My own Coen Bros. favorites list, from the top, would be The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, Fargo, A Serious Man, Raising Arizona and Inside Llewyn Davis. I hated, to varying degrees, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Hail, Caesar! and Barton Fink. The rest I either haven’t seen or don’t particularly care for.
You’ll definitely want to read the hilarious autobio Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother. The director got his first break in Hollywood as the Coen Brothers’ cinematographer, and he has some great stories about filming Blood Simple.
…just the other night we watched What’s Up Doc?, Peter Bogdanovich’s 1972 homage to the screwball comedy. (HBO). I don’t think I’ve seen it since it was first released but was prompted to do so by the recent demise of the auteur. It holds up really well–I think Barbra Streisand’s character is more annoying than quirky/charming, but some of the gags are still laugh-out-loud funny.
Oddly, coincidentally, 3 of the actors in supporting roles are also in Young Frankenstein.
I love What’s Up, Doc! Very, very funny - one of my all-time favorite comedies. And at least four of the cast were also in Paper Moon, another favorite Bogdanovich movie for me.
Watched the updated DUNE on HBO
Loved the original. Was not expecting much from this one.
I was wrong. It was much better, MUCH better. Except for the fact that the original didn’t leave me hanging with them walking into the desert with credits rolling. They managed to make it longer AND telling only half the story and I cannot watch them back to back. Arrrggghhhh!!!
But anyway, thumbs up!
You may wish to take a look here: Dune (Film) Post-release thread (open spoilers from film)