The Coen Brothers

The dynamic duo the Coen Brothers, home grown here in Minnesota are truly unique in their ideas and filming styles. Spreading the good word about the humble people of MN are the Coen Brothers, bringing to Hollywood the base of film noir with a modern twist. They always work together and in doing so have created some truly remarkable pictures.

In Raising Arizona they are able to bring together a ton of action and comedy into what would otherwise be a dull place in the Arizona desert. H.I., a newly released repeat criminal and Edwina (Ed) are newly weds whom are unable to conceive. The plot thickens when they discover a woman married to Nathan Arizona, the owner of a chain of unpainted furniture stores has quintuplets. More than willing to take a baby or two off their hands they decide they have more then they can handle and 'it's just unfair they have so many' and kidnap Nathan Jr.

As the Coens do, they create a whole new world filled with interesting characters, irony, & a idea that 'money is the basis of crime'. I noticed this first in Fargo, a low budget film about a man with money problems pays a couple of men to kidnap his wife to get money off her dad. This film is con traversal among Minnesotans since the Coens poke fun at their Minnesota roots. Another fun fact about the film is although it's said to 'be based off of a true story' it really isn't; thus supporting the irony the Coens enjoy so much.

And lastly I must note is the Good vs. Evil aspect of if not all than most of their films. There is a very clear show of this in their blockbuster hit No Country For Old Men, where after a drug deal gone bad, the unlucky finder of the left over cash is being chased by a cold hearted serial killer, who would easily kill someone just for picking the wrong side of a flipped coin. On the good side we have sheriff Bell whom is harboring internal conflicts with himself as he follows the trail of disaster left behind by killer.