Filmmaker reacts to Miller's Crossing (1990) for the FIRST TIME!

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Жыл бұрын

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Original Movie: Miller's Crossing (1990)
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@JamesVSCinema Жыл бұрын

*mic died at the end, but here's my final thoughts!* Loved this film. I personally put it just below No Country for Old Men and just above Fargo. This script was written with so much heat and delivered with ice cold coolness. I mentioned a Quentin Tarantino familiarity, but without the modern approach and one that suits the story's time period. Really shocked by how PERSONAL this film felt despite how many pieces it juggled. From factions with cops, the Italian & Irish Mob, the plethora of side characters with brilliant performances, not once did I feel that this story wasn't our main character's. Said the same with Michael Clayton. Great screenwriting, at least one aspect that I'm noticing, looks like a solar system. The center gravity being our main character, surrounded by other side characters and their orbits rotating around the center etc. Subplots, pacing, and storytelling all swirling ingredients for the overall character/story. Back to this film though..loved it!

@Na11y Жыл бұрын

Yes! Been waiting for you to watch this one and hear your thoughts on it. Personally my favourite Coen Brothers film. Glad you loved it!

@gggooding Жыл бұрын

Cute cameo...when the fuzz was outside Leo's club, lighting it up gatling style at point blank...the double wielding cop that gets swiss cheesed: director Sam Raimi.

@Trendyflute Жыл бұрын

As many times as I've seen this movie (dozens!) I never explicitly noticed the transitions, they are incredible! I find this movie near-perfect, the only thing I find not-special is the score, but it's great at times and never bad, just the biggest nit I've found to pick. I love how every meaningful story thread has some form of resolution, but it's okay for the resolution to be a misunderstanding or "just one of those things". The Coens thrive on situations on the fringes of normality, as shown here with tons of great characters who all occupy their own fringe. PS something that is a bit buried in this movie is the implied homosexual love triangle between the Dane, Minke, and Bernie. J.E. Freeman who played the Dane was an openly gay man living with HIV for years by the time this movie was made, and Jon Polito who played Jonny Caspar was also a gay man (not sure how open he was at this time but the Coens knew when they wrote this AFAIK); it's just cool how the Coens were not only incorporating gay characters but also working with gay actors (and HIV positive actors) in a feature film produced in 1989 and just making it all fly on set and on screen because they're cool with it. One more fun factoid: Barton Fink was produced just after this and Jon Polito really wanted the Lipnik part but the Coens pushed him to the assistant role to put more space between Lipnik and Caspar (Polito as Lipnik would be great, but it could come off as a comedy Caspar which I think the Coens justifiably wanted to avoid)

@carlswanson808 11 ай бұрын

On one hand, it's a really meditative film. It's sets up the theme of ethics and explores what that means in a world of murder and corruption. "Ethos" is the root of our word ethics, but it also means something like "character," as in a person's moral integrity, their virtues and vices. So ethical criticism focuses on a story's characters and how their virtues and vices lead them through the narrative. Tom's loyalty to Leo leads him through this complex and bloody plot, and ultimately compells him to leave Leo because he (Tom) is isn't good enough for him. Also, the over-the-top action looks to me like a sort of parody of 80s movies like Commando and Predator.

@JonathanFranchi 8 ай бұрын

What I see and feel with the Coen's transitions and especially the film's slow, elegant tracking shots is that it describes and confirms how the authoritive and brutal nature of the mob families gracefully existed behind the scenes and was not interfered with.

@RandyHall324 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Coen Brothers films - seems to be criminally underrated.

@blondieandthefatman Жыл бұрын

that's for sure. Great film

@tetleyT Жыл бұрын

Came out at the same time as Goodfellas which completely overshadowed it. But it fully deserves its place at the table as one of the all time great gangster flicks.

@scottmoore1614 Жыл бұрын

One of the rare straight Coen dramas, yet it still has touches of their quirkiness. An absolute classic.

