Category: Joel Coen
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Burn, Hollywood, burn! Four noirs reveal the horrors of the screenwriting trade
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, ‘In a Lonely Place’ (1950). By Paul Parcellin You’ve probably heard that screenwriters get little respect in the big town, and by many accounts that’s true. They labor in isolation, punching out fresh ideas, pouring their deepest emotions onto their pages only to have their hearts broken. Their masterpieces are rewritten…
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Barber Aims to Be a Dry Cleaner, Blackmail, Murder and Suicide Result
Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, “The Man Who Wasn’t There” (2001). Why Did an Acclaimed Coen Brothers Noir Tank at the Box Office? Contains Spoilers By Paul Parcellin ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’ (2001) Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) is the kind of guy who can enter or leave a roomful of people without a…