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Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

If the Coens intended it to be a look at Americans then they failed miserably because I've never seen anyone draw that conclusion about the movie (and I don't see how anyone could walk away from the movie thinking that).

Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

As both a long-time DC area resident, and former gov't employee and contractor, I'm going to have agree with Travis et al on this one. This was a classic (and IMO well-done) Coen mistaken identity caper like Lebowski or Hudsucker, but instead of setting it in early-90s LA or late-50s NYC, it's modern-day DC. There was little to nothing about either the American gov't or the American people. Just sad-sack Coen characters being caught up in something that was different to everyone.

On a side note, it was pretty cool seeing several notable DC area landmarks, and even my office building was in a shot (namely, the one where Clooney stops jogging at the top of a hill in Georgetown looking across the Potomac into Rosslyn).

Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

You can even look back to their first film, Blood Simple, another plot based on people working at cross-purposes and no one (except the audience) having a complete picture of what's happening.

I suspect that's not so much their view of America as their view of humanity in general. Every so often, they create a character like Marge (in Fargo) or The Dude, who manages to put it all together, and those are the unlikely heroes. But not in Burn.

Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

Oh, ok, so to be true, a conclusion must be widely and immediately accepted? The film was filled with Americans holding beliefs and attitudes I see mirrored on a daily basis. Thats how anyone could walk away thinking that.

Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

Not to put too fine a point on it, but pretty much every film made and set in the US is filled with Americans holding these beliefs and attitudes. That's kind of the point. I assume you meant it was emphasizing those beliefs and attitudes, but I still think you'd be reading way too far into it.

Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

No but I didn't see anything in Burn After Reading that could persuade me to think that the Coen brothers are "holding a mirror up to contemporary america" with this movie. Every movie is open to interpretation by each viewer but I could say that Friday The 13th was written as a morality tale to steer teenagers away from sex or drugs (rather than just a cash-in on the success of Halloween) but that doesn't mean that I'm right.

Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

as a big brothers Coen fan who passed on this I'm glad I got to see it tonight (unfortunately not on BD)
great movie

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I saw this one in the theater as well and thought it was very good. Not as good as Fargo but very funny. I didn't particularly care that the characters weren't likeable, I wanted them to be loony. I guess Marge Gunderson was likeable in Fargo but nobody else comes to mind.

Chris

Re: A few words about...™ Burn after Reading -- in Blu-ray

I watched this last night and thought it was pretty good - reminded me in some ways of Fargo. Big Lebowski is still my favorite Coen movie.

Excellent transfer too.

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I did pick this up (used, in "like new" condition) a little while ago at a good price off eBay. It's good to have a looney comedic popcorn flick like this to enjoy w/ the wife -- one can only have so much romantic comedies to meet that viewing spectrum afterall (and I'm actually the more sappy one in this couple too).

_Man_