based on the script : The first category is pure author's film, the script is completely created by two people:
"Blood Labyrinth", "Raising Arizona", "Barton Fink", and "Ice and Blood Storm." "The Bizarre Kidnapping of Big Bowling" and "The Absent"
category two, script adapted from other types of works or in collaboration with others:
"Miller's Crossroads" (adapted from Dashiell Hammett's novel)
"Money Empire" (with Sam Co-edited by Raimi)
"The Three Kings" (adapted from Homer's epic "Odyssey")
"Immortal Cruelty" (written with Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone, etc.)
"Old Woman Killer" (adapted from the old William Rose movie)
From the previous glance, it can be seen that most of their most recognized and indeed most exciting works belong to the first category. "Old Nowhere" and the second category "Miller's Crossroads" are very close, and are also adapted from novels and original novels. The basis of the story provided is very similar to the tone and appeal of their film. However, the former is purer in narrative, minimizing the cleverness and humor in many Cohen films. But this kind of purity is a little lacking compared with the first category of "Blood Maze" and "The Absent Man". It's just that in this "Old Nowhere", the Coen brothers blurred the distance between the two categories.
To be honest, "Old Nowhere" is compared with many noir films in the United States in this century. There are much less entertainment and gimmicks, a small amount of dialogue and few soundtracks. It only depends on the director and queen photographer Roger Diggens's scheduling and actors. Stylized performance, the film still shows the effect of Cohen-style realism: using evil to cure evil!
In the context of Cohen's work, it is understandable that Cannes did not give her any courtesy, and the unanimously respected voice in the United States may make the two brothers a little "flattered". But it is still very happy to see Cohen's return, and it is to return to the earliest state.
On the other hand, I admire the role of Javier Bardem, who has watched more than two-thirds of his works for more than ten years. With the momentum of the film, it is indeed possible to survive forever, but for him it is actually complete. Pediatrics.
2008-01-10
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