The Coen Brothers : A Life in Pictures | From the BAFTA Archives

The brothers, who are varying involved in the directing, screenwriting, producing and editing aspects of their films, are no strangers to BAFTA attention. Their 1996 film Fargo picked up the award for Best Director and was nominated for the screenplay and editing awards. 2000's Oh Brother Where Art Thou attracted a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, and the pair took home a Best Film award in 2008 for No Country For Old Men. Most recently, at the 2011 Film Awards, True Grit was nominated in 8 categories.
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[@mytube1246]

Two things of note: 1. They just write with a beginning. No structure outlined. That should encourage you as a budding writer. Do not give up because sometimes structure can be overwhelming. Just do your thing. 2. They bloody complete each other. Just the way Joel comes into complete Ethan's sentences. It's so fascinating to watch. While we all can not have that, I guess having a journal to do so would be of help. Record your thought when you birth them, so when you look back you know that the guy (or girl) inside you speaks a certain way. Make awesome movies! :)

[@hopelessdaydreams9462]

Mark reminds me so much of Chris Nolan

[@misonoresoconto]

The brothers have a lot of charm.

[@ThePyroSquirrel1]

12:06 The Cohens are built different

[@27sadhu]

My one and only favourite directors! They are gems! Never been disappointed at watching their work..

[@Handle1423]

Why is this only 20 minutes?

[@shawnmclean7932]

I can tell by the way they walk, they are humble. A distinguishing factor of intelligence.

[@miked5580]

Excellent

[@nikolayzhuravlev8577]

As of Fargo balance. The brothers once responded to the criticism by saying that it is a true story - it just didn't exactly happen.

[@davidpearson1788]

ai giải thích dùm đang diễn gì vậy?

[@rottensquid]

Random thought: I feel it's important, in this time when Scorsese makes hyperbolic claims that Marvel movies aren't "cinema," and folks start lamenting that the media is dead or dying, we must all remember that William Faulkner was hired to write wrestling pictures. This goes back to Old Country for Old Men, and each older generation's belief that change portends some kind of end times. Old men will always shake fists at the clouds, but the clouds ain't nothin' new.

[@shawnmclean7932]

No rapport. Interviewer makes it painful. Aaaaaarrrgh.

[@cberkley4582]

I just wanted to see if they were as pretentious as their movies. I’d say they are

[@mvricks90]

agree, peculiar guys..but I like their movies lol

[@cueva_mc]

Two of the best directors of all time

[@knlshrvstv]

At 12:35, Joel disagrees and at the same time Ethan stops short of agreeing to the interviewer after hearing Joel, and smiles. That seemed like the subtle and situational humor that one usually sees in their movies.

[@arsenymun2028]

fuck off

[@ujustgotdunkedon4523]

Film fantastic has no friends

[@ujustgotdunkedon4523]

Ikr

[@NxDoyle]

I have a vivid memory of watching & loving Raising Arizona on first release, without paying any mind to who made it. A few years later I grabbed Miller's Crossing off the shelf at my local video store, solely because I liked the cover. _That_ was the movie that started my love affair with Joel & Ethan Coen, a love affair that continues to this Buster Scruggsian day.

[@charlesdrake3125]

I saw Blood Simple on cable and it haunted me. The next one I saw was Barton Fink which I also could not get out of my head. These guys are awesome!

[@AA-sn9lz]

@@charlesdrake3125 well my relationship started with the big Lebowski, but then i went ahead and watched all of 'em.

[@charlesdrake3125]

@@AA-sn9lz I just watched A Serious Man, I really liked it. I liked Suburbicon too, but a lot of people seem to have hated it.

[@charlesdrake3125]

@Gerardo Vargas yes, I'm aware George Clooney was the director.

[@themoreyouknowfools4974]

This is the same with me but it was the big Lebowski. Instead of millers crossing, I got Fargo instead.

[@freddylubin]

Actually, their films DO have moments of sentimentality. Think of the ending, for example, of "Raising Arizona" or "Fargo".

[@krautgazer]

Yes but they never denied that. Ethan even said that the whole point is showing both the bad and the good in the world, something like: "look, people are horrible, it's a wonderful world". Therefore, after all the dark things that happened in Fargo and Raising Arizona, there is this shed of light in humanity at the end. The point is that their films are not oceans of pure sentimentality.

