I would love to see a discussion like this one between the Coens and PTA.

I’m glad videos like this is out there. Their work is so diverse.

The King's Speech starring Noah Baumbach

This was a terrific piece to absorb while napping. Very soothing.

Idk that I would've ever made the, now apparent, connection between Tony Scott and Burn After Reading. But it totally clicks now & gives a deeper or at least different take on the movie. Fascinating! I suppose the elements that played on a subconscious level anyway are just moved up to a conscious position after hearing them mention the Tony Scott-esque intention. Very interesting to reflect on the momentum of genre building on genre, past style & influence building on present & future projects, the whole of Cinema as an organic entity evolving as one over time but expressed as individual visions in film.

Great discussion. Thanks for posting. Pity the film clips discussed were not shown. Wanted to pause and find the movie to be fully with their points.

Thanks for uploading.

Thank you for uploading this.

Thank you for posting!

Interesting convo. Was hoping to hear more about the writing process though.

The Coen Brothers do few of these. Thank You.

Instead of being an interview it seems like an opportunity for Noah Baumbach to prove how amicable he is with the Coen brothers.

The Kings of Voice Over are Joseph L. Mankiewicz (A Letter To Three Wives, Barefoot Contessa, All About Eve) and Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine)...

The video's superb. Its quite insightful really. I wish they'd do another segment on endings or any other form/period of visual writing where they analyze clips from films they've done. The session at this year's New York Film Festival between Baumbach and de Palma was also quite educative. I'm struck more and more by Baumbach every time I see him. He's so comfortable in his skin. There's a certain unaffected gravity which he brings to the way he speaks. And he makes good nuanced films

Coen brothers are masters at using VO in their movies. It's not cheating, Noah....especially when it's done well. (I thought that was kind of rude of Noah to say that to Joel and Ethan.)

Amazing! I've been working on a screenplay and have finally found tips from my favorite directors! I don't know if I'll succeed, being 14 and all. c=

Can someone turn the lights on--and the volume up?

@oprescue999 Or, since it looks like it's only one odd shoe on his right foot, maybe it's to protect some sprain or fracture. Accident, I gather, from falling over napping. So glad I can contribute such insightful discussion on this forum.

Aaaarg! I suppose there must have been some issues with showing the clips, but c'mon. Without the clips, what is this video? I am so disappointed.

34:20 Ethan dies temporarily.

@oprescue999 the boot on his right foot looks like a Bledsoe boot... which is used to stabilize the foot after injuring it.

Talking about clips they don't show in order to understand what they are discussing. Very disappointing.

I can barely hear anything! I'm not sitting for an hour with my ear pressed up to the mic. Please adjust the sound, all the posts from the F.S. of L. Ctr. are like this.

I fucking love Greenberg a really underrated movie.

Brings to mind that time when Jimmy Page and Jack White played with the Edge 😂

WHY IS THE SOUND SO LOW?!?!?!

@gabrielsburg Yeah, he said in an interview in Israel that it's a cast from a motor-scooter accident.

The Coens use the term "by virtue of" in pretty much every single interview they've ever given.

The audio quality in this interview is so bad it reminds me of a Sundance Film Festival Director Q & A production

My movie isnt the only one im looking forward to, Inside Llewelyn Davis new movie by the Coen Bros. John Goodman Justin Timberlake really looking forward to that.

Did you enjoy Barton Fink?

why do they keep taking pictures there not doing much, it's not like their wild life. They must have gotten annoyed

interesting

I noticed his boots too. They look like ski boots

Great writers and film-makers but as for this the words Paint and Dry come to mind..

34:20

Volume is too low. Imo.

Jeez, never heard the Coens swear.

This is a brutal watch lol

I apologize in advance for the trivial question: is Joel Coen wearing some sort of astronaut boots?

That's not a boot. He has injured his foot. That piece of attire serves as a removable cast.

I'm starting to film my new movie everybody Django Unchained

Baumbach, Coen, Noah, Joel, Ethan? Are there any Jews here?

I think he just has a cast on his right foot.

Please, you’re all professionals and you must have made many of these type of videos, but, PLEASE… either have a mic for the audience or repeat the questions asked as they can’t be heard at all.

the Coens have their usual sly and self-effacing humor, but Noah Baumbauch just exudes pretension.

Ooops...

What I could hear I enjoyed. With filmmakers of this caliber the production value here is ...ridiculous. Please call me for production next time.

what the fuck ha.

jesus the audio is terrible for me.

There's no point to this from a viewer's perspective.

what a waste of time

It might be best if this was taken down. So much promise and such crappy video and audio. Ethan's body language is "I wanna bolt". Everything is wrong.

Nothing here read "pretentious" to me

This makes me feel very concentration campy....

This Noah guy (whoever he is) needs to get over himself and just interview.

I can't see the appeal of their films. They're often slow, pretentious and meandering. Especially the numerous scenes that don't progress the story or develop character, but simply 'exist', they serve no purpose and just waste time. All their characters are offbeat oddballs, and all the 'humor' relies on dull quirkiness, obscure yiddish and Jewish references and supposedly humorous subtle visual gags and observations. Here's a typical Coen Brothers scene. INT. SYNAGOGUE OFFICE - DAY Rabbi Schwhitzz sits at his desk reviewing his financial ledger, the shot lingers until it become needlessly long and boring, he turns the pages really slowly, which is supposed to be funny, and its also really quiet to heighten the sense of monotony, creating a nice air of pretension for fans to inhale. After an extended period of time, Rabbi Schwitzz notices a mistake in the ledger - he picks up a pencil to correct the mistake, but the pencil is too dull. He places it in a small metal pencil sharpener resting on his desk. When he removes the pencil he brings it close to his face to observe it, and taps the lead with his finger - it's still too dull. He slowly places it back in the sharpener and sharpens it again. the sharpener buzzes. After a moment he removes the Pencil once more. He blows away the excessive sharpenings and taps the lead again with his index finger- its still too dull. He sharpens it a third time. * At this point the audience is starting to laugh because the character is doing something that people do in real life! And the boring tone implies that any repetitive action or subtle visual gag is what makes the scene unique!* When Rabbi Schwhittzz is finally happy with the sharpness of the pencil, he brings it down to the ledger to correct the mistake. But the lead breaks. He grabs a new pencil, but its too dull . . . END SCENE ----- Most of their films are overrated. Their characters are quirky archetypes with exaggerated traits, and you cant relate to them because they're so cartoonish yet vapid. And they miss so many narrative beats that I think its less to do with them 'going against the grain' and more to do with them not knowing how to structure a story properly! But alas everyone will disagree with me, while they derive meaning from a manufactured style, that says little and lacks subtext and symbolism. Ignoring the fact that most of their films are plagued by massive flaws.