O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Quick movie recommendation. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is an older movie by the Coen brothers (made in 2000) but we only got around to watching it last night.
Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression it’s a comedic travel/adventure movie in the vein of Homer’s Odyssey, on which it is very loosely based. George Clooney is the central character, but he basically plays himself, like he does in pretty much all of his movies – it’s just a 1930s version of Clooney. Fortunately I like George Clooney so it’s not a bad thing (another guy who always plays the same basic character is Hugh Grant). Anyway it’s a funny, fast paced movie with a very interesting cultural backdrop. And the Grammy winning soundtrack is brilliant – well if you like blugrass you’ll appreciate it. I’m in a bit of a bluegrass phase at the moment so it was right up my alley – in fact that’s why I decided to watch the movie.
Well worth checking out if you haven’t seen it before and are in the mood for something a little different.
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