The Complete Collections: The Coen Brothers (Part 3)

Other than financial concerns, every film the Coen's had made got pretty-much positive criticism. Miller's Crossing and The Hudsucker Proxy had its interesting concepts, but ultimately failed at the box-office. Whatever the case, producers knew, with the right restraints (not too mcuh money...) the Coen's had an established audience and all they needed was a certain amount of freedom to continue to enlarge the audience they were building...

O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

George Clooney joining John Turturro, John Goodman, Holly Hunter (previously in Raising Arizona) and many others in a new Coen's movie. This time it is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey, but in the Coen's unique style. Clooney, Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson are three convicts who escape from prison to look for money that Clooney's character is positive awaits them. It will be split amongst the three. Set in Mississippi in the 1930's, we know we are in familiar territory. The Hudsucker Proxy dealt with the era surrounding The Great Depression from the perspective of New York, while this film is set in deserts and grassy plains from inner-America. Lets just recap and see where we have ended up so far with the Coen's. Having previously mentioned Hudsucker based in New York on the east coast, Blood Simple based in the deep South of Texas, Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski are set in west-coast LA, Fargo is set between Minnesota and North