Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.

Funny how the nice husband is named “Norm”, as in “normal”. Normal implies a certain quiet modestly, which the character embodies.

I am taken aback by how damn thorough this is. ScreenCrush should triple Ryan's fee.

in Raising Arizona Gale and Evel aren't trying to sell Nathan JR on the black market at all, they originally take him for the reward money but end up loving him and wanting to raise him. Leonard Smalls wants to sell them on the back market. I think that's pretty a pretty important distinction man, that's why Leonard Smalls is the antagonist and Gale and Evel are still lovable fools in the end.

When I saw Blood Simple for the first time their distaste for greed and currency was very straight forward. How it turned a harmless happy go-lucky detective into a disgusting blood thirsty killer showed how greed can twist someone into something they weren't naturally. Great video.

Brilliantly done. You've made me want to revisit a few of these.

I’ve been scratching my head for thirty years trying to figure just what the hell makes for a damn Coen Bros movie. You nailed it, dude.

You forgot the fact that Walter's "STFU, Donny!" is a reference to Fargo, where Buscemi is running his mouth off a lot.

So what's like...your opinion man?

You guys are wonderful! I never realized why I love Coen Brothers movies so very much.

this was a great video, really well put together and made me think even more about my fav directors. it feels like every movie they make is a reflection of their own lives and thoughts and ideology, varying in depth and reality and theme from movie to movie. i think the best people at their craft make things about their daily lives, but are so good at it and see the mundaneness and suffering of life in a such unique perspective

I never knew the Barton Fink fan theory in Hail Ceaser but I love the sound of it.

you have earned yourself a subscription :) love the Coens, and that was well explained. Although they aren't the only ones to do this theme, I think they do it the best because they always offer an alternative vision.

I wonder how this theme plays out in their own lives?

Love this, great production and editing.

Nice summary. Really helpful and uplifting

Briliiant analysis, excellently conveyed in this video.

Amazing episode!! 👏

Came across this while contemplating about jobs and money, it hit me in the feels a bit

This is a really great video! Thanks you!

Inside llewyn Davis has become my second favorite Cohen movie, behind No country for ole men. Incredibly relatable, and a great folk soundtrack.

This should have 1 million views

Gonna have to seek out all their films. Definitely missed a few.

Well presented. Bravo!

Wait, H.I. isn't sterile. Ed is barren. That point was belabored over in that sequence.

That was well done. Thanks.

Very good.

Great video

Huh....I never realized that it's been one long morality tale letting the masses know that money never brings about happiness. That's great.

Worth mentioning but probably point-parting, in _Burn After Reading_ , Linda ultimately does get her plastic surgery as an almost afterthought by J.K. Simmons' CIA Superior.

I love anything that really improves my appreciation of great movies. This did just that. So - I thank-you. Very, very much. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that this kind of thing is free and made (and made so well) by insightful, usually anoymous, brilliant enthusiasts and posted on a democratic video platform without any notion of whether or not it will attract attention. I grew up in a world where you had to pay for this kind of first rate criticism, probably at a decent school. I work in Higher Education and can tell you right now, we need to up our game or we are going to become regarded as no more than con artists selling snake oil education to the young for, you guessed it, a little bit of money. I sometimes wonder if we aren't already there.

Well said, and yet, if I could only win the lottery...

I've always viewed Tom's motivations in "Miller's Crossing" as a power play. He's the one with a "wart on his fanny," and wanted to sit behind Leo's desk. That isn't revealed until that final shot as Tom watches Leo walk away. Or maybe I just misinterpreted that moment.

I can see you have done your homework. Thanks for the education~!!!

Great breakdown, except H.I. from Raising Arizona was not infertile. Ed was. “Her insides were a rocky place my seed could find no purchase.” Or something like that, lol.

not to be that guy but just rewatched Burn After Reading and Linda actually does get the money in the end. JK Simmons pays for the surgeries to keep her quiet about the murders

Regarding Burn After Reading, the exchange of money did take place. Linda got her augmentation after all.

Hmmm...The themes identified in No Country For Old Men are almost exactly the same as the book though. So did the Coen Brothers choose it because it fit their thematic paradigm or is it a coincidence?

One thing about the Coen's is that they sure love Karma.

thanks it was great working with joel and ethan 2x

Correction in Raising Arizona: her insides were a rocky place where his seed could find no purchase. Ed was barren, not Hi.

Whats the name of the music in the video, please?

Can u guys please do this same thing for all of Quentin Tarantino movies please!

The Coen's sharpest satire of capitalism is the segment Meal Ticket from Buster Scruggs.

NOTE: Raising Arizona's ending really drawls paraells from the Biblical story of Abraham and Sara. The Cohen's (being Jewish) use Old Testament examples in several of their movies. As far as the Abram and Sara story go, they could not have children and God tells them they will have offspring as numerous as the stars. HI says in the last line: If not Arizona, maybe it was Utah. Meaning to me, if not a perfect ending, then something that borders a perfect ending. Utah borders Arizona.

Jeff Bridges is Coen brothers jewel Im a bug fan of his.

You know why is this called "The Big Lebowsky"? That's probably the less discussed movie of the entire video. It's because you will click ok it 'cause you love the movie. At least I did. Anyway, this video should have been called "The Coen Bros. Money" or something like that and we would probably have clicked on it all the same.

H.I. isn't unfertile, Ed is.

isnt the ladykillers a lose remake?

In "Raising Arizona" Nick Cage's character is H.I. Not hi....

Imagine if the Coen brothers cast Dave Chapelle in Ladykillers instead of Marlon Wayans, who singlehandedly destroys an otherwise fine movie.

I just finished hail Caesar, I don't understand how it has an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes

I did notice some other prominent themes woven throughout the Coen brothers body of work. Such as all the characters are human beings on planet earth, wearing clothes and breathing air. Insightful analysis Screen Crush.

Hate to break it to you, even the brothers have stated Lebowski is about the gulf war. O brother was an analogy for a southern election that was happening. I don't know how you got all of the video wrong Please. Go watch any of the interviews.

The Coen brothers movies are all very spiritual and supernatural. Those of you indoctrinated to believe these things are merely primitive psychological manifestations miss a lot.

So, it's all about the Benjamins.

I love this video, but you mean "motif," not "theme." A theme cannot be one word.

it'd probably be better for your analysis if you knew what you were talking about... Exp. 1: in Raising Arizona, Hi, isn't sterile, it's Edwina who is barren. etc, etc. Not knowing your shit severely undercuts your authority.

Stay out of Malibu screen crush.

In fact, the real Nihilists are the Coen Brothers themselves...

Here is the theme of every Coen movie. Set up a story and Then Don't pay it off

Rug pee'ers didn't do this video ... looks more like a wandering daughter job.

Close. The Coen’s believe that the love of money is the root of all evil, and that is displayed in every film. The most dominant theme I find is mankind’s search for meaning in a fallen, sinful world.

Nope nope nope nope nope. The Coen Brothers films are about language. They are all a study in language.

You're not 1st

Great directors. I love some of their movies to death but by god they have some shitty ones. Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty, Burn After Reading and Hail Caesar are awful.

Нихуя не понял но наверное видос is good

Two millionaires preaching about how bad money is.

This is Spoiler town, please explain your point without giving away a major plot of the movie .

No. You do not get it. You are projecting your own baggage here and nothing else.

Coen brothers movies suck. Call a cop