The Coen's, for me, marked a success in how I chose to watch their entire back-catalogue and succeeded - whilst my ongoing attempts at watching the back-catalogue's of Woody Allen (so-o-o many films!) and Steven Spielberg (damn you Always!) continue.
It was due to this success that I chronicled the Coen's collection on my blog, analysing each and every film I watched and commenting on them. It was broken into four parts - and preceded True Grit and delves a little deeper into what reoccurs in their films - and what is unique about each one.
As a taste:
"Blood Simple brings together a simple story set in Texas about infidelity and murder. Influenced by genre cinema - namely Film Noir and, to some extent, Horror. Cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld even worked on the film - to go on to direct features such as Get Shorty and Men in Black. Even the awkward murder-gone-wrong, a huge centre-point to the story, is something that became a recurring theme - though clearly inspired by Hitchcock, whereby it was always a nightmare to dispose of bodies and even commit the murder itself in classics such as Rope and Frenzy."
And here are the links to each post -
The Complete Collection: The Coen Brothers (Part 1) - Blood Simple and Raising Arizona
The Complete Collection: The Coen Brothers (Part 2) - Miller's Crossing through to The Big Lebowski
The Complete Collection: The Coen Brothers (Part 3) - O Brother Where Art Thou through to The Ladykiller's
The Complete Collection: The Coen Brothers (Part 4) - No Country for Old Men to True Grit
