Y'know, for kids... (Hudsucker again)

[Libby]

I too enjoy the Cohen Bros. movies -
Raising Arizona, Big Lebowski, Oh Brother Where Art Thou etc.
Anymore big fans?

[Cullen]

I don't know about being a big fan, but I did like two of the three films you listed (I haven't seen The Big Lebowski yet)

[jmc]

I've liked most of their films--didn't like BARTON FINK much.  They're some of the few people out there whose movies I will immediately go see without caring what the movie is about or who's in it.

[Lee]

Love The Coen Brothers!! The Big Lebowski and Oh, Brother Where Art Thou are great flicks. As are:Fargo, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, and The Man Who Wasn't There. Hope tom see Blood Simple soon.

[Vermin Boy]

I just recently started getting into them, but they're great; My favorites are The Big Lebowski and Barton Fink. Oh, yeah, and I HIGHLY recommend the commentary track on the Blood Simple DVD; the whole thing is a Coen-scripted takeoff on "film historian" tracks, and it's one of the funniest things I've heard in a long while (The "historian" describes, among other things, a deleted subplot in which the private eye is the son of Bulgarian dictator Todor Zipkopf (sp?), and that the lead roles were written for Fred Astaire and Rosemary Clooney)

[peter johnson]

I think the Coens are simply amazing, with a great understanding of cinema & history & literature per se.
I also enjoyed Fargo & O, Brother, Where Art Thou & am damn glad that they were big hits, as it shows the general public CAN digest & approve of genuinely strange movies if given the chance.  I believe the Coen's films paved the way for mainstream acceptance & approval of a film as strange as Memento.
I got to do a radio show with one of their stock players, John Goodman.  Sadly, didn't get a chance to talk Coens with him, though, as we were too busy talking about modern radio & old-time radio drama.
"You know -- for kids!"  is one of my wife's & my stock phrases for when we see people not getting something that at least one person in the group gets implicitly, eg. eccentric sports, etc.  We also use the "Fetch me a toddler!!" line from Raising Arizona when we're not getting things our way.
peter j.