AAA Movie review: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), French-American Musical Comedy Movie

"Inside Llewyn Davis" is a music-themed film, which is written and directed by the Coen brothers. The film uses a special loopback structure to record the story of a failed musician in the 1960s. The film itself is like a prose, like poetry, like the gasping of the literary youth who have spent countless nights. The film's full soundtrack is extremely classic, and the protagonist opens his mouth and instantly attracts people to his music world. The basic shades of dark green and the appropriate soft light contrast each other, letting the director unconsciously come to the early morning of chaos, lazy afternoon, and the early hours of the street. This is the "Inside Llewyn Davis", which is the only thing you have to do. Some people say, "If there is a song, he will never be a new song, and he will not grow old. Then he is a folk song." The film tells the story of such a fallen folk singer. The story happened in the United States in the 1960s. Llewyn is an unknown folk singer. He is homeless and has no fixed job. He relies on the relief of his friends to find a place to stay. However, despite being in a dilemma, the stubborn Llewyn was reluctant to make reluctant changes in response to the public's preferences.

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For this reason, his relationship with Jean and Jim, who had been with him for many years, fell to the freezing point. What makes Llewyn feel annoyed is that Jean’s belly is actually pregnant with her own children. Later, Llewyn went to Chicago to try to find a job, but was rejected after the interview. After that, he returned to Greenwich Village and returned to the part-time tavern to work. Llewyn experienced a lot, but it seems that nothing has happened, ending the story in the song. The film "Inside Llewyn Davis" did not disappoint those who loved the Coen brothers. On the contrary, the film was full of strong Coen brothers style. The Coen brothers were the leaders of American independent films and new dark movies, and the photographic style was free in Hollywood mainstream style. At the edge, the film shows very few positive and negative switching shots, but a lot of long-range focusing to show the loneliness of the characters and the desolateness of the scene. The Coen brothers pay great attention to the application of lens language in photographic composition and character expression.

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Therefore, a large number of light green soft lights with consistent color tone appear in the film to show the rich memory texture of the film. As a folk music genre film, many songs in the movie have been popularized by the literary youth after the film was released, and sold independently as an album. The sound and picture are synchronized and harmonious, so that even if the whole film is closed with closed eyes or the mind is empty, it will feel comfortable at the end. This is the most affectionate guidance of the Coen brothers. The things that the "Inside Llewyn Davis" want to say actually did not explain at the beginning, but when the film finally ended, you discovered that the film did not want to say anything at all. The protagonist pursues the dream of music, begins his journey of creation from home, countless impoverished streets, sings and sings in the tavern, and borrows from the host's cat. The director tells the story of Llewyn's journey for art in a linear narrative. This folk singer walked around and finally returned to the original point. He still stumbles and is still chic. He still has no income but sticks to his own art. Because he does not compromise, he is in vain.

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This journey that seems to be walking in the field is actually Llewyn. He is not only a folk singer, but his life is more like a prose poem. He is arrogant and free to release. We all love this kind of life, because what he does is something that we can't and have no courage to do. The Coen brothers opened the whole article with music, and ended the whole article in the sound of music. A past sixties passed, and the surface was remembered in an era, reflecting the silent chasing of one batch after another in the reincarnation. No matter whether we finally achieve what we want, it doesn't matter. What matters is that we have no regrets about what we have done for ourselves. Llewyn teaches us not only to face the flow of life, but also to the free and unrestrained life of countless literary youths, but we can't afford to lose. Llewyn has to bear for us, and it was discovered that Levien was a loser. The director was actually talking about the folklore singer’s lost life. It was a big mistake. The Coen brothers, as Hollywood’s maverick stylized director, were on the road of pursuing art. There must be doubts and denials, so Llewyn is largely responsible for the pursuit of life that the director is eager for.

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Movie URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/86829-inside-llewyn-davis?language=en-US
Critic: AAA