The Coen Brothers' Art of The Minor Character

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs has cemented Joel and Ethan Coen as perhaps the most adept creators of minor characters in film. This video is a tour of the many minor characters that have populated their movies, and explores how they create such memorable characters with very little screen time.
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@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

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@lowemckee3638 5 жыл бұрын

Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) was in Miller's Crossing for much longer than 2 minutes and 7 seconds. He has at least five scenes, and is one of the major supporting players. You also have him credited to Barton Fink...

@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

@@lowemckee3638 Yep. Screwed that title up, oops. The 2:07 is from Chet in Barton Fink (I must have left it uncorrected when I copied the title over). Bernie is in Miller's Crossing for about 15 minutes, and does play a fairly major role. I had him included originally as an example of how they develop his character and his impact on the story is much larger than his 15 minutes on screen. I changed the script, but left him in, probably could have found a better example for that moment.

@lowemckee3638 5 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasFlight Thanks for the explanation, and I agree that Bernie's short screen time has a major impact as well! Overall fantastic video.

@zakattk001 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, think you just need to adjust your audio mixing. Was a little hard to hear your voice over the background music.

@dorothawilkerson1267 5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Flight k

@picasofigaro7567 5 жыл бұрын

The stolen rug in The Big Lebowski is the best minor character in the Coens' universe. Without a single word it said, but it drove the whole story to a philosophical adventure.

@jonathanbradshaw2293 5 жыл бұрын

You could say...it really tied the film together.

@butchjohnson9736 5 жыл бұрын

And it tied the room together.

@browniecharles6947 5 жыл бұрын

The best example of a MacGuffin

@cadleo 5 жыл бұрын

It tied the whole movie together ;)

@marinapikouli3078 5 жыл бұрын

Should share this credit with the Lebowski car...

@PinkiePyro2011 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine a videogame where all the plot-irrelevant NPCs are scripted by the Coens.

@PinkiePyro2011 5 жыл бұрын

@A Toaster Oh gods, you're right!

@mattp.5743 5 жыл бұрын

Just play any Rockstar game, they’re all masterpieces.

@Carlos12353 5 жыл бұрын

The Legend of Zelda games are another example of colorful minor characters

5 жыл бұрын

Carlos Freitas yes !!

@kudas5 5 жыл бұрын

You should try to play all "Trails of" game... It's one of underated JRPG, but the amount of quality that they give to creating the world and NPC is very impressive... It's seem that every NPC has their own minor story or script that changed as you progress the story...

@sergiopena3623 4 жыл бұрын

The Big Lebowski is a masterclass in minor characters, every character in that film is iconic.

@dantean 2 жыл бұрын

Now if only the film itself weren't minor.

@samarvora7185 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, well, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man.

@arielpagliero9619 2 жыл бұрын

@@dantean nice b8 m8

@davidfacca8899 2 жыл бұрын

@@samarvora7185 😂😂!!

@errwhattheflip Жыл бұрын

The Big Lebowski is an amazing movie

@theoisgod7201 5 жыл бұрын

The big Lebowski doesn’t have a character I don’t rememberer

@oddballsok 5 жыл бұрын

the shamus...

@bradley6386 5 жыл бұрын

If you didn't remember a character you wouldn't remember that you don't remember them xD

@kidv2 5 жыл бұрын

Abso 🔔 lutely

@theoisgod7201 5 жыл бұрын

Stfu Bradley, you’re out of your element

@theoisgod7201 5 жыл бұрын

Bradley it’s a quote from the movie bro

@saralkoirala1355 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Well that's just like your opinion, man

@tomelifeisjustonebig 5 жыл бұрын

Saral Koirala I see you’re not golfer.

@claudiafahey1353 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@a.hashem4587 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@boodro2122 4 жыл бұрын

😂👍🏻👊🏻

@oldDNU 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite not mentioned here is JK Simmons in Burn After Reading. He’s in only two scenes, and his utter bafflement over the film’s events makes him an audience surrogate. They’re the funniest scenes in the movie.

@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

That's a great one!

@oddballsok 5 жыл бұрын

in fact you have no clip at all from Burn After Reading...

