Extended Reading
  • Shannon 2022-03-22 09:01:15

    satire and homage

    The Coen brothers used an Odyssey-style story framework, and the three protagonists experienced the story of lightning, "Cyclops", "The Banshee", "The Last Storm", and finally reunited with their wives and children. This slightly joking way, but a serious interpretation of Cohen-style thinking.

    The...

  • Cayla 2021-10-20 17:25:04

    Existential post-hero legend

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          Susan Sontag said that he refuses to explain-phenomenological hermeneutics is nothing more than thinking in an empathy with the hypothetical author, and the method of structuralist interpretation is nothing more than rearranging the phenomenon to apply a...

  • Diego 2022-04-22 07:01:03

    1. Silently satirizes racism, politicians, reformation, religion; 2. Mississippi of all kinds; 3. The music is so good, I'm going to buy an original soundtrack before I get it! !

  • Eli 2022-04-21 09:01:20

    There is no doubt that the works of the Coen brothers are highly literary. This time, based on "The Odyssey", a very ironic black humor drama is constructed, wrapping a story that essentially reflects the bleak society in an absurd way. The strong drama at the end will carry the absurdity to the end, with a coherent style that goes beyond the volume that ordinary black humor can carry.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? quotes

  • Pappy O'Daniel: I'll press your flesh, you dimwitted sumbitch! You don't tell your pappy how to court the electorate. We ain't one-at-a-timin' here. We're MASS communicating!

  • [Discussing how to counter Homer Stokes' campaign for governor]

    Junior O'Daniel: We could hire our own midget, even shorter than his.

    Pappy O'Daniel: Wouldn't we look like a bunch of Johnny-come-latelies, bragging on our own midget, doesn't matter how stumpy.