The Coen Brothers

Today in class, we watched a few clips from 'Dawn of the Dead' (directed by Zack Snyder) , 'Cabin Fever' (directed by Eli Roth) and 'Taken' (directed by Pierre Morel) so that we could learn how a genre is established in the opening of a film. We saw that a horror film takes far less time to get into the main storyline than a thriller although you can learn a lot about the characters in each type of film just from the opening. From the horror films we could usethe clues provided in the misc-en-scene to predict the rest of the film.

I then researched the Coen brothers' filmography:

1984 – BLOOD SIMPLE – directed by Joel Coen

1987 – RAISING ARIZONA – directed by Joel Coen

1990 – MILLER’S CROSSING – directed by Joel Coen

1991 – BARTON FINK – directed by Joel Coen – 3 Academy Award nominations, 1 Golden Globe nomination

1994 – THE HARDSUCKER PROXY – directed by Joel Coen

1996 – FARGO – directed by Joel Coen – 7 Academy Award nominations, 2 Academy Awards, 4 Golden Globe nominations, 6 BAFTA nominations, 1 BAFTA

1998 – THE BIG LEBOWSKI – directed by Joel Coen

2000 – O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? – directed by Joel Coen – 2 Academy Award nominations, 2 Golden Globe nominations, 1 Golden globe, 5 BAFTA nominations

2001 – THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE – directed by Joel Coen – 1 Academy Award nomination, 3 Golden Globe nominations, 1 BAFTA nomination, 1 BAFTA

2003 – INTOLERABLE CRUELTY – directed by Joel Coen

2004 – THE LADYKILLERS – directed by Joel & Ethan Coen

2007 – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN – directed by Joel & Ethan Coen – 8 Academy Award nominations, 4 Academy Awards, 4 Golden Globe nominations, 2 Golden Globes, 9 BAFTA nominations, 3 BAFTAs

2008 – BURN AFTER READING – directed by Joel & Ethan Coen – 2 Golden Globe nominations, 3 BAFTA nominations

2009 – A SERIOUS MAN – directed by Joel & Ethan Coen – 2 Golden Globe nominations, 3 BAFTA nominations

2010 – TRUE GRIT – directed by Joel & Ethan Coen – 10 Academy Award nominations, 8 BAFTA nominations, 1 BAFTA

So in total, the Coen brothers have earnt: 33 Academy Award nominations, 6 Academy Awards, 17 Golden Globe nominations, 3 Golden Globes, 36 BAFTA nominations, 6 BAFTAs.