Ethan Coen
(1957 - )Biography from Baseline's Encyclopedia of Film
Occupation: Producer
Also: Screenwriter
Born: September 21, 1957, St. Louis Park, MN
Education:
Simon's Rock of Bard College,
Massachusetts; Princeton University, NJ (philosophy)
Joel Coen
(1954 - )Biography from Baseline's Encyclopedia of Film
Occupation: Director
Also: Screenwriter
Born: November 29, 1954, St. Louis Park, MN
Education:
Simon's Rock of Bard College;
Institute of Film and TV, NYU
The Coen Brothers Biography:http://www.coenbrothers.net/coens.html
Films:
1-Blood Simple
2-Raising Arizona
3-Miller's Crossing
4-Barton Fink
5-The Hudsucker Proxy
6-Fargo
7-The Big Lebowski
8-O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9-The Man Who Wasn't There
10-Intolerable Cruelty
11-The Ladykillers
12-No Country For Old Men
13-Burn After Reading
14-A Serious Man
The Coen Brothers Films:http://www.coenbrothers.net/movies.html
Actors:
The Coen Brothers Have a great eye for casting roles and enjoy using the same actors to convey their unusual characters. Actors such as George Clooney, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro among with many others have all been used in more than one of their productions.
"My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig." - Steve Buscemi
"Joel and Ethan had just finished the script of Raising Arizona (1987), and they asked me to read it and said that they`d written this part for me and would I be interested in doing it? So that was the beginning of my feature film career. "- Holly Hunter on Raising Arizona
The Coen Brothers Actors:http://www.coenbrothers.net/actors.html
Burn After Reading
Burn after reading is a brilliantly bizarre film, the non-sinister comedy spy/crime genre that it falls into were nothing actually happens is one that not many storytellers (let alone directors) could achieve. A Star studded cast with George Clooney and Brad Pitt playing very odd roles certainly helps.
In a Cinematic sense the film is increadibly well shot, with an edgy but clean look.
The tone of voice of this film is an odd one, it has a sinister undertone with adultery and murder and yet it defiantly fits the comedy genre, much like many of the coen brothers films the characters bring comedy to the situation with their peculiar out looks.
Film Poster - Pre final cut
Film Poster - Pre Film Release
DVD Cover
From the beginning of production this film had a very stylish look, the hand renederd type and silhouetted people intrigued me as soon as i saw them. The Promo Designs have a 1930s DIY Detective air to them. The seemingly loose placement of photographs reminds me of detective photographs and files. And all of these things fit the film perfectly.
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