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Mood:
- AtmosphericCleverGloomyWittyCaptivatingContemplativeStylizedTense
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- Unlikely criminalsCrime Gone AwrySelf DiscoveryCons and ScamsCrimesDeadlyDishonestyLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- CrimeDramaNeo Noir
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40s
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Place:
- USASuburbs
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- Twists and TurnsVoice Over
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- SeriousRealistic
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- B&W
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- Violent Content
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The Man Who Wasn't There, 2001
English
UK, USA
Profile of The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There can be described as clever, gloomy, and witty. The plot revolves around unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, and cons and scams. The main genres are drama and crime. In terms of style, The Man Who Wasn't There is neo-noir, involves twists and turns, and includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. The Man Who Wasn't There is located in the USA. It takes place in the 20th century. Visually, it is black and white. The Man Who Wasn't There has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves violent content.
Summary of The Man Who Wasn't There
The Coen brothers' THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE is a brilliantly photographed black-and-white absurdist noir set in Santa Rosa, California, in 1949. Ed Crane (the outstanding Billy Bob Thornton) is a slow-moving, barely talking barber who doesn't seem to want much out of life. He has virtually no relationship with his wife, Doris (Frances McDormand), who has more fun with her boss, Big Dave (James Gandolfini). But when a strange character (Jon Polito) lets it be known that he's looking for a silent partner to finance his dream business (something he calls dry cleaning), Ed sees a possible way out of his doldrums. Just like any good James M. Cain novel (which the Coens cited as a major influence on the story), blackmail, deceit, violence, murder, and double crossing ensue, all with the magic Coen twists and turns.
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE looks simply magnificent; the cinematography, the outfits, and the set designs perfectly capture this intriguing post-WWII paranoid world embodied by misfits, cheats, simpletons, con men, and other ne'er-do-wells. Thornton, who also supplies the wonderfully droll narration, gives a bravura performance as Ed, the everyman who has never strayed from the straight and narrow--until now. Always with a Chesterfield in his mouth, he wanders from scene to scene almost as if he's a spectator--even though he's at the center of everything that goes on. The supporting cast, as usual in a Coen brothers film, is outstanding, including McDormand, Gandolfini, Polito, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Jenkins, and Scarlett Johansson as a young potential piano prodigy.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA |
| Release date: | 31 October 2001 |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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as Ed Crane
as Doris Crane
as Big Dave Brewster
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Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
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- by: Bob Graham
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- 29.March.2010
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- by: Democritus
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