“Coen Brothers’ movies aren’t meant for those who use terms like “cartoon” or “comic book” contemptuously. The Coens are lowbrows with big ideas, intellectuals who are suckers for a cheap gag, deviant pranksters who blend high and low culture without discrimination. The result onscreen is a mutated alloy of playful pastiche and self-reflexive non-sequiturs. Whether you want to write off their work as absurdist riffs on stale conventions, self-conscious condescension, or smug simulacra, the Coens warp time and space in their movies, generating something altogether new through smart ass cinematic alchemy. Engaging with their films is a crash course in ridiculous metaphysics.”
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/141360646142
