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The Coen Brothers

With his director brother Joel, producer Ethan Coen has become one of the most highly regarded talents on the contemporary American film scene. Each of the writing team's first three films paid homage to a classic cinematic genre with a knowing quality born of many hours spent in darkened theaters. The Coen magic began with 1984’s “Blood Simple,” a tough and witty modern film, which was followed by 1987’s “Raising Arizona,” a zany dysfunctional family comedy about a childless couple who decide to kidnap quintuplets. Loosely based on Dashiel Hammett's “The Glass Key,” 1990’s “Miller's Crossing” starred Albert Finney as a mob boss and Gabriel Byrne as the advisor from whom he becomes estranged during a period of inter-gang conflict. The film solidified the team's reputation as leading stylists in the American cinema, and, in 1991, their next film, “Barton Fink,” garnered the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a directing prize for Joel. This jet black comedy told the story of a leftist New York playwright who hits it big on Broadway, moves out to Hollywood, and suffers writer's block. After a few disappointments, the Coen Brothers came back with the very successful “Fargo.” This 1996 film was a black comedic crime film about a down-on-his-luck Minneapolis used car... Next

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