I don't see any green it!

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2016)

Inside Llewyn Davis is an interesting exploration of what it means to be true to your art in a commercialised world. The sixties was the beginning of the recorded music revolution, so it's a great place to meditate on these ideas. Llewyn Davis our main protagonist is an egotistical folk musician, one of many minor stars being churned out in this growing industry. He is penny-less, selfish, lost and traumatised from the suicide of his singing partner. He seems enslaved by his past while running fearfully to some illusive and vague idea of success. He's a man who suffers for his creative ideals but the people he meets and serves as a musician, don't seem to be interested in art but money and status. Or is it his gloomy and selfish outlook that causes him to see things this way, its bit of a chicken or an egg question.