If you enjoy Homer as much as I do, please check out my video on Troy, another adaptation of his other major work, The Iliad, here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nHaKlqmsprPOf8o.html

@scottfay3553

2 жыл бұрын

what a disgrace. This had nothing to do with race. Your a racist for men thinking it.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time.

@oc99crazy

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@Superbikeman33

2 жыл бұрын

Me 3!

@dylanalbuquerque4854

2 жыл бұрын

Facts I love this movie

@elirave4027

2 жыл бұрын

It has to be one of the best movies ever made. It's just way to damn good. Has to be at least top 100. It's in my top 10 anyway.

@jaymorgan8013

2 жыл бұрын

All their films are great.

I’d also like to point out George Nelson shooting the cattle could also be a reference to sun god Helios and his cattle . In the odyssey his men eat Helios cattle and in anger Helios demands revenge from Zeus and in return he kills the remaining men with a thunder bolt. In oh brother where art thou George is on his way to the electric chair and a cow can be seen in the group

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes definitely.. didn't notice that about the chair! I'll have to check

@youllneverknow_123

Ай бұрын

Jupiter and Helios for Roman mythology Zeus and Apollo for Greek mythology

I would like to add the sheriff pursuing them seems to be the movies version of Poseidon who made odysseys journey home as long and painful as it could be

@scarlettboone469

2 жыл бұрын

Ffmppq.

11:10 they way Big Dan Teague knows who they are is made pretty obvious in the movie. First he notices them tripping and marching out of step but doesn’t say anything, then when they walk past Big Dan sniffs and catches a strong scent….it’s Everett’s Dapper Dan Pomade, mentioned by other characters to be very pungent spelling and shown as the method the Devil / Sheriff and his hound use to track the boys down over and over again. Everett’s obsession with Dapper Dan and his hair are a pretty obvious reference to his vanity getting them in trouble over and over again….and all the cans floating in the water after the dam is opened and the valley floods aren’t out there without reason either.

“all of the singing” i think is more of a modern adaptation of how epic poetry was treated in the times of homer. these poems weren’t just read, they were chanted, sung, performed, and included accompanying music.

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely... I just figured it was an interesting connection. The aspect you allude to is probably even more important, or more of a motivation to include it.

The Coen brothers primary writing / directing style is irony. Although Oh Brother is frequently paralleled to The Odyssey it's also filled with almost countless ironies - a standard of the Coens.

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

that's certainly true!

@dnbjedi

3 ай бұрын

I'm grateful to have this film from them. I find most of their other work a bit quirky and funny--- but this film felt like a spiritual transformation.

This movie is probably one of the ones that need to be given rewards, the acting is golden and the depiction of the timeline is amazing

When I was a kid I watched this movie every single night to go to bed, up until the vhs tape got worn out. Such a fun story, such charming characters. I’m a diagnosed *** that’s why i was so into it, but it was my childhood!

@GTMSGAMES

Ай бұрын

Same

Lmao that ended abruptly

Considering the Coen brothers admitted they never actually read The Odyssey, they included more of the obvious references but weren't aware of the allusions mentioned. I think the narrator has done a good job of finding references to Homer's epic, but they were not intentional on the Coens' part. And yes, the last segment about color, racism, and lack of black representation has nothing to do with this film. The references to "colored folks" and KKK was to illustrate the irony that during the depression era 20's, segregation was not a priority to most people--they had more serious woes to deal with. Those who were preoccupied with "inclusion and dilution of culture and heritage" (like homer stokes) were cartoonish. Even the KKK can be heard chanting "eenie, meenie, miney mo." Look at how the townsfolk favored Pappy based on their favorite band and could care less who supported ethnic purity. Even Pappy says "don't look like they mind integration."

Just watched this video essay straight after watching the film and loved it. Thank you for helping breakdown the similarities between this and The Odyssey. One small thing: Tommy in the film is actually based on the real blues player Tommy Johnson, who had the same 'devil at the crossroads' folklore as Robert Johnson (no relation, just coincidence). The two often get jumbled up for obvious reasons!

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

my pleasure! thanks for the input - didn't know that :)

I just watched this movie last week with some friends of mine. The scene in which the clan marches in cross formation to burn Tommy, was so intense my heart was literally racing and my blood was boiling. And when the Marshall was trying to hang Peet, I felt for him.

Those sirens are so hot, They can sing and feed me corn liquor all they want as long as they leave the witchy business at the river shore, being a frog is not on my bucket list but a raven or crow maybe I’d be ok with

Excellent analysis! This, and The Wizard of Oz are probably my two favorite movies ever. OBWAT is also highly inspired by that iconic movie as well. And… how about that Rango! I’ve watched all three of them many times, way more than any other movies. I guess it’s those three than.

This is a very interesting video. Hope to see more of your work

@CinemaAutopsy

3 жыл бұрын

Should be another video out next week :)

When they wear the beards in disguise it’s like Odysseus dressed as a beggar

Thank you, again, for your insightful analysis. My mother absolutely loved this movie and I have grown to like it. Yours is the first analysis I have seen and understood about the links between O Brother... and the Odyssey. Thanks.

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Your mother had good taste :)

@suumcuique4530

2 жыл бұрын

my mom recommended me the movie as well :)

really wonderful analysis here. I expected you to have 10x the number of subs you do!

