I know four of these. Gotta look up Barton Fink now to check it out. Personally I liked Raising Arizona better than Fargo but that is likely because I was born to near the story :) "Paint your Wagon" has always been one of my favorite, weird comedies.
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barton fink is one weird flick. it's a joel coen film,so that kinda shows what direction it's heading. it's a period flick with an excellent cast. I would define it as odd meets bizzare.
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who has been in custody since her arrest last March, is serving a two-year sentence handed down after the band staged an irreverent protest against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s main cathedral...
Top 5: Fargo; True Grit; No Country for Old Men; O Brother; Barton Fink.
I know four of these. Gotta look up Barton Fink now to check it out. Personally I liked Raising Arizona better than Fargo but that is likely because I was born to near the story :) "Paint your Wagon" has always been one of my favorite, weird comedies.
J aime tres beaucoup ca ! Ca me rappelle le film et surtout, je suis fan de Blegrass ! Encore et merci ! I like that very much, it remembers me the movie, and almost i'm a Bluegrass's fan. Again and thanx ! Mick.
You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the fortune you seek. But first...first you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. You shall see things wonderful to tell. You shall see a...a cow...on the roof of a cotton house. Ha. And, oh, so many startlements. I cannot tell you how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind—yea, your hearts grow weary—still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation
I thought i recognized Dan Tyminsky here, he's also the frontman of Union Station, the band that often plays with Allison Kraus. Dan is one talented bluegrass musician!
I came to see if anybody else knew about him. Well done! I didn't until a few weeks ago when I saw Alison Krauss & Union Station. An awesome show and when he opened his mouth I said "he sure sounds like the Soggy Bottom dude". Alison helpfully confirmed that soon after and they sang "Constant Sorrow". So much fun!
Being on the 'wrong' side of the Pond, I'd never heard of bluegrass music until I watched this film, and it opened up a whole new genre for me. Previously I thought that there was only 'country' and folk music in the US. Great film too - a real hoot :o)
I'm not sure I'd want a 'soggy bottom', though. Rather reminds me of a village in West Yorkshire, out of Heptonstall, called Slack Bottom
My wife refers to my family as "hill folk", which is not far from accurate.
In this context, Bottom is used to denote a low geographic location that would generally be in a valley or any place that would be closer to sea level than the majority of the rest of the region. Gravity, being the bitch that she is, would draw excess moisture into the "bottoms", thus making them generally more damp than the surrounding countryside.
Soggy Bottom would be a place, much like Haga Ridge (which is inexplicably pronounced "Hagie" by my fellow hill folk) and "Two Mile."
I'm a Dapper Dan man, myself. BTW - soggy bottom refers to flood plains where the poor - former slaves, sharecroppers often had to live. The state of Mississippi was not so enlightened...
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