The Man Who Wasn't There Reviews

Robin 2022-10-27 09:47:41

UFOs have always been a very interesting setting in Cohen films. It is even more silent than the male protagonist, flying out just to destroy or even laugh at the seemingly unproblematic daily life. It is the "absurd" written by Camus, the "truth" in Lacan's eyes, and the "monster" in Zizek's...

Kaleigh 2022-10-25 13:28:20

The screenwriter is great, and the design of the story is a bit unexpected.

The barber male protagonist is taciturn. Cigarettes are indispensable props for his various occasions, and Beethoven's tunes are the only background music.

The sociable wife, who looked familiar, turned out to be the heroine...

Lucinda 2022-10-23 23:00:41

Eddie (Billy Bob Thornton), a barber, lives an unremarkable life. His wife, Doris (Frances McDormand), who works as a bookkeeper in a department store, looks alike. Eddie relies on her husband's intuition to conclude that his wife is having an affair with his boss, Dave. One day, one of Eddie's...

Wayne 2022-10-22 08:56:06

Don't forget my words, stay warm. Maybe instinct locked me in the barbershop, facing the exit but didn't dare to open it. It was her shop, and I was under her control. Later, she told me she liked my taciturnity, and for two weeks she proposed to get married. You don't have to tell me anything, the...

Kyleigh 2022-10-20 11:21:12

Ed is an ordinary hairdresser with a dull life and few words. His wife, Dorothy, is a clothing store accountant who has an affair with the owner, Dave.

Ed is like a ghost floating in the crowd, undetected, but he can see what is hidden in the crowd.

Ed didn't want to be a barber. One day, he met an...

Della 2022-10-18 01:18:39

I like the eloquent male voice in the film, which is low and calm, which is very consistent with the character of the male lead. In the black and white film, when the heroine's wife is drunk and resting in bed, the shadow is in a trance, very beautiful. The characters interspersed throughout the...

Ernestine 2022-10-17 01:43:14

The title "The Absent Person" has three meanings: the first is from the perspective of the police, a third party that has been overlooked in homicide cases. The second is from the perspective of a wife, which is of no value to her life, and is a husband who is dispensable as if it does not exist...

Chris 2022-10-11 04:05:51

Coincidentally, the tone of the whole movie, the character setting of the male protagonist, the main line of the story, the moral judgment of the society, and the psychological monologue in the face of death are very similar to "The Outsider". I like this sense of absurdity, which is...

Jeffery 2022-10-07 21:01:55

After reading several Coen brothers, I did not expect this one to be so moving. It even used Beethoven's piano as the soundtrack, and Scarlett's row of explosions was buried well. The pathetic and peaceful self-report is far more noble than Jiang Wenma's narcissistic banter, and he has a solid...

Ludie 2022-10-06 08:28:56

The tone of black and white, the long monologue, the low tones, the melancholy eyes, the cigarette that never leaves his hand, isn't it all like Tony Leung under Wong Kar-wai's lens? This analogy may be a bit ridiculous. Could it be that Wong Kar-wai imitated them? . Originally, she came to...