Coen-ography: 13 Films of Joel and Ethan Coen
With ''Burn After Reading'' hitting theaters, we look back at the sibling filmmakers' quarter-century of twisted tales — from ''Fargo'' to ''No Country for Old Men''
By Gary Susman Updated March 10, 2008 at 06:00 PM EDT
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George Clooney, Burn After Reading
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Dan Hedaya, Frances McDormand, ...
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Holly Hunter, Nicolas Cage, ...
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Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, ...
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Tim Robbins, The Hudsucker Proxy
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Fargo, Frances McDormand
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Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, ...
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James Gandolfini, Billy Bob Thornton, ...
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George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, ...
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Tzi Ma, Tom Hanks, ...
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7. Joel and Ethan Coen
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, ... | THE EVIDENCE: The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010) WHY THEM: Like two smart-alecs in
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THE EVIDENCE: The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010)
WHY THEM: Like two smart-alecs in the back of a classroom, the Coens are occasionally too clever for their own good. But they've been astute students, co-opting old-school film noir and incorporating their own twisted brand of wit and irony. A Coen hero is a bumbler, so tracking down the money in a Coen film makes for a bumpy, and often deadly, ride. But they can play it straight, too, as shown by A Serious Man, 2009's quiet meditation on growing up Jewish, and 2010s nearly classical Western, True Grit. —Jeff Labrecque
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By Gary Susman