#794: COEN, Joel & COEN, Ethan: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

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COEN, Joel & COEN, Ethan (United States)
Inside Llewyn Davis [2013]
Spine #794
Blu-ray

The visionary chroniclers of eccentric Americana Joel and Ethan Coen present one of their greatest creations in Llewyn Davis, a singer barely eking out a living on the peripheries of the flourishing Greenwich Village folk scene of the early sixties. As embodied by Oscar Isaac in a revelatory performance, Llewyn (loosely modeled on the Village folk legend Davd Van Ronk) is extraordinarily talented but also irascible, rude, and self-defeating. His circular odyssey through an unforgiving winter cityscape, evocatively captured by cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, is realized with poignant humor and the occasional surreal touch. Featuring a folk soundtrack curated by T Bone Burnett, Inside Llelwyn Davis reminds us that in the Coens' world, history isn't necessarily written by the winners.

104 minutes
Color
5.1 Surround
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Director/Writers

Ethan/Joel

Joel Coen was 59 and Ethan Coen was 56 when they wrote and directed Inside Llewyn Davis.

Other Coen films in the Collection:

#1243: No Country for Old Men (2007)

The Film

A

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Eight-page foldout poster featuring an essay by film critic Kent Jones.

Commentary

Featuring authors Robert Christgau, David Hajdu, and Sean Wilentz.

Conversation 1

Between filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and the Coen brothers about the evolution of their approach.

Inside “Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

A forty-three-minute documentary.

Another Day, Another Time (2013)

A 101-minute film documenting an Inside Llewyn Davis tribute concert, featuring Joan Baez, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Gillian Welch, Jack White, and others.

Conversation 2

Between music producer T Bone Burnett and the Coens about folk music, with illustrations by Drew Christie.

Piece

About the early sixties Greenwich Village folk scene, featuring music writer and historian Elijah Wald.

Short film

By Dan Drasin — Sunday — documenting a 1961 clash between folk musicians and police in Washington Square Park.

Trailers

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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