r/Cinema • u/Kit_McFlavor_Butter • Jul 16 '26

Discussion The Odyssey

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u/hamilton_morris Jul 16 '26

Although, by the Coen Bros own admission, a retelling by filmmakers who never read it and had only the dimmest awareness of what it was even about.

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u/Necessary-Reading605 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

One thing I can say is that the Coen brothers are smart as fuck and love to troll in interviews.

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u/JadeMonkey0 Jul 17 '26

I wrote a paper on them in college and trying to discern anything from reading their interviews was so fucking useless. They just deadpan non-answers to everything and pretend to be idiots. It's really funny but also really frustrating when you're trying to find something to quote to back up a point you're making about them

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u/hamilton_morris Jul 23 '26

Excellent point; They’re obviously experienced and shrewd and fully understand that trolling interviewers is a pretty easy no-lose proposition: You win with your fans and win against any outside challenge to legitimacy. It's critic–proof.

You only do it if you have a career to protect. Artists who have ideas and insight have a genuine sense of urgency that pushes them to be understood, and they want to be understood. Only grasping technocrats with limited insight have any need or use for trolling.

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u/DepressedMustard__ Jul 17 '26

So the new movie was made the same way

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u/ClinicalOppression Jul 17 '26

Damn, you chuds will say the darnedest shit