@paulougolini 5 жыл бұрын

You got that right. My favorite is Mike Yanagita from Fargo. I cringe from remembering. He's also very important to the plot

@TronVila 5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

@johngilbert7983 5 жыл бұрын

@@oddballsok Watch again, he does indeed

@rome8180 5 жыл бұрын

The Coen Brothers are good at caricature, which naturally lends itself to minor characters more than major ones. Major characters need to be round and complex. Minor characters can be defined by one or two characteristics. We see this in literature going back to Dickens or maybe even further. Giving minor characters a unique hat or expression they keep repeating can make them more vivid for us than major characters. Major characters often are, paradoxically, more opaque because the image we get of them is complicated by prolonged exposure.

@laischagas6994 2 жыл бұрын

That's an excellent comment!

@kreek22 Жыл бұрын

If a main character is done right, the representation is complicated, sometimes complex, at least somewhat contradictory, not fully Socratically self-aware, occasionally spontaneous in thought or action, and suggestive of a great deal of unrepresented aspects, that mysterious dark matter neither probed nor susceptible to probing. I think few real people meet these criteria. They are closer to being caricatures. The more bound to habit a person becomes, the more nearly he approaches the condition of a breathing caricature.

@RobSoskop Жыл бұрын

Really brilliant comment... Perhaps that's a major reason why I can't stand Dickens.

@zaphodbeeblebrox9109 3 жыл бұрын

The minor characters really tie the films together.

@rogerkeith3516 5 жыл бұрын

This is actually very “Dickensian” of the Coen brothers. Idk if they’re avid readers or were influenced by Dickens. But in Dickens novels the minor characters were always larger than life. Often with bizarre/odd appearances, strange ways of presenting dialogue and always memorable. And also like the Coen brothers the major characters are always straight men in these abstract larger than life worlds.

@JeffThePoustman 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed; enjoyed the video and this comment by Roger Keith. I submit that creating minor characters with such success is an undertaking very different than creating major characters with success. (Both Dickens and the Coen brothers are good at both, in my view.) With such Dickensian minor characters, there is no ongoing requirement for them to fit into any ecology. Social, financial, ethical, moral, even physical eccentricities produce no friction for those characters and therefore they are without boundaries. Main characters, in contrast, are forced to work within many boundaries; as the video points out, often provided by these minor characters. Minor characters like these are free to be as wacky as desired, which is a large portion of their charm/memorability. Major characters are constrained to work within limits and that struggle is a large portion of theirs.

@convolution223 5 жыл бұрын

@@JeffThePoustman main characters have to be relatable and the charm of wacky eccentricities can get tiresome fast. plus the eccentric probably wouldn't go on an adventure in the first place

@tomstonemale 5 жыл бұрын

Well Dickens alone might be the most influential author in cinema's history since his books even describe types of shots that range from close-ups to establishments shots and arguably film continuity and even suspense of what you can't see behind the door, just the knob moving.

@QED_ 5 жыл бұрын

@Roger Keith: Yes, you make a good comparison. But it also highlights how the Coen Brothers, like Dickens, use these minor characters primarily as comic relief. And I mean "use" in the pejorative sense of "manipulate" and "exploit". These minor characters are not given respect as full human beings. Contrast that with Dostoevsky's use of minor characters . . .

@PalaceDude 4 жыл бұрын

Yes yes, indeed. It's all about "grotesque" characters.

@stevenbenedict4424 5 жыл бұрын

I think a good bit of credit should be paid to their casting director, Ellen Chenoweth. One of the best in the business. Her first ever feature film was Barry Levinson's DINER. Her third film was the five time Oscar winner, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT.

@edha4827 5 жыл бұрын

I watch diner every xmas night

@emilycook7499 5 жыл бұрын

Casting should receive a great deal of credit in finding these actors and adding to the atmosphere. Casting teams spend months prior to a film searching for intriguing and fitting actors. Film directors choose from who casting has filtered.

@mikephalen3162 5 жыл бұрын

@@edha4827 Tremendous young ensemble cast.

@ednatrumbull 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, I was lucky enough to play one of those roles and will say it feels like you are a bigger part of the story than a functionary or expositional bit part. I feel bad that Jerry Grayson who I met at our callback may not have lived to see his great work as Mel. He was a nice fellow he regaled me with harrowing show biz stories including the time he literally died on stage and was revived by a doctor in the house years before his actual death.