@nivekian 11 ай бұрын

just lost in the shuffle, goes along as a double feature with so many other films with similar time periods & themes.

@michaelsanderson1171 11 ай бұрын

Agree wholeheartedly!

@matthewjaco847 Жыл бұрын

“Look in your heart, Tom! Look in your HEART!” “WHAT heart?” BANG!

@danijobi Жыл бұрын

This is actually my favourite Coen movie. It's an impossible contest to debate, and it has to come down to individual connection, but somehow Tom as a main character was so fascinating, subtle and, dare I say it: tragic. For some reason this one moves me, deeply. Like, I really believe that he had a real frinedship with Leo and that he actually, in his weird way, was even in love with Verna, and about halfway through he has to give both of this up in order to play this elaborate game to the very end. And he succeeds, as is his talent, but it's never going to be the way it was - which is something I always thought was symbolized by the hat. His dream of it drifting away and him not chasing it, because there's no greater fool than a man chasing after his own hat; his desperate attempts throughout the film to retrieve and keep his hat. In the end, he keeps his hat, but everything it symbolized has gone: his innocence, his heart, his friendship, his love. And he never ever chased after it, because the one thing he definitely isn't and can't be, is a fool. Damn, I get teary just thinking about it. Only the Coens can make a vintage gangster flick with tommy guns, fedoras and ridiculous costumes, make everyone double cross each other - and actually hide a deep character tragedy right in the heart of it.

@michaelbeasley5783 2 ай бұрын

I get that. In my top gangster films ever.

@brianthornber3319 Ай бұрын

@@michaelbeasley5783 it's my favorite file ever. Full stop.

@steeleye2112 Жыл бұрын

At long last someone reacts to the greatest film ever made. Hardly anyone does this one and most miss the fact that it's not a gangster movie. It's a character study of a man who realizes what he's become and what he does in search for some kind of redemption. He loses the two people he cares about the most but at least can live with himself from now on. Byrne breaks my heart in this, Tom is hardly a standard nice guy but the fact he tries and ceases to put himself first is deeply touching.

@LateCambrian Жыл бұрын

Yes to one of the true underrated masterpieces by the Coen Brothers….

@JamesVSCinema Жыл бұрын

Had such a good time with this one!

@LateCambrian Жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinemaBarton Fink was actually written during a bad case of writers block while trying to finish this film… that’s why one of the characters here lives in an apartment complex called Barton Arms

@LA_HA 11 ай бұрын

@@JamesVSCinemaSo glad you got to this one. Even more glad that you loved it so much. Can't wait to watch it now. Just wanted to hop on and write this after reading your post. Thank you for giving it a chance

@AngelDjambazov Жыл бұрын

On rewatch, not only is it a joy to realize how tight this script is but only then is it apparent how far ahead Tommy is of everyone except The Dane.

@kevinsieg2076 Жыл бұрын

Miler's Crossing is, definitely, the best film by the Coens. For some background into the dialogue, read the work of Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler. I'm glad you reacted to Barton Fink before you watched this--they're both excellent examples of the Coens' early work.

@walterpanovs Жыл бұрын

This is the Coen Brothers' masterpiece. It should be better known. A master class in genre filmmaking. Many of the players became Coen Bros. regulars.

@Theomite 11 ай бұрын

Not to shit on any of their other works, but I have to agree, MILLER'S CROSSING is on par with THE STING in terms of snare-drum tight writing and acting. MC is just awe-inspiring.

@steveeaton6952 11 ай бұрын

I could watch this film every day. It feels like an old friend, I've watched it so many times. The soundtrack, script, and cinematography are all incredible. The 'Danny Boy' set piece is stellar. Imagine if Scorsese or Tarantino came up with it - they'd be lauded and handed an Oscar.

