John Turturro On Working With The Coen Brothers | The Dick Cavett Show

The Coen Brothers talk about their writing process and John Turturro discusses his experience of working with the Coen's and begging for his life in Miller's Crossing.
Date aired - 8/23/1991 - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, John Turturro
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
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[@ballzack4866]

Never seen a Turturro scene i didn't like. Talent.

[@tylerbergeron308]

Transformers???

[@jubalcalif9100]

Amen to that ! One of my favorite actors !

[@maelcaha5111]

All exceptional talent, including Cavett. Thank you.

[@BlueMHart]

The person John Turturro based his Miller's Crossing performance on was Barry Sonnenfeld, the Director of Photographer for that film. Sonnenfeld mentions it in the behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD (which can be found on KZbin).

[@josephtralongo5061]

He based it on Loeb

[@johngraves6878]

I loved Turturro in To Live and Die in LA. I need to see more of his movies.

[@jeshkam]

One of the greatest films. Fantastic soundtrack, excellent chase scene and wonderful acting.

[@Ciridan]

If they could put the 90s in a syringe I`d shoot it

[@DinoLondis]

Great line. Yes.

[@fischkopf]

This Barton Fink is going places, even Jesus would like to be...

[@chowder8802]

Such youngsters

[@alextovar5666]

The first comedian in the show.

[@bellag249]

Turturro was the butler in Mr Deeds .

[@siddharthsen7035]

Turturro literally looks like some 26 year old Italian American guy living in NYC in the early 2000s

[@Hudler]

"What's the story with your forehead?"

[@michaelbeasley5783]

They write everything in advance just the way they want it said. The rapport on the set between the actors and director is pretty relaxed. For some reason, the juxtapoition of these two things make good sense. If the scripting is solid, and the director exact rendering of the dialogue, there is little room for actor confusion or perplexity. Thus, relax, and render the script skillfully.

[@vanjaorlenko7943]

Oh what a talents

[@oncall21]

I remember Barton fink well seeing it at the movies when it was released. Brilliant!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I too saw it at a local multiplex when it first came out. I was a bit baffled at times in regards to the plot but loved the visuals and the dynamite cast ! That was the first Coen Brothers film I'd seen & immediately fell in love in with their style of moviemaking !

[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like these.

[@stephensimington479]

How long did Dick have that bandage on his head? I feel like I've seen numerous interviews with it there.

[@_fesh]

Yo can we get a video of Zappa's 1971 interview with Dick pls

[@marlonhans7122]

Turturro is freakin hot🔥

[@germanaquila2666]

I'm confused. All three of them look pretty Coen to me.

[@NxDoyle]

Well, John has played Jews, but he isn't one.

[@SalveRegina8]

Is this why the Shep Proudfoot story line leaves the viewers with so many???

[@burgesssam]

Ethan looks like such a younger brother here.

[@doddz2006]

Coen brothers getting on more like the doobie brothers.

[@AA-sn9lz]

And you're an asshole

[@doddz2006]

@@AA-sn9lz your worst nightmare is your arsehole.

[@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540]

3:17 yikes...

[@Frank-zs1wk]

ha!

[@crnkmnky]

I _think_ that was sarcasm. Somehow, none of Dick's 'woke jokes' translate very well on KZbin…

[@GamesWithBrainz]

a cop would never shoot anyone eh?

[@raleighsmalls4653]

The Miller's Crossing scene was totally ripped off from an almost even better film called The Conformist by Bernardo Bertolucci....

[@acchaladka]

Yes, finally! Thank you. And people speaking of that, should read the book by Alberto Moravia.

[@raleighsmalls4653]

@@acchaladka Bwahaha ! Now you've gone too far ! You want Americans to read subtle, complex European novels about creeping fascism ? !

[@bilbobolsonaro1316]

oh yeah, when tarantino does it, is an homage, but when the coens do it, is a rip off...

[@raleighsmalls4653]

@@bilbobolsonaro1316 Tarantino loves overtly homaging constantly. Coen's homage too but don't admit to it as much. Got bored with people frothing over that scene when it was so obviously ripped...

[@acchaladka]

@@raleighsmalls4653 😄, fair point! Yet my profs always insisted that Bertolucci took a mediocre novel about a different point to make his movie and made a better movie than the book in this case. These were snobby literature professors from the Italian CP of the 1980s, but still. Regardless, Bertolucci made a good movie; I wish the same attention had been paid by film noir directors to Carlo E Gadda and Quer pasticcacio sura via Merulana. Magari!