The Coen Brothers Movie Collection (1987)

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD Product Description

Coen Brothers smorgasbord

If you love the Coen Brothers' movies...and who doesn't??!!......this is a great deal. You will always have something to watch. They are an American treasure, as far as I am concerned. June 27, 2008

good buy

I really like this collection. It's great for the price. I already had Fargo, but it was scratched, so it worked out. I cant get enough of that movie, its definitely a favorite. Miller's Crossing I had never seen, probably wont watch again for a while, a little boring, but still good. Barton Fink I had never seen, and I loved it, great movie. Raising Arizona I had never seen, also a little boring, but fun. And Blood Simple, I have seen once, awesome movie. I would definitely recommend this collection to any Coen Brothers fan. June 4, 2008

Perfect for those who love the Coen boys!

I bought this for my hubby and he had seen all of them except for Barton Fink. He was pleasantly surprised at how well it stacked up to the other Coen Brothers movies. June 2, 2008

worth its weight in (twisted) gold.

The purchase of "Fargo" alone was worth the price. Everything else is a bonus. May 31, 2008

The easiest way to become a Coen brothers junkie

The Coen brothers -- Joel and Ethan -- burst onto the scene with 1984's "Blood Simple", a slow-moving noirish crime drama that expanded the universe of those films in ways most Americans were not familiar. For one thing, it wasn't clear right away what the crime was. Second, it wasn't clear who the crimial was. Third, as that guy stated in one of the film's great lines, "Where's my jacket?" indicated the complete irony every character found himself facing in this very original production.

And thus began the career of two of America's most celebrated filmmakers from the past 25 years. The Coen brothers grew up in Minneapolis and present a very Seinfeld-esque Midwestern view in their films, even those that take place in unnamed large cities including the oddball mobster movie "Miller's Crossing" or "Barton Fink", which begins in New York and moves onto Los Angeles.

The latter film -- always one of my favorite Coen brothers' works -- was almost completely misintrepreted by critics when it arrived in 1991. None could identify the obvious symbolism that it was about a conflicted playwright (John Turturro) who took his great success from New York's theater community and went West to become a screenwriter in Hollywood, where he encounters all sorts of evil including the Devil incarnate. Even during all these very unMidwestern transacations, the Coens stayed true to their upbringing and brought hardworking pull yourself up by your bootstraps elements to their movies, where every hero was challenged by the unusual, original and sometimes even the insurmountable. They did this even when mixing film metaphors as they so often do.

The greatest advantage of this package is it includes none of their later higher gloss but emotionally empty movies with George Clooney. It I was the one packaging this, I'd have deleted "Raising Arizona" and added "The Big Lebowski", a better comedy and a film that features a much better cast than "Arizona". But that's small potatoes because, for less than $35, you have get a handful of the Coens' best early films for home enjoyment anytime you want, including their great masterpiece "Fargo", an American Film Institute top 100 movie that takes place in their hometown and is based on events that really happened.

So don't waste too much time if original filmmaking, clever writing, wonderful character acting, and originality are assets you seek in entertainment. Take advantage of one of the offers Amazon Marketplace provides you to get this package for a very attractive price and bring treasurable art into your home for consumption anytime you want. [...] May 21, 2008

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