@tomswift3482 Жыл бұрын

Sort of a full circle film event with this movie. The Coen brothers used 2 stories, by noir crime writer Dashiel Hammett . Red Harvest, which is also thought to be an influence for Yojimbo, and The Glass Key, but the brothers applied their own twists to the tales.

@NotSuaveRico 11 ай бұрын

In the Usual Suspects, Gabriel Byrne didn't want to do the shot of Keaton pretending to be Soze because the scene doesn't actually make sense. It would be Keaton shooting Keaton. The director got him to do it by saying he's a big fan of Miller's Crossing. That single shot is so important to the misdirection of that film.

@mongomongo7664 Жыл бұрын

Excellent choice

@Jared_Wignall Жыл бұрын

This is a truly amazing film from the Coen Brothers. It’s cool seeing you watch this for the first time. Keep up the great work James, take care and have a great weekend!

@JamesVSCinema Жыл бұрын

Ayyy thank you! Have a great weekend too!

@jthomann71 Жыл бұрын

There are obviously more popular Coen Bros movies but this one is hands down my favorite.

@Na11y Жыл бұрын

@ 20:17 Sam Rami cameos as the cop who shoots. Joel Coen worked as an editor on The Evil Dead and Sam got a cameo in this

@botz77 Жыл бұрын

This one and Hudsucker Proxy never get enough love.

@rpg7287 Жыл бұрын

James, as long as you’re on the Coen train, I have a movie you should definitely react to. It’s their debut masterpiece “Blood Simple.” Came out in 1984. It is woefully underrated and nobody reacts to it. It would be fun to see you watch and comment on this early film and how it lays the uniquely Coen groundwork for what was to come later. Also Frances McDormand’s screen debut as well. I know you will love it. It’s an amazing debut that boldly announced the Coens’ entrance into filmmaking history.

@jb8280 10 ай бұрын

My second fave Coen film. The lengths they went to to get that vernacular and era cadence of how people spoke is astounding. The look and feel. The story. The acting. CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED. I’m so glad you are reacting to this low key masterpiece.

@DrBeardfacePA 11 ай бұрын

The “walking…in the rain” exchange is so damn good. That’s encapsulating a character and a relationship in just a few words.

@wabals Жыл бұрын

What’s the Rumpus??

@steeleye2112 Жыл бұрын

And finally, for anyone who loves this as much as me. When you next watch it, contemplate what Tom planned and when, and what was spur of the moment. It's a fascinating exercise and decades on I'm still not sure what my conclusions are. Also Finney and Byrne quite rightly get the plaudits for performance but Marcia Gay Harden and Jon Polito absolutely killed it, both should have got academy awards for this.

@007wars6 7 ай бұрын

Love this film!! My school screened it because my editing professor, Michael Miller, edited this! It made me realize how important the editing is to the film and its wild tone!

@jasonhoagland8444 Жыл бұрын

Miller's Crossing is my favorite Coen Bros film, and one of my favorite films of all time.

@XanderWhat Жыл бұрын

20:16 That was Sam Raimi!

@robertbell2575 Жыл бұрын

The opening scene coupd be a month of film making class, excellent.

@Green28142814 Жыл бұрын

Barry Sonnenfeld cut his teeth as the DP for the Coens. He has a beautiful, rich and wide palate of tones and colours from which he shoots. His later work as a director shows hints of the lessons he learned from this partnership.

@missk8tie Жыл бұрын

Favorite exchange: "I suppose you think you've raised hell." "When i raise hell you'll know it."

@missk8tie Жыл бұрын

Coldest line: "What heart?"

@asgardpictures 11 ай бұрын

Still my favorite Cohen Bros movie since 1990. Fargo a close second. It’s crazy how many people haven’t seen this, even among my film loving/making friends.

@gggooding Жыл бұрын

Thank you, James! This is the *only* movie I suggest watching the trailer first - the trailer gives all the names of the characters. First time watching this is _confusing_ for everyone, being one of the most complicated scripts *ever* all in out-of-date slang. (I didnt even pick up on the love triangle between Mink, The Dane, and Bernie until my 3rd viewing?)

