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Film director

Ethan Coen, born on September 21, 1957, is a renowned film director. He, along with his brother Joel Coen, founded the Coen Brothers film company, and their films, characterized by their unique brand of black humor and profound social insight, have won widespread acclaim worldwide.

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“It's just an impulse, in some actors. You want to make the audience like you. That's the aim of the exercise.”

Want Actors Audience Like You Exercise Aim Impulse

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“You don't cast the animal, per se. You have an animal trainer who looks for several of them. That is a different experience than dealing with actors. That is just difficult. It is what you expect from an animal on the set. You just run a lot of film and prompt it to do the right thing, but sit through it doing all the wrong things first. It's just unbelievably boring, frustrating and painstaking to shoot.”

Firsts Looks Different Running Film Actors Difficult Animal Casts Boring Right Thing Frustrating Wrong Things Trainers Prompts Different Experiences

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“We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.”

Helping Reality Stuff Inspiring Steps Periods Everyday Boring Filmmaker Movie

Book:The Coen Brothers: Interviews

Source: The Coen Brothers: Interviews

“There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?”

Knows Reason Song Pieces Reason Why

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“Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.”

Different Reason Together Opportunity Design Ambition You Choose Fortuitous

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“I was always interested in movies the way everyone is interested. That is, I liked to go to the movies”

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“The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities.”

Mountain Music Is Everyday Hiking Compelling Everyday Life

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“Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.”

Ifs Book Bigs Reading Cutting Criticism Hollywood Critics Release Perceive Cheaper Kinder Books And Reading

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“When the movie's done, you talk about either the score or source music over a particular scene, what might work. You just throw a piece of music over the scene, and we both listen to it.”

Done Might Pieces Particular Source Scene Score

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“Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.”

Writing Kind Sometimes Frustrating Good Day

Author:Ethan Coen

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Born: September 21, 1957
Known for: Film director
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