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[rich]

cant see them ever doing anything better than Lebowski (comedy) and No
Country for Old Men (drama)--the latter I would argue is better than the
book

the series Fargo (I thought the movie overrated) on American cable TV which
is produced by the Coens is worthy, too
rich

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:55 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It’s entirely likely that there’s a much finer design to *Hail, Caesar!*
> than I’ve credited the Coens here. Maybe on a second viewing, I won’t be
> bogged down so hard looking for a thread to follow. (Shagginess is hardly a
> sin though, yes *Lebowski <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCtkzIXYzQ>*?).
> And I’ve failed to point out some of the fine performances here—Josh Brolin
> anchors the film admirably (although half the time he was on the screen, I
> kept hoping the film would turn into *Inherent Vice*). *Hail, Caesar!*
> has plenty of great moments, and those moments, like I said, might cohere
> into something sharper upon a second screening. But right now there’s
> nothing that compels me toward a second screening any time soon.
>
>
>
> http://biblioklept.org/2016/02/16/the-coen-brothers-film-hail-caesar-is-less-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/
>
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