@JamesVSCinema Жыл бұрын

Woah! Me neither!

@gggooding Жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinemaNo shade, James! It's subtle as can be...But yeah, The Dane, Mink, and Bernie are all gay. "I know Mink is Eddie Dane's boy..." "...too many Amigos?" "...she even tried to teach me some bed artistry? My own sister. Some idea about saving me from my 'friends'." Its subtle, its there, it explains a lot.

@brianthornber3319 Ай бұрын

My favorite movie of all time. I liked it the first time I saw it, but realized every time it came on, I would stop and watch it until I realized I loved it. And part of that was the fact that the movie is difficult to understand on first viewing. Intricate plot, accents, discussion of characters you haven't met, and 1930s lingo (I assume?) keep you at a distance until you put it all together. But when it clicks, it's as fulfilling as any movie I've ever seen.

@Scott_Forsell Жыл бұрын

As Andre 3000 asks, "Hey, fellas. What's cooler than being cool?"

@CurseDiscurse Жыл бұрын

Dude, do The Man Who Wasn't There! It's just gets so overlooked by reactors and it's not less of a great Cohen Bros picture than this one.

@Kev5ter Жыл бұрын

One of my fav ever films! In addition to everything else commented upon, Carter Burwell's soundtrack is incredible!

@tetleyT Жыл бұрын

Agree. It's mesmerising.

@auntiecreeps1414 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite underrated Coen Bros films! So quotable. Unforgettable characters. Just a masterpiece. 👏👏👏

@jasoncaldwell5627 11 ай бұрын

Tom does everything for Leo. Well, except sleeping with his girl. Something I love about this film is the absolute stillness of the dangerous men- Tom, the Dane, the various enforcers. There's no fidgeting no nervous movements- it's just taking things as they come. All the nervous types are untrustworthy and are ultimately killed off. I can hardly believe that the actress that plays Verna is the same person that played Mrs.Carmody in The Mist! Talk about incredible range! Without a doubt, my favorite Cohen Brothers film. The shot transitions, all the stuff going on in the background, and the way all the monsters know Tom and have a cordial respect- even when beating the hell out of him. And Tom holds no grudges, either. Everyone has a job to do.

@LastDeadMouse50 11 ай бұрын

So glad you got to this film, James! This is one of my all-time favorites.

@michaelbeasley5783 2 ай бұрын

A complex story--masterfully rendered in film. The script, the acting, the cinematography are so good. One of my fav Coen films. Enjoy!

@johnmavroudis2054 Жыл бұрын

CLASSIC Coen Brothers film. That walk into the forest with Turturro begging for his life is absolutely iconic. Great films to check out: PLEASANTVILLE, STRANGER THAN FICTION, RUN LOLA RUN, CINEMA PARADISO.

@firstlast5690 11 ай бұрын

Dude. I love this movie so fucking much. Written and directed by those geniuses. Just a perfect fuckin movie. Thanks for watching the thing. More people should because it's a work of art.

@DementedCaver Жыл бұрын

I re-watch this movie on a rare occasion just for the "Danny Boy" scene alone. That whole scene is perfection in my humble opinion. p.s. When the police are outside of that one pub and riddle the joint with bullets the fellow that step up and shoots the one Irish-American fellow down in cold blood is the Coen's old friend Sam Raimi.

