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The Coen Brothers Reporatory Role Call 1984-2008
film babble blog — ... can’t do that. It’s against the laws of nature. Time travels on.” Maybe so but I for one hope the Coens go for the Goodman goods again some day. Holly Hunter (BLOOD SIMPLE, RAISING ARIZONA, O ...

BURN AFTER READING - The Film Babble Blog Review
film babble blog — ... Jenkins (Six Feet Under, THE VISITOR) and J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson in the SPIDERMAN series, JUNO) and you've got as rich and tasty an cinematic ensemble soufflé that could be served today. Coming off the ginormous success of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (yes, more Oscars) it seems the Coen Brothers needed to blow off some steam just as RAISING ARIZONA was the silly satirical followup to their dark debut BLOOD SIMPLE and THE BIG LEBOWSKI came right after FARGO, this is the ice cream to ...

Frances McDormand Will Have Her Revenge
Film Experience Blog — ... worn for her husband and bro-in-law. With Burn After Reading, she's now been in six of their films (seven if you count some voice-over in Barton Fink), and lord knows there's nothing better that The Coens love than a silly wig or accent or the like (I say that with love). Whatever has this poor woman been saddled with? Let's look at how they've envisioned McDormand over the years: (Top Row, left to right: Abby, Blood Simple (1984); Dot, Raising Arizona (1987); The Mayor's ...

4/20: 10 Alternatives to the Usual Stoner Favorites
SpoutBlog — ... Excluding Blood Simple, this Cannes winner is apparently the least seen of the Coen brothers’ features (going by number of IMDb votes), probably because its pace is a little slower than some of their more popular movies. Yet like most of the Coens’ films, Barton Fink is hilarious and deep and has plenty of weird imagery, all of which are wonderfully heightened for the stoned viewer. ...

Zhang Yimou Moving Forward with Three Guns Next
FirstShowing.net — ... Blood Simple involves, as you might expect from the Coens, double-crossing and cheating and death and blood all topped with a noirish bow. With Yimou on-board for Amazing Tales - Three Guns, there's sure to be some martial arts thrown in there and, again, did I mention the visually stunning bit? Now, none of this can either be confirmed or denied, since it's only just a rumor that comes from ...

STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE: AN UNHAPPY SUBURBAN FAMI-
Antagony & Ecstasy — ... of good movies of this kind don't do much besides point out that yes, the suburbs suck; and the bad ones are among the most flat-out irritating movies I can name, even if they're not necessarily the "worst". Lymelife is not one of the good ones, although it would be so much easier for it to be so much worse: the Martinis have never made a film before (only Derick is credited as director, but I strongly suspect that there's a Coen brothers situation going on here, excepting that Blood Simple didn't kind of suck), and they honestly don't make too many mistakes that I can tell. ...

5 Off My Head - Franny Forever
my new plaid pants — ... Sara Gaskill, Wonder Boys "My God, I wear the same scent as a transvestite."Marge Gunderson, Fargo "Say, Lou, didya hear the one about the guy who couldn't afford personalized plates, so he went and changed his name to J3L2404? "Abby, Blood Simple "Fact is, he's ANAL, Ray!" Jane, Laurel Canyon "Well who plans on a change of plan? I mean, ...

Sony Classics Releasing Zhang Yimou's 'Blood Simple'
Get The Big Picture — I was at first very skeptical of the news that there would be a new version of Blood Simple. It's the first movie by the Coen Brothers, a significant film in the history of not only independent film but also the Sundance Film Festival, and it's a great modern film noir movie. ...

Indie Trailer Sunday: Zhang Yimou's Amazing Tales: Three Guns
FirstShowing.net — ... , who created the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and directed Jet Li's Hero and House of Flying Daggers previously. The screenplay was co-written by Jianquan Shi and Jing Shang and is a remake of the Coen Brothers' very first film Blood Simple. This hits theaters in China in December of this year. Sony Pictures Classics will eventually be bringing Amazing Tales: Three Guns to US theaters sometime in 2010. ...

'Avatar' Could Earn Back Its Budget From China Alone
Cinematical — ... remake of the Coen Brother's 1984 directorial debut Blood Simple has now decided to bow closer towards the beginning of December. Same goes for the road movie Wu Ren Qu, The Pang brother's fantasy/action sequel The Storm Warriors, and the sci-fi western Treasure Hunter (starring Jay Chou, who America will soon know as Kato in The Green Hornet). ...

A SERIOUS MAN: The Film Babble Blog Review
film babble blog — ... In the 25 years since they burst on the indie movie scene with the stellar BLOOD SIMPLE, the Coen Brothers have hit many cinematic curveballs. These are character or tangents (or both) that appear not to fit into the understood premises of their films and leave us scratching our heads to their purpose in the grand scheme of things. Examples include: Mike Yanagita (Steve Park) -the high-school classmate of Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) who oddly appears at an pivotal point in ...

Strange Trailer for Zhang's 'Blood Simple' Remake
Get The Big Picture — There was a lot of outrage when it was announced that there would be a remake of Blood Simple, the breakthrough film from the Coen Brothers, even though the new version was being directed by ...