Ethan Coen

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q13595531: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Blood Simple (1984); Miller's Crossing (1990); Fargo (1996); No Country for Old Men (2007); Untitled Ethan Coen lesbian road-trip comedy. Count them as writer (3 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Cormac McCarthy: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through No Country for Old Men (2007), which they directed: Cormac McCarthy ⇒ No Country for Old Men (the host's read). The film adapts McCarthy's 2005 novel and the Coens refused to water it down.
    “You can tell the cones were determined not to water down McCarthy's book.”
    The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:07:47 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Dashiell Hammett: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Miller's Crossing (1990), which they directed: Dashiell Hammett ⇒ Miller's Crossing (the host's read). The film is a take on 1930s-40s fast-talking noir rooted in Hammett.
    “unique take on, you know, 1930s and 40s fast talking noir movies, very much rooted in national Hammett”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Fargo (1996), which they directed: Fargo ⇒ Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco) (the host's read). An NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco as Marge aired years later; the Coens were not involved.
    “There was like an NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco playing Marge Gunderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:10:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014): 1 line

  1. unmapped (false true story) · through Fargo (1996), which they directed: Fargo ⇒ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (the host's read). Kumiko is a movie about someone who believed Fargo's 'based on a true story' card and went looking for the money.
    “is a movie based on an Irvin legend about someone believing that Fargo was true and looking for the bag of money.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Fargo (1996), which they directed: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

Writing (3) everyone in writing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ethan Coen: Ethan said he never consciously directed an actor, and that directing is about tone management, which Griffin sees as Fargo's essence.
    “directing is about tone management.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:32:35 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)