PARIS, JE T'AIME

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Juliette Binoche, Natalie Portman, Steve Buscemi
DIRECTOR:  Coen Brothers, Gerard Depardieu, Alexander Payne, Sylvain Chomet, Wes Craven...
WRITER:  Coen Brothers & many more...

PLOT:  Shorts stories of love in Paris

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  My Blueberry Nights, Love Actually, 2 Days In Paris, Sidewalks Of New York

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BURN AFTER READING

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime/ Drama
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Frances McDormand
DIRECTOR:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
WRITER:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

PLOT:  A computer disc containing secret information of a CIA agent is found in the gym locker room by a gym employee who attempts to use if for blackmail.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?

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THE HUDSUCKER PROXY

 GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama/ Fantasy
MADE:  1994
CAST:  Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
DIRECTOR:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
WRITER:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Sam Raimi

PLOT:  A small town man with a graduate degree in business goes to New York to seek out his dreams, making it big almost instantly with his creation of the hula-loop.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, Being John Malkovich

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TRUE GRIT

GENRE:  Western/ Drama/ Adventure
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper
DIRECTOR:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
WRITER:  Joen Coel, Ethan Coen, Charles Portis

PLOT:  A re-make of a 1969 film and based of the novel by Charles Portis, a story of a young girls adventure to avenge her father's death by teaming up with two marshals and hunting down Tom Chaney, the infamous murderer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  3:10 To Yuma, Tombstone, The Quick And The Dead

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NOTE:  A few people raved about this new film still in theaters so I went to go have a watch for myself.  What I saw was a genuinely good western, there was not much action and a lot more drama which seems to be the norm amongst western films.  As you already know Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon both play major roles in "True Grit" and portrayed their part very well as did new-comer in the film industry, Hailee Steinfeld.  The costumes and make-up were done superbly, but I was most taken with was the dialogue which I could only describe as being the most realistic western verbiage I have ever heard.

BARTON FINK

GENRE:  Mystery/ Drama/ Dark comedy
MADE:  1991
CAST:  John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis
DIRECTOR:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
WRITER:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

PLOT:  A dark comedy set in 1941 a playwright coming into popularity strikes a deal with Capital Pictures to write a B-movie wrestling film.  Staying in a grim looking hotel with a jovial neighbor the playwright is befallen with writer's block that continues as weird events begin to unfold in his life.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Big Lebowski, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy

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THE BIG LEBOWSKI

GENRE:  Dark comedy
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
DIRECTOR:  Joel & Ethan Coen
WRITER:  Joel & Ethan Coen

PLOT:  A story about mistaken identity between two Lebowskis leading into a story beginning with two bimbo henchmen urinated on a rug, spurring the story on to a deal made for the compensation of the rug, a deal that leads into more funny trouble with a group of nihilist and an eccentric artist.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Barton Fink, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, American Psycho, O' Brother Where Art Thou?

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