The Coens are probably my favorite filmmakers, with True Grit being my favorite of theirs. It has an amazing cast, sublime landscapes, and an incredible revenge/coming-of-age narrative in which all the characters have believable motivations and clever dialogue.

It’s hard to pick, but what do you think?

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    9 days ago

    As the director of their own work:

    True Grit and it is a really hard choice.

    As the writer of someone else’s work:

    A Bridge of Spies (Spielberg)

    As a producer of someone else’s work:

    Bad Santa

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      9 days ago

      Oh, I’ve never seen Bridge of Spies or Bad Santa. I’ll have to change that.

      I absolutely loved Joel Coen’s Macbeth though, if we’re talking other writers.

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        9 days ago

        Oh man, the hard part about picking my favorite Coen Brother movie iis today it is True Grit, tomorrow it is Fargo, the next day it is No Country For Old Men.

        Those two are two of the greatest.