@Hermesforthree Жыл бұрын

Something to watch for on later viewings: Recall the scene, which opens on Tom's hat on his dresser, where it's reflected in a mirror. Verna wakes to find Tom sitting up in bed mulling over over a dream he had once, he tells her: he was in the woods when a wind came up and blew his hat off. Did you chase it and it turned into something wonderful? Verna asks, spinning it into a hopeful allegory of Tom and her. No, he says. He didn't chase it. And it staid a hat. And there's nothing more foolish than a man chasing his hat. Except that's exactly what he's been doing from the start. Recall the opening credit sequence. We're in the woods, and after some canopy shots a hat lands in the foreground, which a wind picks up and carries away. The next scene after the credits is Tom waking up, I think it's fair to say from the dream in the credit sequence, the dream he later tells Verna about. And the first thing he does is put his hand to his head and ask: "Where's me hat?" Which he promptly chases to Verna's. Finally later, when they've taken Tom out to Miller's Crossing to kill him, of course this is the forest in his dream, but notice that when Tom looks up his POV shots of the canopy are the same used in the opening credits and that, meanwhile, Frankie is singing an Italian song whose melody resembles that of the theme song playing during the credits. Tom is at that moment thinking about his dream and about where chasing his hat has finally led him.

@jasoncaldwell5627 11 ай бұрын

Yeah buddy! I've by suggesting this forever because it's one of my very favorite movies! My roommate and I often say "Look into your heart!"😎😳

@jonmonie. 11 ай бұрын

The only movie where I left the cinema and went straight back in to watch the next screening. (Incidentally, when I bought my ticket, I was given a glossary of phrases/words from the film to help understand the dialogue. This was in Greenwich, UK.) Aside from the stunning filmmaking, ever quotable dialogue, brilliant performances etc I also think it's Carter Burwell's (long-time Coen brothers collaborator) best score. I listen to the soundtrack often. Others have mentioned how the Coen's suffered writers' block when working on Miller's Crossing; taking a break from it and writing Barton Fink in three weeks before returning to the Miller's Crossing screenplay. Tom's apartment in the film is in "The Barton Arms", a nod to their next project.

@phillipribbink6903 Жыл бұрын

I saw this one a while ago, I've been waiting for somebody to do a reaction to it.

@toddjohnson350 Жыл бұрын

A great film with some very cool transitions is Lonestar from '96. Written and directed by John Sayles

@mikeminer1947 Жыл бұрын

Haven't seen that one forever! Thanks for the reminder to re-watch.

@studiospeets Жыл бұрын

The bad guy getting shot in the ankle, and then getting shot in the head when he drops to the floor. That scene is homaged in Kill Bill 1 during the anime backstory of Oren Ishii (Lucy Liu's character).

@GKinslayer Жыл бұрын

Interesting fact - the guy who shoots the d00d who comes out for bar with all the cops out front? The shooter was played by Sam Rami.

@chropy Жыл бұрын

The story of Barton Fink’s conception is a curious one. Faced with writer’s block, even though they refuse to call it that, Ethan and Joel decided to put their work on Miller’s Crossing on pause, and spent three weeks “washing out their mind.” What came to existence was the screenplay for Barton Fink, with the central role written specifically for Turturro, with whom they were working on Miller’s Crossing. In their unique way of dealing with writer’s block, the Coens wrote a story of a screenwriter suffering from the very same thing. The meta nature of Barton Fink has been an object of numerous analyses, just like many have tried to delve into the symbolism of Coens’ work. But Barton Fink successfully resists any simplification, and the authors themselves fended off inquiries regarding what the film means. Such are these prolific filmmakers-they let the story develop organically, not devaluing the film’s quality by turning it into some kind of a statement. Films by the Coens are, let’s say, not meant to mean so much as to feel. Intelligent and splendidly shot, with an inescapable feeling of dread and anticipation most horror films would kill for, Barton Fink is, to put it plainly, simply remarkable. (copy pasted)

@lewismaddox4132 Жыл бұрын

Truly one of the Coen's best. It is stunning! "What's the world coming to if you can't trust a good fix?" Or something to that effect.

@marlonthemarvellous Жыл бұрын

20:19 That’s Sam Rami cameo

@corvuslight Жыл бұрын

Everyone in this movie is amazing, but the performance by Jon Polito is top tier character acting at it's finest.