@TheawesomeCJ1 4 жыл бұрын

How cool is that! Just watched Inside Llewyn Davis the other week, superb movie

@nancyestela90 2 жыл бұрын

💗

@brendan6612 Жыл бұрын

That’s bad ass Frank

@matthewsawczyn6592 4 жыл бұрын

"I have my bear skin" is easily one of my favorite lines in True Grit

@doctorthirteen5727 4 жыл бұрын

You are not LaBeouf...

@OdeOneEleven 2 жыл бұрын

@@doctorthirteen5727 lol I was going to write this exact thing before I found your comment. I love that weird-ass dentist.

@davies1012 5 жыл бұрын

The Coen brothers have mastered everything at this point.

@BadassRandomness 5 жыл бұрын

I've been watching more Coen Movies, and I have noticed that i often look forward to seeing the next random people the main characters meet haha. Big Fan

@yvwic50 5 жыл бұрын

I got to talk with Melissa Peterman a few years ago ("Hooker #2 at 1:39; the blond one), and mentioned her line "Go Bears!" in this scene. She related how it was one of her first roles out of college and not really knowing much about the Coens, she asked if she could ad lib the line, as she is a native Minnesotan. They agreed, and a brilliant little bit of dialogue was birthed. At least to me, those two words changed my whole perception of the character; she now became something more than a clueless sex worker- she was now an old classmate, neighbor, or the sister of a friend, and worthy of empathy. She has gone on to a pretty decent career, most notably on the sitcom "Reba".

@edha4827 5 жыл бұрын

kinda funny lookin

@yvwic50 5 жыл бұрын

@@edha4827 Well, Buscemi might have been, but Melissa certainly isn't nowadays. She is in great shape, like she was when "Reba" wrapped up, and even my wife kept commenting on her knockout legs.

@krautgazer 5 жыл бұрын

@@yvwic50 Yeah, I think he was just quoting her character! :)

@willmosse3684 5 жыл бұрын

Ha - yeah, that “Go Bears” line is awesome.

@MrCordingly 5 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, this is something I enjoy about the show Bob's Burgers. Minor characters are often a larger part of the story.

@MH-mk9vc 4 жыл бұрын

It is our most modestly priced receptacle

@samarvora7185 3 жыл бұрын

GAWDDAMMIT!!!

@OliverObz 5 жыл бұрын

Damn I've got a lot of movies to watch tonight haha.

@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

I finally watched all of the Coen's films while making this video (I had seen them all except The Ladykillers) and I rewatched a lot of them while making the video and they're all pretty good. I don't know which ones you've seen but here's my (highly personal) ranking in order of must-watchedness: The Big Lebowski O Brother Where Art Thou? No Country for Old Men Inside Llewyn Davis Blood Simple Fargo Raising Arizona True Grit The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Hail, Caesar! A Serious Man Miller's Crossing Barton Fink Burn After Reading The Man Who Wasn't There Intolerable Cruelty The Ladykillers

@OliverObz 5 жыл бұрын

Shit dude I saw Burn After Reading in a charity shop today but didn't look at it to know it was a coen brothers film, thanks for letting me know your picks! The Big Lebowski is definatly my favorite they've made that I've seen so far. then I'd probably say The Man who wasn't there, Raising Arizona, No Country for old men, Fargo, A serious man and then O Brother Where Art Thou?. and I loved them all! I just think because of the characters feeling so real, which movie you rate high depends on what characters you like the most or feel you understand more.

@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

@Patrick Farrell I did leave Hudsucker out oops. I'd put it just above Barton Fink and below Miller's Crossing.

@krautgazer 5 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasFlight That's an interesting and unusual ranking. Mine would be something like this: 1. Fargo (1996) 2. Barton Fink (1991) 3. No Country for Old Men (2007) 4. The Big Lebowski (1998) 5. A Serious Man (2009) 6. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 7. Miller's Crossing (1990) 8. Raising Arizona (1987) 9. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 10. Burn After Reading (2008) 11. Blood Simple (1984) 12. True Grit (2010) 13. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) 14. Hail, Caesar! (2016) 15. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 16. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 17. Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 18. The Ladykillers (2004)

@SzalonyKucharz 4 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasFlight I'd put 'Barton Fink', 'Fargo', 'No Country for Old Men', 'Miller's Crossing' and 'A Serious Man' in the top tier. 'O Brother Where Art Thou?' as a runner-up? Should be further down the list, with the likes of the so-so Coen flicks like 'Intorelable Cruelty', 'Burn After Reading', 'The Man who wasn't There' or 'The Ladykillers'. And I've always found 'The Big Lebowski' hugely overrated and never as impactful as 'Barton Fink' or 'Fargo' - these two are Coen Brothers at their finest in depicting the madness and loneliness of a man's obsession, with such memorable scenes as the box on the beach next to Barton echoed by the snow buried bag of money in 'Fargo', both of which are preceded by the hat blown in the wind in the opening titles scene of the 'Miller's Crossing'.

