A soundtrack in search of a film

Films/DVD Asylum

Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

That's O Brother Where Art Thou. And oh brother does it evince, in nearly every scene, the heavy handedness of the freres Coen. Guess they just can't help making fun, through caricature rather than character, of people they consider inferior to their brilliant selves -- in this case, Southerners. (Contrast their work to almost any Robert Altman film.) In defense of the movie, I will say that most of the actors rose above the script and George Clooney's mugging was amusing. On the other hand every syllable of dialog was ADRed and that added (as usual) to the artificiality of the entire enterprise.
Wish we could have heard more Ralph Stanley! But I managed to take a lesson from the twice-heard "Look on the Sunny Side of Life".
clark

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Topic - A soundtrack in search of a film - clarkjohnsen 07:10:35 10/03/01 (6)

Re: A soundtrack in search of a film - Joey 02:23:07 10/10/01 (0)

But they make fun of everybody. - brewthunda 14:06:39 10/03/01 (0)

O Brother, Where Art Thou Comin' From? - Audiophilander 08:52:27 10/03/01 (3)

Busby Klansman - Allan Songer 13:42:58 10/04/01 (1)

Thanks for the interesting bit of movie trivia, Allan! - Audiophilander 06:52:49 10/05/01 (0)

one good movie - late 14:20:09 10/03/01 (0)

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