Time stood still

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2014)

I would like to share an experience I had while watching this film. When Llewyn goes to Chicago to audition for Bud Grossman he sings a song I'd not heard before. In that stark setting, playing to just one person he breaks our hearts. And as the song was sung in our big theatre, time stood still. It is an experience I will cherish as a moment of brilliant cinema. I can always see the film and that scene again but it won't be like the first time on a cold winter night in a dark room full of silent strangers. I've been a fan since Blood Simple but have really enjoyed their masterpieces Fargo and Barton Fink. When you are in the room watching a Coen brother's film you are transported to an alternate reality. It is a place of mystery with a touch of foreboding deliciously written for just us the audience. We are the fortunate ones.