@mdavis201 4 жыл бұрын

Minor character not even seen: Ed's co-worker in "Raising Arizona," constantly reminding her of what to do--even on her wedding day. "Don't forget your bouquet, Ed!"

@moviebuff3000 3 жыл бұрын

First off, Damn John Goodman is only in O'Brother for 4 minutes. It felt longer. Also Stephen Root's character in No Country Old Man has a name, its "The Man Who Hires Welles".

@dr.skulhamr3220 5 жыл бұрын

Damn! Thank you for helping me understand this concept of featuring minor characters. I didn't understand why I liked their films so well, but I knew that they were saturated with interesting things.

@NxDoyle 5 жыл бұрын

All those minor characters and you missed the store clerk in Raising Arizona: "Do these balloons blow up into funny shapes, at all?" "No, unless round is funny." The same actor appeared uncredited as a store clerk in O Brother.

@stephenschwake524 5 жыл бұрын

I noticed that almost all of their films have an oddball storekeeper or clerk.

@orangelion03 5 жыл бұрын

That line and "Son, you got a panty on your head"...just thinking of them makes me giggle.

@kellerrobert80 5 жыл бұрын

Fargo: The father in law Lebowski: Bunny, the carpet pissers, Maude's giggling friend, the private eye in the VW Burn After Reading: The Seattle morning television show hosts

@britbloc123 5 жыл бұрын

" I'm a Dapper-Dan man! "

@rinusworldzm 4 жыл бұрын

These minor characters feel like they could have their own movies. The Coen brothers are genius.

@mybiasedopinions4793 5 жыл бұрын

All time favorite Coen Bros. "minor" character is Stephen Root's blind radio host in O' Brother Where Art Thou.

@mainstreamerchannel9919 5 жыл бұрын

Stephen Root also portrayed a minor character in season 1 of Fargo.

@davidp158 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the essay. I am unabashedly a Cohen Bros. fan, and enjoying seeing essays about their work. Their films are rich with detail and layers of fantastic story telling. They never fail to amuse and entertain.

@kylehammitt566 2 жыл бұрын

Another Incredible Analysis! There should be a Compilation somewhere of just their Minor Characters, that'd be Incredible to See!

@daltonadger6489 Жыл бұрын

My two favorites are from The Big Lebowski. Manny’s performance art always makes me laugh. And then Knox Harrington, played by the great David Thewlis, just giggles for most of his only scene.

@robertgoss4842 Жыл бұрын

Your observations on the Coen brothers' minor characters cleared up a nagging question for me: why was my memory replaying small parts of their movies as much or more than the major parts? Of course, it was because of he Coen's incredibly artful use of minor characters. Excellent video. Thank you.

@CrapLuckSimon 5 жыл бұрын

The Coen Brothers consistence on making good movie is literally legendary.

@struco 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Their side-characters are often almost Shakepsearean, in a way. The discussion and the scene at 3:43 reminded me of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern in Hamlet.

@thomas6502 Жыл бұрын

Exceptional! Absolutely love Joel and Ethan's work and all the talented folks that bring it to life. Thank you. And, thank you Thomas, love your analysis and your channel.

@vksasdgaming9472 4 жыл бұрын

I guess yardstick of well-written character is that are they able to support a story of their own. It does not have to be a feature-length film. In great story every character (does something visible or/and has at least one line of dialogue) could be a story worth telling.

@harrymills2770 4 жыл бұрын

Don't know much about film makers. Judging by the job they did on the re-make of True Grit, which I was not initially interested in seeing, they know what they're doing. It was a pleasant surprise to see what a good job they did with it.

@standardyeepz Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! my favorite characters are typically done by character actors in small roles. or even characters with one line in bad movies like that Bill Burr topic on his podcast.

