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The Coens' latest, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (about a woebegone singer surviving the 1961 Greenwich Village folk scene), premiered this weekend at Cannes, and positive reviews are rolling in such as this one:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/movies/coen-brothers-inside-llewyn-davis-is-popular-at-cannes.html?_r=0
Apparently ILD covers the era right before Bob Dylan began making waves in New York during 1961-62. Anyone else interested in this era? And/or are anticipating this film (which opens later this year) because of either the Coen brothers or the subject at hand?
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I'm a huge Bob Dylan fanatic, but I've only superficially explored the post-WW2 folk scene. (Dylan, of course, moved on to encompass all varieties of American "roots" and pop music - although he returned to folk in the early 1990s for two albums.)
The score for Llewyn, produced by T-Bone Burnett, is getting rave reviews. There is a mock folk ditty entitled "Please, Mr. Kennedy" which received laughter and applause at the Cannes showing.
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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/telluride-t-bone-burnett-says-hes-taking-inside-164359469.html
T-Bone Burnett has announced a "Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'" tour, no doubt hoping to repeat the success that concerts of music from a previous collaboration with the Coens, "O Brother Where Art Thou?" had over a decade ago.
But I was also intrigued by this tidbit from Joel and Ethan in this story:
"If Burnett's next project will be to take that music on the road, the Coens said they are planning some highly unusual, nostalgic wrinkles for what they do next.
"They used to ship big, important Hollywood movies with an overture reel, with no picture and an overture when you're going into the theater," said Ethan Coen. "We're hoping the next movie we do, which is kind of about an opera singer, and which we're hoping will also have an intermission, we can send an overture reel."
Added Joel, "We thought, 'Let's write a movie that has an intermission, because we haven't seen that in a while.' Ethan said to me while we were [writing] it, 'You know, traditionally, movies with an intermission, you come back for the second half and it's not as good as the first half. So we should try to work that into the screenplay.'"
I know there are several posters here who are interested in the old road show presentation of films. Let's hope the Coens really mean this and aren't just kidding around as is their wont. 
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Saw it. I love it. It recalls the heyday of 1970s American cinema. (It seems almost more Hal Ashby-ish than Coen-ish!) As I catch up with the films of 2013 over the next few months on DVD, I doubt there'll be anything better than this.
I hope I'm not the only fan of this movie on this board. Has anyone else seen it yet, or is planning to? 
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Maybe since you're the only one posting in this thread, you are the only fan of this movie. I saw it two weeks ago and didn't care for it at all. If it had really been about the folk scene of the era that would have been interesting, but it's not - that's the backdrop for the story but it's not the story and I just got very bored very fast. The music is well done, though.
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I loved it though I didn't think the music was very good but then again outside of some early Judy Collins, I'm not much of a folkie.
One thing did bug me though in the scheme of things, it doesn't really matter. It's set in 1961 yet Llewyn Davis stops at a movie theater and looks at a poster of Disney's The Incredible Journey ..... released in 1963!
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One thing did bug me though in the scheme of things, it doesn't really matter. It's set in 1961 yet Llewyn Davis stops at a movie theater and looks at a poster of Disney's The Incredible Journey ..... released in 1963!
Yes, I wish they had dropped that gag. It's the only thing I didn't like about the movie. It sort of cheapens the mystique and confuses the issues concerning the cats.
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I grew up playing acoustic guitar and singing all sort of folksongs; they are my favourite music to play and listen to, even more than scores.
Was looking forward to watching this film next weekend, however by all posted here and elsewhere about it think will pass. Seems that the movie could be a mockery of a time and music so close to the heart.
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Was looking forward to watching this film next weekend, however by all posted here and elsewhere about it think will pass. Seems that the movie could be a mockery of a time and music so close to the heart.
I didn't find that to be the case. Some character types are satirized, but not the times or the music, imo.
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Was looking forward to watching this film next weekend, however by all posted here and elsewhere about it think will pass. Seems that the movie could be a mockery of a time and music so close to the heart.
I didn't find that to be the case. Some character types are satirized, but not the times or the music, imo.
Guess the best way to judge is to go see it, doubt I would dislike it, the music have heard is right up my alley.
Thanks Mark, appreciate your insight.
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Excellent movie and terrific music.
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