Late yesterday afternoon Dave and I went to the Enzian, our neighborhood art theater, to see "Inside Llewyn Davis."
Here's what I knew before seeing the movie:
Here's what I know after seeing the movie:
Well, actually not a whole lot more. "Inside Llewyn Davis" has no plot. It's little vignettes in a one week span of Llewyn's life in Greenwich Village in 1961. It's bone chilling, bitter cold. Llewyn's mom most likely never said to him "Make good decisions today" because he makes terrible decisions - every day. He treats cats way better than he treats people - including himself.
Llewyn is a strange, stupefyingly selfish, unhappy, weird, funny guy. His life seems to be a loop playing over and over again.
Great actors are all over this movie, including Oscar Issac who plays Llewyn, Justin Timberlake who plays a really straight folk singer, John Goodman in one of his many scary roles and F. Murry Abraham.
But, here's the thing. I liked the movie. The music is good. The look of each and every scene is interesting. It's funny and sad.
Go see it.
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Here's what I knew before seeing the movie:
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| Llewyn on the subway, freezing and holding his stray cat. |
- It's a Coen brothers movie. We both love the Coen brothers. They grew up in Dave's neighborhood in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Consequently, many of their movies take place in bone chilling weather. Like my favorite Coen movie, "Fargo."
- "Llewyn" is about folk music in the 60's.
- It has a fantastic cast and it's had great reviews.
Here's what I know after seeing the movie:
Well, actually not a whole lot more. "Inside Llewyn Davis" has no plot. It's little vignettes in a one week span of Llewyn's life in Greenwich Village in 1961. It's bone chilling, bitter cold. Llewyn's mom most likely never said to him "Make good decisions today" because he makes terrible decisions - every day. He treats cats way better than he treats people - including himself.
Llewyn is a strange, stupefyingly selfish, unhappy, weird, funny guy. His life seems to be a loop playing over and over again.
Great actors are all over this movie, including Oscar Issac who plays Llewyn, Justin Timberlake who plays a really straight folk singer, John Goodman in one of his many scary roles and F. Murry Abraham.
But, here's the thing. I liked the movie. The music is good. The look of each and every scene is interesting. It's funny and sad.
Go see it.
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