Word: coens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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directed by Joel and Ethan Coen...
...first half, the only good things about the second half of this hapless flick is the bounty comparisons it begs. For instance, unlike the fresh pot of coffee you will need to revive yourself when the credits roll, this ill-conceived attempt from director Joel and Ethan Coen tastes more like the four day-old black sludge forgotten on the kitchen counter--bitter, could and best thrown...
...been a great year for Art Deco. The hype for Barbra Streisand's auction of her extensive Deco collection has been almost as impressive as the objects themselves. And now the Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel, have made a movie in which the massive moderne settings by production designer Dennis Gassner and the glowing light cast on them by cinematographer Roger Deakins make you wonder how a decorative style at once so sleek and warm could ever have fallen out of favor...
...Coen brothers serve up a handsome but arid fable...
They follow the lead of Joel and Ethan Coen's Blood Simple (1984), which targeted as its audience the cinema intelligentsia bored with both the languid pace of European festival films and the exhausted formulas of Hollywood. These moviegoers want a little kick with their chic. To their rescue ride the art- house outlaws...