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INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (R) The Coen broth
ers, Joel and Ethan, have made several excep
tional movies in their long career???Miller's
Crossing, Barton Fink, Fargo and No Country for
Old Men. But their latest might just be their
finest. Set mostly in New York City in 1961,
Inside Llewyn Davis focuses on a struggling
folk musician, played by Oscar Isaac, trying
to make it in the flourishing music scene
of hip Greenwich Village coffee houses and
nightclubs. Llewyn is not a performer without
talent. He's able to
land plentiful live gigs
and the occasional
recording session, but
he's perpetually broke
and relying on the
frustrated good graces
of rich Upper West Side
friends, the Gorfeins
(Ethan Phillips and
Robin Bartlett), and
a spurned lover and
fellow musician, Jean
(Carey Mulligan), to help nudge him through
life. And that's the crux of Llewyn's dilemma:
He's not the master of his own destiny. He's
adrift in his own existence and floundering.
The Coens have long offered up male pro
tagonists on the skids. Llewyn may be their
most complex and troubling character yet,
though he is always brutally recognizable
and sympathetic. But he's also frustrating in
how he deals with other people and selfish
to those who love him the most. For an artist
who trades in heartfelt songs about emotions
and real human connections, Llewyn is one
tone-deaf dolt. Llewyn's interactions with
Jean are painfully awkward and insensitive,
as are his engagements with several strang
ers and acquaintances. His forced relationship
with the Gorfeins' cat, however, highlights
his underlying sensitivity. Isaac delivers one
of the most understated and affecting perfor
mances of the year, displaying a brutal, subtle
disregard in his eyes at one moment, yet
revealing increments of
pain, bewilderment and
frustration in his facial
expressions the next.
This is a master
fully realized movie,
entirely character-
driven, though always
dramatically engaging
and emotionally rich.
The Coens' penchant
for dark humor and
absurdity is still ever
present, though Llewyn's sometimes painful
journey is never chronicled without warmth,
despite the movie's wintry look. It's also one
of the finest, most perceptive movies about
artistic failure ever made. What happens to
the performer good enough to draw a crowd,
but not great enough to become Bob Dylan?
In a year of great movies, this is my pick for
best of 2013.
Derek Hill
Oscar Isaac
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