@stephendavis6267 Жыл бұрын

"Jesus, Tom."

@MarkFVanGelder 5 ай бұрын

My number 5 favorite film of all time, but my 3rd favorite of the Coens (behind The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou). I named my oldest son after Ethan Coen, btw.

@JohnSilverHawkins Жыл бұрын

Every time I watch this film, I come away with a different reading of why Tom decides to spare Bernie. Whether, in that moment in the woods, he sees all the angles that eventually lead to the outcome with setting up Casper and Bernie for murdering each other, or whether he spares Bernie out of pity. I think the line "what heart?" suggests the former, because it recalls the same appeal Bernie made in the woods and suggests Tom "never had a heart". I also find it fascinating how Tom is always in control and sees all the angles except for when he gambles, where he always loses.

@mrsleep0000 11 ай бұрын

One of my favorite films, period. The writing is so tight. And Carter Burwell's score is flipping amazing.

@OronOfMontreal 11 ай бұрын

Still my favourite Coen Brothers movie. I love its theme music, too. It is a remake of a 1940s Film Noir called "The Glass Key", with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.

@Tom_Van_Zandt 10 ай бұрын

Miller's Crossing might be the Coen Bros.'s most underrated film. It's such a damn good homage to classic gangster movies. The 1st time I watched it there were so many characters that it was hard for me to keep up with who's who and what's what. The 2nd time I saw it I caught on to the 2nd love triangle between Bernie, Mink and the Dane.

@TheAdamisgay Жыл бұрын

I need to rewatch this. I remember nothing about it except absolutely loving it. Been about 13 years since I saw it.

@handsomestik Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movie trailers is this.

@krisbrown6692 Жыл бұрын

This was my first Coen Brothers film and to this day it is my favorite. Not there best film but definitely my favorite.

@kentinatl 11 ай бұрын

James! This one is an In their top 5..an awesome pleasure..Gabriel Byne is an acting master...what a great film.

@tomswift3482 Жыл бұрын

This I have been waiting for. My favorite Coen brother's film, in as much as this is almost pure Coen. No Country for Old Men was excellent, but I still feel much of its quality came for Cormac.

@JamesVSCinema Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear!!

@jrobwoo688 Жыл бұрын

The Coen Brothers made a dark noir film called The Man Who Wasn’t There starring Billy Bob Thornton and James Gandalfini.

@wegotlumpsofitroundtheback5065 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this in theaters and being so excited and not disappointed in the least. In my opinion, it's an underappreciated classic. The dialogue is so sharp and boasts some of the Coen's best characters -- The Dane among them! Right up there with Antoin Chigur in No Country.

@brettschacht4183 Жыл бұрын

Finally! I've been waiting for someone to watch this masterpiece. My favorite dialogue in any movie. Thanks, James!

@MartinBryan Жыл бұрын

Pretty much my all-time favorite movie

@steeleye2112 Жыл бұрын

You could run a 2 year film studies course and use only this film. So much going on.

@Postscriptom Жыл бұрын

Their first movie Blood Simple has a diabolical script too (even at a lower budget)...

@mattsmith8944 Жыл бұрын

So glad you got to this one. It's in my top five or so favorite movies, and of course my favorite from the Coens. Favorite mob movie too.

@mikemoore4033 Жыл бұрын

“What’s the rumpus?” is one of my favourite lines ever, and I think one of Joss Whedon’s. He has Bruce Banner use that line several times in the Avengers movies.

@mikemoore4033 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t say it was one of his lines (as in he wrote it) but a line he liked so much he put it in mouth of Bruce Banner, twice. If you don’t remember, go back and rewatch the films, Banner says it twice, I think once in each Whedon-helmed Avengers movie.

@mikemoore4033 11 ай бұрын

I also said it was one of my favourite lines, which I obviously didn’t write, I just like it. You could infer from the juxtaposition of both me and (admittedly presumptively, Whedon) claiming it as a favourite, that I am fairly clearly not implying that either of us wrote it.

