tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post7634997988388294205..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Inside Llewyn Davis: Flippin' BrilliantNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-74737280499903417242014-02-04T15:13:46.936+00:002014-02-04T15:13:46.936+00:00Thanks Peter - that's a brilliant bit of Lehre...Thanks Peter - that's a brilliant bit of Lehrer! And new to me. <br />The ghost of Seeger hovers over A Might Wind too - love that film...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-44612846994542113602014-02-04T13:12:10.117+00:002014-02-04T13:12:10.117+00:00Sorry, here.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygMhtNQJ9M" rel="nofollow">Sorry, here</a>.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-80339219208176748532014-02-04T13:08:17.980+00:002014-02-04T13:08:17.980+00:00Thanks. As a bit of a political wonk, I have to b...Thanks. As a bit of a political wonk, I have to be careful about finding blunt messages that validate my prejudices in subtle "multi-levelled" (eww!) art. Although I suspect there are many fellow-travellers who saw a message of dirty ol' capitalism stifling artistic creativity. Not to mention tiresomely knocked-up women and bitch siblings who won't release the inheritance on the hair-splitting grounds that the old coot isn't dead yet. :-)<br /><br />I did think the portayal of the well-off academic couple who forgave all manner of outrage on the grounds that he was rebelling against the system or whatever was brilliant. Redolent of Wolfe's takedown of Bernstein and the Black Panthers.<br /><br />Anyway, in light of the film and Seeger's passing, I thought you might find <a rel="nofollow">this</a> timely.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-45402309724372909672014-02-04T10:50:27.931+00:002014-02-04T10:50:27.931+00:00Oh yes I think there's something in that Peter...Oh yes I think there's something in that Peter - it was very striking how many of them were transformed as soon as they opened their mouths to sing (Llewyn most of all). There's also - as ever with the Coens - a wonderful range of fascinating facial ugliness on display among the minor characters... Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-66404481375438673662014-02-04T10:43:24.193+00:002014-02-04T10:43:24.193+00:00Oh dear. We saw it last week and came out much le...Oh dear. We saw it last week and came out much less enthusiastic. The ailurophile in the missus always leads to nasty viceral reactions to abandoned or mistreated cats and I never did get scrotum jokes. I enjoyed the first third, but they lost me on the road to Chicago.<br /><br />But Nige, a question. Do you think the Coen Brothers intentionally made most of the characters unlikeable and morally challenged as a counterpoint to their singing like angels ? Was there a point there or am I just getting too old?<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.com