Video: “The Coen Brothers: An Auteur Analysis of Their Film Career”

This is a nifty gift for Coen brothers fans. And let’s face it, we’re all fans of the Coens, aren’t we? Via Indiewire:

Vimeo user Grant Pichla’s twenty-minute dissection covers the brothers’ use of similar themes, characters, dialogue and visual styles, their tendency to create existentially confused protagonists who are out of step with the socially accepted madness that surrounds them, and their love for 1940s noir and slapstick comedy.

Here is the video:

Reminder: I have a week-long online class called The Coen Brothers and the Craft of Storytelling. That will be rolling around first quarter 2015 as part of my entire Craft series, so be on the lookout for it.

For the rest of the Indiewire article, go here.