@ffrederickskitty214 5 ай бұрын

Millers Crossing is one of the best gangster flicks ever made

@kyleshockley1573 Жыл бұрын

The lack of variety in film today as opposed to when this film was made, it's the lack of studios making mid-budget, middle market films. They all became massive tent pole films once the studios decided to prioritize international audiences over domestic. When your target audience grows, you have to _please everyone._ Which is impossible, and it also kills whatever chances the story telling might have taken. No niche, all generalized and lowest common denominator to bridge the distances between audiences - at least that's what Hollywood's thought so far to be a winning strategy. So the lack of careful story crafting has to be made up for by overblowing the CGi used to make visual fireworks, increasing the budget. The bigger the budget, the bigger the cut the producers take for themselves upfront. It's a vicious cycle that kills the golden goose and story telling culture.

@ThePyroSquirrel1 4 ай бұрын

I love this movies uses of the Tommy gun, I saw this as a young kid and thought it was the coolest gun I’ve ever seen especially since I thought it has infinite ammo

@nivekian 11 ай бұрын

I remember not thinking I'd like it, ended up loving it. I just knew the Coens did Raising Arizona screwball camera trick stuff. This was sharp. So many stars in this. the sam/ Ivan raimi connection got me to rent it on VHS.

@gregharker1600 Жыл бұрын

One of my fav films.

@Tom_Van_Zandt 10 ай бұрын

I'm sure you've been made hyper aware of this factoid, but @ 20:19 is a Sam Raimi cameo. He's the cop that shoots the guy waving the white hankie and then gets shot.

@user-yj9rk9oz9p Ай бұрын

"Miller's Crossing" is my favourite Coen Brothers movie, partly because I have always loved old Chicago-style Gangster flicks and Films Noirs. "Miller's Crossing" is a remake of an obscure 1940s Noir called "The Glass Key", starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. (In "L.A. Confidential", Kim Basinger won the Academy Award for playing an escort who looks like Veronica Lake.) You are a filmmaker, so I recommend that you watch the older flick, for comparison --- the original is very good, too, although not the masterpiece that the Coens gave us. --- OronOfMontreal

@stevetreloar3129 Жыл бұрын

About time some one covered this, the best Coen bros for mine and an old favourite. Don’t see Gabriel Byrne in much these days tho!

@magicknight13 9 ай бұрын

This is one of the greats!!

@Trendyflute Жыл бұрын

YAAAAYYY holy crud, I was literally watching this movie while this video got posted! :D Will watch in a bit but I'm so happy to see this in my recs! And Barton Fink last week!!! You rock James, this made my Friday night 😀

@JamesVSCinema Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear!! These films have rocked lately.

@Trendyflute Жыл бұрын

@@JamesVSCinema For sure, you've done some of my favorite movies lately! Primer and these two films in the last month or so, and The Apartment is a stone cold classic. For Coens, if you haven't done Hudsucker Proxy yet it's a lot of fun. Three classics you haven't done are 1951's African Queen with Bogart and Hepburn, Mr. Roberts (1955) with Henry Fonda, James Cagney, and Jack Lemmon, and the 1965 Flight Of The Phoenix with Jimmy Stewart! All great movies that haven't gotten much reaction love! And if you haven't done Rear Window (1954) it's a must! 🍻

@johnnyrivas2619 Жыл бұрын

I adore this movie. It makes me proud to be Irish even though I'm Mexican.

@matthewspriggsproduction9272 Жыл бұрын

Millers Crossing reaction! DOPE!

@tamarawallace1184 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for everything james keep being you love you😊

@JamesVSCinema Жыл бұрын

Anytime! Cheers!

@michaelwarwickvalencia8501 Жыл бұрын

I recommend you watching O’Brother Where Art Though? From 2000 with George Clooney

@70mustang302 9 ай бұрын

A fantastic underrated movie!

