Don't Hang Them Yet

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2014)

How do you communicate the treasure to be found in a Coen Brothers movie?
Here, walk into this mine shaft, it's not old but it was never new either. It is dark and winding with hidden passages and you might even go round in circles. There will be monsters and demons for sure. But there's gold if you keep your eyes open and you can dig.
An innocuous line by a bit part character can shift the weight of suggestion about the lead role and central theme.
They are often timed at turning points in American history.
Throw in a bit of bible and some classical literature and philosophy, hit the road with toilet stops, foot fetishes and lonesome critters. They sing and dance and puzzle and muse and they rock like Jimi Hendrix.
Inside Llewyn Davis is a trip down a green green rocky road. The truest characters of USA culture are here and shining like a B string in the spotlight.