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mister!

Piggly Wiggly is a super market

@CinemaAutopsy

3 жыл бұрын

oops! didn't know that! assumed it was slang for piglet. thanks for correcting me.

@adamrogowski2748

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking he meant that he killed a cop.

0:02 - Why? Because it is the greatest story ever composed. - Ever?! - Yes, ever.

Love this analysis and you did a great job putting this vid together. The editing, writing, music and vibe were on point. I rewatched this movie after seeing this and your point holds weight. But u left out the white devil line from the crossroads! I think that also helped your argument and the symbolism. Great job overall tho

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much !

We watched this movie in 9th grade literature class after we read The Odyssey

really interesting analysis!

I feel like they only had the underlying elements so that the movie would get more attention in the long run.

Amazing analysis! I watched the movie when I was 14 or 15 ... but somehow I stumbled upon the siren scene here on KZread and only then I realised the Odyssey theme behind the movie. Now I have a lot more appreciation for the movie, this takes it to a deeper level with more symbolism. Have to rewatch it sometime. Only thing bothering me with this video: Why did you call the Odyssey a poem and not an epic?

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. It's both a poem and an epic. It's written in hexameter. :)

Very good, some things I didn't notice or think of.

I appreciate this, damn the Coen bpoys are geniouses. This is also the most souhtern movie eve.

“O Brother Where Art Thou” is one of my favorite movies. There is so much to delve into, both in regards to the Odyssey and in regards to the history of the American south. Somehow this video still feels soulless and out of touch with both.

@CinemaAutopsy

Жыл бұрын

Feel free to elaborate, otherwise we have no idea what you mean.

Great video!

This is an interesting 🤔 take on one of my favorite movies 🎬!

I enjoyed your through breakdown. Thanks.

@CinemaAutopsy

17 күн бұрын

My pleasure !

i don’t agree with your analysis, but it is well constructed and absolutely plausible- great vid

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ye!

Very well thought through. More than most anyway

Interesting ideas :o

Beautiful

one of the best movies ever made along with the big Lebowski cause they peed on the dude's rug and that rug really tied the room together did it not?

good video, thank you!

Dang nice take dude. Thank you

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching !

Nice vid👌

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Amazing

I hate how your video ended..

i enjoyed that thank you

this is my favorite movie

Very Good!... #56 ✝ {5-13-2022}

This is a great interpretation, thanks

The song is called "Man of Constant Sorrow"

Have some gopher? ;)

Thumbs down... I am so done with the racist finger pointing. Or even talking about it. If you want to talk or think about racism then you guys can. I got better things to listen to than this crap.

@CinemaAutopsy

13 күн бұрын

bye

Oh shaduppa yur face

I would not listen to Spike Lee he is a bit of a race-baiter even though l love his work, I don't take his words to heart at all.

@anarcho-communist11

Жыл бұрын

He's pretty racist and silly. I don't know how he wrote anything clearly.

That is not what the point of the movie was and at no point did it allude to them empathizing with those who have suffered in the Jim Crow south - like that’s just not it

You don't have a clue of what's this movie is about. But that lying devil you got do. This movie is soo deep in the spirit. It is about the salvation of three men who belong to God. Soo afflicted and bound up with chains binds and ties. And the one thing GOD requires for them to do to get them out of their affliction is to cry out and ask GOD to forgive them for their sin. And to save them. It is about how God miraculously saved three afflicted men whose lives is so messed up that there is no one to help them now. Lost wife and children. No money, no job prospect. Breaking out of jail and no hope of getting their life back together......

Was that a crossroads reference?

You know. Some people can make Mary Poppins about race and inequality. And they make me sick. Just like you did on this pitiful narrated ill scripted critique.

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your illness! If you have an alternate theory as to why they were the only whites among the black prisoners, why the KKK members mistake them for black people, why there are blacks who ready their graves, why they camouflage themselves as blacks, why they lie about being black when recording the music, and why the Coens chose to use the Odyssey (which is filled with cases of mistaken identities), then I'd love to hear it.

Get over yourself

I think your full of Woke BS as far as your racism analogies. But like all good art the truth is in the eye of the beholder. It is a wonderful film

@CinemaAutopsy

2 жыл бұрын

do you have any actual counterarguments or just feelings?

@zerinlucas5261

2 жыл бұрын

@@CinemaAutopsy he did not, in fact, have a counterargument

@zerinlucas5261

2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of cases where “woke pandering” ruined a film. This is not one of those cases. Nearly everything the Coen brothers do in this movie is done on purpose. If that analogy can be drawn, then it was likely meant to be there. Please have a more open mind when talking about these topics.

@josephhellstern949

2 жыл бұрын

@@CinemaAutopsy you veer off at about 13 minutes in when you start laying on the SJW ********. As I said art is in the eye of the beholder if this is what it brings out to you I am not the person to tell you it's not there. Just as you are not the person to tell me what I see in either the odyssey or oh brother where art thou . Which is one of my favorite films. The movie is based in the Jim Crow South and accurately represents the treatment of both poor white people and black people.

@josephhellstern949

2 жыл бұрын

@@zerinlucas5261 I do not think the movie is woke. Just the review...