@nelax44 Жыл бұрын

Dude, this is a film lover's film.

@mashk 11 ай бұрын

1990 was a fantastic year for gangster films. Good fellas, Godfather 3 and Miller's Crossing. This was my favourite. Just love everything about it, the dialogue, the complex plot and the fact that Tom isn't your archetypal gangster and gets his ass kicked by everyone, including the women. Also not many people pick up on the fact the events in the film are driven by a gay love triangle.

@christianc.2664 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies of all time. So stylish. So cool.

@LudvikM 10 ай бұрын

This kind of story could get so confusing for viewers, with lots of characters, plots, lies... What stroke the very first time I watched it was that I was able to follow every twist and turn effortlessly, which of course has nothing to do with my abilities. So yes, the script alone is a masterpiece, but then you have *everything* else to back it up. Pure perfection. For me, this is up there with Goodfellas, and well above The Godfather.

@wwk68tig Жыл бұрын

....love, love, love this movie........and strange that your topic recently has been on screenplay, cuz Coen Brothers were having writer's block while working on Miller's Crossing, decided to take a break and did Barton Fink before returning to this screenplay...........appreciate your thoughts and post as always, James (I'll add a link to really good essay on Miller/Fink below........)......

@ChubbyChecker182 10 ай бұрын

This came out the same year as Goodfellas And Godfather 3 (1990) so kind of get overlooked...but its one awesome mob movie and its in my top ten movies alongside Goodfellas.

@terpreynolds Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite mob movies. I grew up watching this on VHS

@firstlast5690 11 ай бұрын

I fuckin weep at the awesomeness of this film

@fuyocouch Жыл бұрын

There's a theory that the box in Barton Fink, contains the hat of Tom Reagan. You should watch the Coen Bros 'Hudsucker Proxy' next to complete the trilogy,

@Usurper123 Жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite films.👍

@LA_HA 11 ай бұрын

After listening to your intro, I submit to you that it really is high time for you to dedicate at least one movie a week to The Classics, going back to the 30s and 40s, then moving into the 50s, 60s, and 70s. A James Cagney gangster film is a great start. Maybe White Heat, Angels With Dirty Faces, The Roaring Twenties, and the like. Of course, Hitchcock can't be beat: Rope, Dial M For Murder, Shadow of a Doubt, Lifeboat, Sabotage, etc. The Film Noir is insane with Sam Spade films, Double Indemnity, Laura, The African Queen, etc. Screwball comedies and WWII dramas. Westerns like High Noon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Shane, Duel in The Sun. Social Commentaries like In the Heat of The Night, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Black Like Me A Raisin in the Sun Imitation of Life (both versions are worthwhile), On The Waterfront ,A Streetcar Named Desire, Lolita, Little Big Man, etc. There's so much to explore and guaranteed, You Will Not Be Sorry

@aerthreepwood8021 Жыл бұрын

I think the Coens are fantastic directors but they're also fantastic editors. Interestingly, this is one of the few movies they didn't edit themselves.

@delfordchaffin5617 11 ай бұрын

"What's the rumpus?" 🙂

@KublaVeruca 11 ай бұрын

I love this movie and Barton Fink... The Coens can be hit ot miss, but always beautiful. That being said, if you liked Miller's crossing, then might I suggest a movie called, "Brick". Modern day film noir taking place in a high school... That its, if you haven't seen it.... Also any movie from Tom McCarthy (especially the 1st four). again with the caveat that you havent already seen 'em.... oh...( just watched your reactions to Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink back to back. One of my favorite scenes is the, "Look Upon Me. I'll Show The Life Of The Mind!" scene... Gas lamp lit hallways.... But, just John Goodman's performance here.... The part where he goes on about how he let Barton in, and the little details on his face.... Anyway, If you're a John Goodman fan see him in, "Matinee"... Bit of a sleeper...but just wonderful...