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Ethan Coen Biography

Joel David Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957), collectively referred to as the Coen brothers, are American filmmakers. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. Their most acclaimed works include Miller's Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), A Serious Man (2009), True Grit (2010), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

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There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?

Like, Music, Pieces, Reason Why, Song, Wrong

I was always interested in movies the way everyone is interested. That is, I liked to go to the movies

Everyone, Interested, Liked, Movies, Way

Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.

Ambition, Design, Fortuitous, Opportunity, Together

We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.

Boring, Helps, Inspiring, Movie, Reality, Step

It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise.

Actors, Audience, Exercise, Impulse, Want

When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a piece of music over the scene, and we both listen to it.

Done, Listen, Might, Pieces, Throw, Work

You don't cast the animal, per se. You have an animal trainer who looks for several of them. That is a different experience than dealing with actors. That is just difficult. It is what you expect from an animal on the set. You just run a lot of film and prompt it to do the right thing, but sit through it doing all the wrong things first. It's just unbelievably boring, frustrating and painstaking to shoot.

Animal, Different Experiences, Painstaking, Per, Right, Running

Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.

Good, Good Day, Kind, Rewarding, Writing

The mountain music. . . is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities.

Back, Celebrities, Compelling, Everyday, Hiking, Mountain

Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.

Book, Critics, Cutting, Hollywood, Money, Reading