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Burn After Reading (2008)

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Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.
A CIA agent who is currently in the process of writing a book loses the disc containing his only manuscript in this comedic tale of espionage that reunites filmmaking duo Joel and Ethan Coen with Intolerable Cruelty and O Brother, Where Art Thou? star George Clooney. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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SpoutBlogSpoutBlog Brad Pitt Pompadour. Clip of th ...
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 "A new R-rated trailer for the Coens’ Burn After Reading showed up online this week, and though it reminds me of a lot of Coen favorites, particularly Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski, it initially made me think of Tom DiCillo’s Johnny Suede. I don’t know if you could classify Brad Pitt’s hairstyle in Burn After Reading a pompadour, but that first shot of him in the trailer called to mind his tall greaser ‘do in the 1991 cult classic. So, here’s a few clips from the earlier film (for the Burn After Reading trailer, go here) in which the title character (Pitt) encounters Freak Storm (Nick Cave, who would later appear in and score Pitt-starrer The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). Note the conversation Freak has in the bar. It in turn reminded me of the Coens, who always seem to have a variation of “I need my money” or “where’s the money” or something like that. It’s too bad DiCillo never rose to the Coens’ status or talent, despite working with Coen Bros. r ... " [More]
lopezdashlopezdash Re:Burn After Reading
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"[quote user="mercurial"] WOO HOO! Burn After Reading just looks like a bunch of A-listers having lots of fun. http://www.apple.com/trailers/ focus_features/burnafterreadin g/ Personally, I can't wait. Even with George Clooney in it. :) [/quote] it's funny you mention this today, because Christopher has a post up on SpoutBlog about the trailer. Its kind of like taking George Clooney's role in Syriana and flipping it on its head. " [More]
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"WOO HOO! Burn After Reading just looks like a bunch of A-listers having lots of fun. http://www.apple.com/trailers/ focus_features/burnafterreadin g/ Personally, I can't wait. Even with George Clooney in it. :) " [More]
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 "The Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading, which made some snippy headlines last month after Focus gave the film an undesirable September release date, has been selected to open the Venice Film Festival. For those keeping track: the last film Focus landed in that slot at that festival was Atonement; three years ago, they used the ame method to launch Brokeback Mountain. There’s a long piece in this morning’s Hollywood Reporter on Sex and the City––the show, the movie, the brand––as a New York City tourist attraction. Says Michael Patrick King, director of the film: “The amount of girls coming to New York to have a $17 cosmo — everybody benefited in a great way.” 2929 Productions have bought in to two projects from producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti and Ben Mezrich––AKA the creative team behind the hit 21. Brunetti sums up the appeal of working from a Mezrich literary source: “Guys that normally aren’t readers will dive into a Ben Mezrich story and read it quickly, and then pass ... " [More]
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 "The Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading, which made some snippy headlines last month after Focus gave the film an undesirable September release date, has been selected to open the Venice Film Festival. For those keeping track: the last film Focus landed in that slot at that festival was Atonement; three years ago, they used the ame method to launch Brokeback Mountain. There’s a long piece in this morning’s Hollywood Reporter on Sex and the City––the show, the movie, the brand––as a New York City tourist attraction. Says Michael Patrick King, director of the film: “The amount of girls coming to New York to have a $17 cosmo — everybody benefited in a great way.” 2929 Productions have bought in to two projects from producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti and Ben Mezrich––AKA the creative team behind the hit 21. Brunetti sums up the appeal of working from a Mezrich literary source: “Guys that normally aren’t readers will dive into a Ben Mezrich story and read it quickly, and then pass ... " [More]
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 "Focus Features has set a 1000 screen-wide, September 12 release date for the George Clooney starring Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading. David Poland wonders is this is a thinly-veiled dump: “[H]ave The Coens asked to be pulled out of the Oscar race next year? Has the studio seen a first cut of the picture and decided that it wasn’t a racer? Or is Focus just going to pull out the stops for Harvey Milk and pushing this high profile distraction out of the way?” “It’s astonishing, not only to think about the challenges Paul [Sturtz] and David [Wilson] faced in creating a regional non-fiction festival that would take place in a small mid-western town during the winter, but also to consider how quickly the festival has earned the respect and goodwill of the international documentary film community—as well as the people of Columbia, Missouri.” Joel Heller introduces a podcast interview with the co-directors of the True/False Film Festival. Mental Floss quizes your knowledge of Univers ... " [More]
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 "Focus Features has set a 1000 screen-wide, September 12 release date for the George Clooney starring Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading. David Poland wonders is this is a thinly-veiled dump: “[H]ave The Coens asked to be pulled out of the Oscar race next year? Has the studio seen a first cut of the picture and decided that it wasn’t a racer? Or is Focus just going to pull out the stops for Harvey Milk and pushing this high profile distraction out of the way?” “It’s astonishing, not only to think about the challenges Paul [Sturtz] and David [Wilson] faced in creating a regional non-fiction festival that would take place in a small mid-western town during the winter, but also to consider how quickly the festival has earned the respect and goodwill of the international documentary film community—as well as the people of Columbia, Missouri.” Joel Heller introduces a podcast interview with the co-directors of the True/False Film Festival. Mental Floss quizes your knowledge of Univers ... " [More]
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 "I finally got around to seeing Miller's Crossing, and I was actually very surprised. Not about how good it was, but how toned down the typical Cohen's themes were. It was, all in all, a conventional gangster flick. There were the undertones and the symbolism and all that stuff, but none quite as prominent as in their other movies, such as Raising Arizona and Fargo. However, the symbolism of Tom's hat is very prominent, and is referred to pretty often.Gabriel Byrne is very good as the film's anti-hero, Tom. He seems like a sceptical, sarcastic bastard for most of the movie, but he brings a lot of sympathy and humor to the character. The closing scenes are especially well-done by him, and he perfectly embodies everything that the film makes him out to be in those closing 10 or 15 minutes. The rest of the cast is also terrific, especially Albert Finney, who lends the film a veteran presence as the seasoned actor that he is (and was, even in 1990).The story is ve ... " [More]
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 "No Country for Old MenI saw this movie the day it came out in Chicago. But there's been so much talk about it since that I'm not sure what to talk about in this blog. There are so many thoughts and discussions I've had or heard on the film that I feel like whatever I mention I'll be treading ground everyone's already heard or feel like I'm leaving something out.I will state that I'm extremely biased towards the Coen brothers. I love everything they've done, so at this point it's hard for me to just not simply love anything they do. Just knowing they made it puts a gleam around it in my mind that protects it from major criticism. But I think it's completely justified.I will say that until I see this movie more times, it's not currently my favorite of their movies, but as it is, it's still a fucking fantastic movie. I think as their first strict adaptation it has to be evaluated in a different manner as well.The film has no openin ... " [More]
RisseladaRisselada Re: Upcoming trilogies
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"I'm not sure what this trilogy is called.Lars von Trier's America Trilogy maybe?Dogville (2003)Manderlay (2005)Wasington (2009?) Supposedly the Coens brothers were calling this The Idiot Trilogy starring George ClooneyO Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)Intolerable Cruelty (2003)Hail Caesar (2009?)but apparently before that they are shooting Burn After Reading which also features Clooney. " [More]
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