@ElGueroLoco831 5 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your work, Thomas. The Bohemian Rhapsody video was the first one that popped up in my feed, this is the third one I’ve watched so far. You’ve earned a new subscriber, please keep up the good work.

@erikkaye1114 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've noticed this. But you did not mention my fave, the bind DJ in O Brother Where Art Thou?

@SunnyBear 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, this makes me want to rewatch some of their early work to better appreciate the characters I didn't remember. Well researched and edited, man!

@commodoresixfour7478 5 жыл бұрын

I've never noticed it before. This explains why all of these movies are so memorable to me.

@christopherwibmer4258 5 жыл бұрын

I love all Coen films! They are by far my favourite writers!

@Guedingen 5 жыл бұрын

That was wonderful, many thanks. Where would cinema be without sublime supporting actors, even in so-called 'bit parts'.

@LTPXQ 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this so much I immediately watched it again. I love the Coen Bro's. Your insights will make me watch their movies (and others) with an eye that is a little more refined.

@mexbutler1661 5 жыл бұрын

This was a really useful analysis. Thanks Thomas. It's helped me clarify some ideas in my writing.

@c.a.savage5689 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos. They are extremely well-done and very informative.

@timtaps77 4 жыл бұрын

This is a BRILLIANT video! Excellent interpretation of one aspect of the Coen Brothers successes. Cheers

@donhaywood6542 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a great short film. I agree with every word you said.

@stevenhaas9622 5 жыл бұрын

Every character in Raising Arizona is solid gold.

@edha4827 5 жыл бұрын

work's what's kept us happy

@kevinjohnson4531 5 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about Glen?

@auguibog Жыл бұрын

i really enjoy these videos, thanks for making them

@DaveTheTurd Жыл бұрын

Excellent video essay, thank you!

@elliotpecora737 5 жыл бұрын

Coen Brothers make all of my favourite movies. I love everything they do, with The Big Lebowski being my favourite of all time. And I loved The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs. Good video.

@brentloy131 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love all of Coens minor characters. Giving them just enough flavor so that they aren't distracting but stand out.

@seriouscatisserious 4 жыл бұрын

No Country for Old Men is a masterclass in subtlety, buddy.

@movement1487 5 жыл бұрын

Great little breakdown! Nice job.

@Asmondian 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing job as always dude. Thanks a lot.

@coreysayers944 5 жыл бұрын

Really well done, very insightful 👏🏼

@johnjohnson3709 Жыл бұрын

Loved your “post”! I subscribed, thanks.

@tonicarr3113 2 жыл бұрын

This entire video is a serotonin boost

@deejjohn5279 5 жыл бұрын

Really well done and well articulated video. Insta-fan of your work

@christodoula 5 жыл бұрын

It was so interesting to consider how much screen time each character got. For each one I recognized I could have sworn it was longer than you said. That's just how memorable they are.

@Pantherazure Жыл бұрын

Bro, that cop in that scene from The Big Lebowski ( @ 5:34 ) was on a whole another level !

@williamgoss4691 Ай бұрын

This was a really lovely doc, almost elegiac. But their films are mesmerising & fascinating and their minor characters resemble the plethora of different shaped creatures under a particularly productive sea-weeded rock at furthest extent of an ebbing tide; a whole and complete universe of life all bumping into each other. // Thks !!

@drasheferriman1276 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video , thank you for answering silent questions about the cohens

@kylemc8851 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid, well done!

@gj8683 5 жыл бұрын

Students of literature are taught about "round" (main) and "flat" (minor) characters, but the Coen brothers upend the theory and manage to do so by not giving the minor characters much screen time. Their minor characters are more like "fast rounds," one might say.

@jamesc.7990 5 жыл бұрын

Great review for the Coen brothers. Now I'm going to go watch every single one of those movies.

@africanhistory Жыл бұрын

Cohen brothers are genius-level filmmakers. No Country for Old men sold me on that. Not sure about True Grit thou. But a Serious Man and Fargo cement their style.

@saiyansomething73 4 жыл бұрын

I think what makes these characters so memorable is they are designed to steal whatever scene they are in. It seems the best lines of dialogue are often reserved for them. There isn't one of the Coen brothers movies that I can recall without a great line or two being delivered by someone with only a fleeting appearance in the movie.

@TomEyeTheSFMguy 2 жыл бұрын

I have my bear skin.

