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Jan 26, 2016 · With “Inside Llewyn Davis,” which arrives on the Criterion Collection this month, the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers, perhaps the most broad-terms successful American independent filmmakers of ...
I think this sums up the Coens goal in respect to the cat. They want it to be representative of layers upon layers of symbolism. In many ways, it represents Llewyn and his own experience, hence the moment early in the film when someone over the phone misunderstands him saying "Llewyn has the cat" to be "Llewyn is the cat". I think it's also ...
Dec 23, 2013 · James Joyce’s influence is recognizable throughout the movie (i.e., Llewyn’s epic journey stays mostly within a few square miles, just like Leopold Bloom’s in Ulysses), but it’s a work by ...
Apr 7, 2023 · Inside Llewyn Davis is in some ways about Llewyn making one bad decision after another, but at its heart—and this becomes more and more clear as the film reaches its end—it’s about a very gifted artist who is overlooked by other folk singers who are, yes, talented, but also far more bankable than Llewyn. And when we meet Llewyn at the ...
In February 1961, Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a struggling folk singer (previously a merchant marine) in New York City's Greenwich Village. His musical partner, Mike, has committed suicide; Llewyn's recent solo album Inside Llewyn Davis is not selling; he has no money and is sleeping on the couches of friends and acquaintances.
It's a pilgrimage of sorts, to present himself to a reigning folk impresario played by F. Murray Abraham. Dryly noting the title of Llewyn's solo record, this man requests, "Play me something from 'Inside Llewyn Davis.'" And so Llewyn does. In both senses of the term. It's a devastating scene in a movie full of devastating scenes.
Dec 19, 2013 · Apart from Llewyn, the most important figure in Inside Llewyn Davis is one who only appears onscreen as an image on a record cover: his former singing partner, Mike Timlin, who jumped to his death ...
