Posted on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 by Joshua Meyer
In news that is sure to send cinephiles sinking to their knees, shouting “No!” to the heavens, writer-director
Ethan Coen appears to be done making movies…for now, at least.
Let’s all take a deep breath and try to process this rationally. The news comes thirdhand from a reliable source: specifically, composer
Carter Burwell, a frequent collaborator of Ethan and his brother, Joel Coen‘s, whose long filmmaking partnership together has produced such modern classics as
Fargo and
Now, we have some clarification about what led Ethan to sit out
The Tragedy of
Are the Coen Brothers done making movies together?
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