I love O Brother Where Art Thou and I think it’s a great rework, but it’s firmly tongue all the way through cheek partly due to the fact that the Coen’s had never actually read The Odyssey and decided to write the script based on what they’d garnered through cultural osmosis mostly.
I absolutely agree. It’s chock full of pathos as well as being wonderfully silly. I think it’s really interesting to remake a story - which is often considered a sort of blueprint for almost all storytelling since - that you haven’t actually read but instinctively know lots of bits of thanks to it’s influence.
I love O Brother Where Art Thou and I think it’s a great rework, but it’s firmly tongue all the way through cheek partly due to the fact that the Coen’s had never actually read The Odyssey and decided to write the script based on what they’d garnered through cultural osmosis mostly.
It has sincerity in its tone, it takes the pain and dilemmas of its characters seriously. It’s not a total farce.
I absolutely agree. It’s chock full of pathos as well as being wonderfully silly. I think it’s really interesting to remake a story - which is often considered a sort of blueprint for almost all storytelling since - that you haven’t actually read but instinctively know lots of bits of thanks to it’s influence.