of the concept of the play, the Coen brothers chose the screenwriter as the protagonist and injected their creative identity into the creation.
Perhaps a game of words can be used to express this film: "author's film in author's film", the first layer of "author" comes from the independent spirit of the Coen brothers who insist on being fully responsible for film shooting and editing, and the second layer" "Author" refers to a film with a film author as the protagonist.
This is hinted at in the film's lines: "of and about and for...". Perhaps in the heart of the Coen brothers, this is a movie for creators/themselves, and "it's the best work I've done". But thanks to their superb film skills, they incorporate many genre elements into the film language, making it surprisingly good-looking in the eyes of ordinary audiences, but inevitably "obscure".
However, in the last scene of the film, the Coen brothers had another self-reflection or self-questioning:
Are you in pictures? Don't be silly.
The overflowing performances in the film are evil, hilarious, crazy, and precise.
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