Coen Brothers

I have seen many of the Coen Brothers films, and I would easily admit that they are my favorite directors/producers of all time. I love the fact that in nearly all their movies, I am always taken aback by some twist or loophole that I would have never expected. A prime example of this is in Burn After Reading, It involves Brad Pitt in a closet. I was never expecting that to happen, and it was very startling. Another example is Llewelyns death in No Country for Old Men. He was the supposed Protagonist, and in 90% of the movies made in hollywood, the protagonist or "good guy" doesn't die. The manner in which they let him die, offscreen by mexicans, not even Chigurh really threw me off when I first saw it. Another device of the Coen's that I like is their way of characterization. It's always done in the first 10 or 15 minutes, which allows us as the viewers time to ponder and pick over the plot while its happening, the absense of characterization from the bulk of the movie really makes the plot stand out and seem more important.