“I think we did a spy movie, [but] it does not exactly look like. I did not really think that a spy movie!
Filmmaker Ethan Coen may appear somewhat confused about his latest film – made, as always, the brother of Joel’s – when we meet at the Film Festival in Toronto, but this has not prevented the American public to receive the same Burn After Reading enthusiasm they last year, No Country for Old Men. But the difference between the two films could not be more marked, while no country is the epic, violent look at the hard edges of life in the modern West, Burn After Reading is a comedy with no taboos a strong cast of characters personified Goofball by an A-list cast. In the middle of the colorful story is John Malkovich, as ex-CIA agent Osborne Cox, who write his memoirs and tried to ignore his troubled marriage to wife Katie (Tilda Swinton). Unbeknownst to her, Katie is engaged in a tumultuous affair with federal marshal Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), while attempting to empty the bank account of her husband. When the manuscript Osborne accidentally finds its way into the hands of clueless personal trainer Chad Feldheim (Brad Pitt) and Linda Litzka (Frances McDormand), they attempt to wrest their own purposes.
May It sounds like a romantic comedy, which in many respects it is, but by placing the center of American power, Washington DC, the Coens are deliberately invite theories about subtext and social policy? “This is not really intended as a commentary on Washington,” says Ethan. “It’s these special characters. Every time you these things, you want to be specific about the place that your story is. In this context, you not only people who hold power in Washington, but people live in this community. We had a vague sense of who we thought the references to characters, [but] it does not libel a person. ”
If they have heart satirical or not, there is no doubt that Burn After Reading is a great success back to the dark comedy tinged early work of the brothers, as Fargo (1996) and The Big Lebowski (1998). The fact that it comes so soon after the straight, intense sensation of No Country is impressive, even for filmmakers as varied as the Coens and achieved. But it is difficult for such a massive switch between genres as fast to make, and they see no similarities between the two? “You know, we do not have a film related to another in one of our films,” Ethan said with an amused smile. “Why? We believe that everything we now work. They are different films. They feel different.
“Certainly, it is an ambition that you change from movie to movie,” he says, which could reflect on a career of 25 years, who has covered everything from modern black (Blood Simple, 1984) to pastiche (Barton Fink, 1991) and classic remake (The Ladykillers, 2004). “You do not want to repeat.
They may strive to be different for each project, but a skill that remains in the heart of the success of the Coen brothers’ is their ability to choose the right players. She was known for picking players for dramatic comic roles, will now most famous attraction is Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski and George Clooney in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Now they are adding Brad Pitt – who turns in a hilarious performance in Burn After Reading – this file, Joel Coen acknowledges that this is not a deliberate tactic. “We are not necessarily the distinction between actors and comedians, dramatic and comic roles in acting that way,” he explains. “If we put actors comedies that are not normally associated with comedies, it simply reflects our interest in them as actors. We are confident in their ability to inhabit the material the way it is written. We would not necessarily have thought:” Well, it’s a funny movie, and we have to cast actors.
“We want to write, and we always have written parts for specific actors, Joel continues, that a list of successful collaboration of the brothers script offers.” While we are writing, it helps us imagine the history. Many parts in this movie are written for people who play them. This is often how it works with us. We know that a player and want to work with them. If we do not know who will play, as it happens, and we throw the game. This was the case, for example, with Tilda [Swinton]. We had not worked with Tilda before. It’s all over the place! “