[@rottensquid]

I'd say there's something dark in the ending of Fargo, the image of the hero character going back to sleep after the rude awakening of her experiences. It's sentimental, yes, but it's not just that. It's layered.

[@freddylubin]

@@rottensquid They express their love for each other, and an optimism about the future, albeit, along with a greater awareness of the evil out there, that they can't comprenend.

[@atomusbliss]

@@krautgazer not people per se, the things ppl will do for MONEY

[@my3581]

that guy deserves a lot of praise, that interviewer

[@loveallthepeople1000]

That's Mark Kermode, arguably Britain's most influential film critic.

[@JanAndhisfiets]

lovely questions indeed

[@andrewdelaney1448]

Mithlesh yadav agreed he is the Best...check out his Film Reviews "Kermode Uncut" on KZbin.

[@rmrfboy]

i agree. he’s smart

[@lesterfalcon1350]

His interview (with Mayo) with Speilberg was great years back, it surprised Speilberg. Here are the links in 2 parts. the signing off from Speilberg captures his after comment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bofQiWaIpMaVmMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5bbZ4Klbaerl8k

[@Peter32tjrksor]

two masters

[@miketoles8613]

I love their movies, but in interviews they seem to always skate around the question and never really answer anything. Their interviews are frustrating, but their movies are wonderful! I always look forward to a new Coen Brothers movie, because I know I'm going to be surprised. Their movies have a way of sticking with you. I find myself thinking about them years after I've seen them. Not many movies can do that.

[@CipherSerpico]

Mike Toles That’s because people always want them to explain their films, but they don’t want to because that defeats the point of making the film in the first place.

[@HaroldVonAnusIII]

Chris Serpicø exactly. Kubrick said when asked to explain one of his films, “if I could say it any other way, I would”

[@OldboyRaf]

They are like magicians in fact, they never reveals the trick. The same goes for Park Chan Wook for instance...

[@evilclownattack]

That's funny coming from the guy who casually explained the ending of 2001 in a phone interview

[@gradeahonky]

I can't blame these guys - this interviewer is asking bad questions and assigning a lot of his own meaning to their stuff. They have a look like they are thinking, "These are terrible questions, and it's not our job to come up with better ones."

[@misonoresoconto]

Glad they put in a plug for Frank Capra (""It's a Wonderful Life") at the end. I met Mr. Capra once, an interesting and fascinating man.

[@ClariceAust]

Pure gold film that not many today would sit right thu.

[@1qwasz12]

Where there's a head, there is hope.

[@hang-sangitch]

At 23:00 they're like this guy needs to lighten up 😂

[@kingjeremysircornwell7847]

Where you recording? Was it good for you?

[@kingjeremysircornwell7847]

Iv heard, your checks never bounce?

[@freddylubin]

There's ONE small but major difference between the novel "No Country for Old Men" and the film. And the film is better for it.

[@JOXCY]

what is the difference?

[@pranav_sh25]

@@JOXCY I think he's talking about the scene where chigurh visits Llewelyn's wife. In the book she calls the coin toss , while in the film she challenges him by not calling the coin but the aftermath of the scene is the same in both the film and the book.

[@amjoshuaf]

@@pranav_sh25 She is more virtuous for refusing to call it. She's the heart of the film.

[@vocesdeopiniondavidbehaine4117]

I like their movies than their interviews, and they are aware about that

[@ClariceAust]

Their genius lies in making movies, not interviews.

[@closedmouth]

i don't think they could be any more visibly uncomfortable

[@TheVanillatech]

Writers. True creative people. They inside their own mind. You think HG Wells or Phillip K Dick used to cruise out all the time as the life of the party? lol

[@SC4211]

I think that's how they idle.

[@Hollylivengood]

This is the first time I've seen them look up. I think these are true creators who don't think of themselves as worth talking about , but their creations are themselves.

[@general5886]

they both seem so odd to me whenever they're being interviewed

[@yuewong1210]

4min

[@beenwashedup5754]

If they ever get with the director with secario and use Anton sugur as a rival cartel secario would make a way better movie

[@beenwashedup5754]

I not the first to say that another commenter said it first but I have a movie idea and how they might get away with it on screen