The over-the-top violence in the first episode with Tim Blake Nelson is clearly meant to be satirical coming from a cheerful, singing cowboy. Marc Maron had an excellent interview with Nelson on his WTF podcast. https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-973-tim-blake-nelson This got nominated for an Oscar as best adapted screenplay. The Coen brothers wrote these stories over 20 years, but if they weren't published, can it be adapted?
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 2:31 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:31 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We watched it tonight, too. I loved it, but the wife had some trouble >> with the darker chapters (If you've seen it, you'll know just what ones I >> mean). >> >> Those scenes of Nelson on horseback, though, just reeked to me of green >> screen. Well-done green screen and (more than likely) B-roll/second unit >> footage of Monument Valley, but it felt hinky, even down to the (very good) >> dust kicked up by the horse's hooves. >> > > The darkness and violence, especially the violence, in Coen Brothers' > movies seems to come more from cartoons than from any sort of naturalism. > Even though Meal Ticket (Liam Neeson and Harry Melling) had in implied dark > ending, I think it was a satire on show business, specifically a > performer's value once something else becomes more popular. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