@Sunfieldsan 5 жыл бұрын

U have a good structure in your videos. Keep it up!

@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@educampsrocks 5 жыл бұрын

love your video, keep doing great

@manneborg 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed listening to you. Great vid!

@magpie1999aus 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@maxobyrne1474 5 жыл бұрын

Just like the Coen Brothers haven’t missed a beat in film, I’ve gotta say your KZfaq channel continues to be hit after hit after hit, Thomas!

@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@chr1spa77ett 3 жыл бұрын

My new favourite channel ❤️

@ReinhardtFamily 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this - thank you for assembling all of these great characters together. Drop Johnson, man. Especially in the hat. Do have to refute that Blood Simple was devoid of memorable minor characters, though: the landlady and her (former) brother-in-law Mr Garcia, Holly Hunter as Helene Trend on Meurice's voicemail, even Meurice himself is pretty minor yet has memorable mannerisms such as footwork on the bar and geeking out about volcano eruptions

@ThomasFlight 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I discussed this with another commenter that I definitely overlooked a few in Blood Simple. None of them are as extreme, but they're definitely there.

@goat3779 5 жыл бұрын

From Reddit! Solid video. Now Ill rewatch all their films.

@willrahlmann7522 5 жыл бұрын

at 3:20 you say Turturro is playing Bernie from Barton Fink but that shot and character (Bernie Bernbaum) come from 1991's Millers Crossing

@soolly357 5 жыл бұрын

Cought my attention as well

@granthall1235 4 жыл бұрын

This video was unbelievably good.

@jayfolk 5 жыл бұрын

see old steakhouse waitress from Hell or High Water. establish tactics, history, hopes, and fears - but for side characters they provide the main plot new information, they need to be dynamic, but rememberability helps. Quirkiness through entrance, details, culture, or ticks can only help make them stand out.

@oldDNU 5 жыл бұрын

jay folk No surprise there. I consider Hell or High Water “No Country-lite”. (I love HoHW by the way.)

@SASdude99 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Example. She has always stuck with me, so too have the old timers sat by the door

@Christian-ir2mb 5 жыл бұрын

great video! haven't seen many coen brothers movie (my mistake) so i didn't quite point this out, it's something that i want to learn, making a characters interesting visually or personality wise even with less than a minute of screen time!

@Alexander3487 5 жыл бұрын

Great analysis. Actually, I was just telling a friend about this characteristic of the Coen Brothers, not only with their small characters but with characters in general, they do give each of them elements that keep you interested to the story, even when the story might not be that interesting to you. I think Wes Anderson does the same. Ohh, and I just checked MUBI and wow, very interesting cinema selection, I might give it a try. Thanks.

@mgildersleeve Жыл бұрын

Great job. Thank you.

@lsporter88 4 жыл бұрын

That was really good.

@jackdraper8558 5 жыл бұрын

Gosh, I love love love this vid. Add this on the list of reason why to love the coens. I feel like this skill of the minor character is also applicable to my other fav filmmakers like PTA Lynch and Kubrick but the coens do it the best

@jimmorrison9287 4 жыл бұрын

It is our most moderately priced receptical.

@Football__Junkie 3 жыл бұрын

Just because we’re bereaved doesn’t make us saps!!!!

@RD-vt9uu 3 жыл бұрын

Bernie Bernbaum is a major character in Miller’s Crossing. He’s on screen a hell of a lot longer than 2 minutes.

@boydegg 5 жыл бұрын

Love this video! Subscribed!!!

@sofiahermosilla2030 4 жыл бұрын

Wait, where’s the Big Lebowski’s taxi driver? Da Fino is also a great minor character. Love the Coen brothers 💕

@spinlok3943 2 жыл бұрын

I hate the f***ing Eagles man...

@99baji99 Жыл бұрын

They always find great ways to use that Irish monk! Shout out to Jon Polito big time.

@daveanderson718 Жыл бұрын

very cool. great examination. thanks

@IHMadeThis 5 жыл бұрын

The "ear bending co-worker" from Raising Arizona has stayed in my head since I first saw the movie as a kid.

@jorgep1 5 жыл бұрын

The morning news casters in Burn After Reading. Amazing stuff. All the characters in that movie are incredible. What about the janitor that finds the "Russian intelligence" in the bathroom? "It was just lying there"