422 The Coen Brothers Films and Cinematic Legacy

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha begin their annual "Season of..." series with the first episode of their deep dive into The Season of The Coen Brothers. On this episode, Steve and John discuss the films and the history of Joel and Ethan Coen and explore their influence they have on film, their unique working relationship, what it is about their filmmaking that makes them auteurs and what their filmmaking is like nowadays. Steve and John also discuss their favorite Coen Brothers films from Blood Simple to Raising Arizona to Miller's Crossing to Fargo to Barton Fink to The Big Lebowski to No Country for Old Men to True Grit to O, Brother, Where Art Thou? to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and everything in between. Sit back and enjoy this informative and fun discussion on The Coen Brothers!

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1:04.4	Hello and welcome once again to the Cineophiles, where we are beginning a new season.
1:11.1	Every year on the show, we explore a great director, in this case a great team of directors.
1:16.4	And I, Steve Morris, whom a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California, am so excited that this year we are talking about the Cohen brothers.
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1:28.4	voice of artists in San Diego, California, and I share Steve's excitement that we are finally
1:34.8	diving into the Cohen brothers, two directors, two brothers who our fans and our listeners and our
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