The Coen brothers’ anti-heroes are an endearing cast
The Coen brothers love losers. Film after film, their cinema is the embodiment of a colourful anti-heroes gallery, with a special affinity for moronic criminals. The directors enjoy throwing them into absurdity using an unstoppable comic energy which first of all endears them to us.
Mediocre, confused, clumsy, and sometimes terrifying—as Anton Chigurh can be in No Country for Old Men—the Coen brothers’ characters, canonised in various scenes which have now acquired cult status for film lovers, are above all unforgettable.
To perform them, Joel and Ethan Coen have played a loyalty card since the beginning, which has contributed to the identity of their work as well as to our enjoyment in regularly seeing their films starring names such as Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, John Goodman, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand alongside, more rarely, names such as Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, John Malkovitch, Nicolas Cage, Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton…
