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Dec 23, 2013 · This presence of cat-ness in Llewyn’s very name matters because two of the chief themes Inside Llewyn Davis explores are identity and authenticity. Llewyn desperately needs to find...
Jan 28, 2014 · One of the most popular theories, as eloquently espoused by The Atlantic, is that the cat is Llewyn and represents a means for the Coens to explore their protagonist's...
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Mar 2, 2017 · The cat is very important to the Llewyn Davis narrative. A handsome, expressive orange tabby that escapes from the apartment where Llewyn Davis is crashing, the cat becomes a minor obsession of Llewyn’s. He keeps losing and finding it, chasing and carrying it around with him.
The cat works as something of a dual symbol: Llewyn Davis ("the cat is Llewyn?") and his unaborted child. The name Ulysses is a reference to The Odyssey. The movie poster at the end with the stray cats walking in the snow resembles Llewyn's journey throughout the film.
Dec 12, 2013 · Despite having more screen time than many of the human actors in Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coen brothers ’ much-heralded film about the Greenwich Village folk scene in the sixties, the cat who...
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Mar 29, 2018 · A reflection and byproduct of Llewyn Davis’ solitude, the musician soon gets caught up with a cat that he never asked for. But cats rarely act based on what they’ve been asked. Their relationship begins as one frustrated loner drops his guard and makes room in his life for another.
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May 21, 2020 · Isaac's Llewyn gets in trouble for talking too much in the Coens' film (usually when drunk), and his style is indeed similar to Van Ronk, as shown on the cover of Inside Dave Van Ronk. In fact, the album artwork even features a stray cat, which seems to be the inspiration for Inside Llewyn Davis' MacGuffin
