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Originally Posted by hajario
I love the Coen Bros but I do see your point. Their dialogue is usually brilliant and they get great performances out of their actors. I also really like Charlie Kauffman. He seems to be in the same category. I hated The Matrix and Fight Club.
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It really depends on the Coen Brothers movies. Some are silly character driven romps like The Big Lebowski and Burn After Reading. Those are comedies.
Their tragedies tend to be of a different nature, such as Blood Simple. But still they are always examinations of character.
Whether or not you like the Matrix or Fight Club I was using them as examples of, "What is real?" or more specifically, "What is meaning?", in mainstream cinema. In the Matrix it questions reality fundamentally, in Fight Club it talks about how easily people can be lead around by a crazy person.
Weddnesday Can you give us examples of character driven works you do not feel this way about? I am wondering if you might have an antipathy toward character studies in general. What is it specifically about the Coen Brothers character studies that turns you off?