From our friend and colleague Michael Patterson, on the Telluride front lines...
Telluride Day Three…
I opened the day with a fantastic tribute to the Coen Brothers and their collaboration with TBone Burnett. As a “pre-show” we were treated to a mini-concert from “The Americans”. Their banjo/guitar, stand-up bass performance set the tone perfectly for the program to follow.
The tribute featured the four films that the threesome have worked on together: “The Big Lebowski”, “The Ladykillers”, “O Brother Where Art Thou?” and the upcoming “Inside Llewyn Davis”. Scott Foundas of Variety led the Q&A that followed the clip presentation. As you might expect with three geniuses, the discussion was lively, thought-provoking and often funny. My favorite couple of moments: the Coens revealed they’re working on a script about an Opera singer and they want to make a film that has an overture and an intermission. Additionally, Joel described their movie making genesis and what they do now the same way, “We’re just f*#@ing around”. Loved it.
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