Personal Look at the 1960's New York Folk Scene
Joel and Ethan Coen are among the quirkiest of mainstream filmmakers. Their films often hit just the right note of bizarreness to offer  richly textured characters and oddball plots. They definitely march to their own drummer and have, for years, defied traditional thinking about what a feature film should be.<br /><br />"Inside Llewyn Davis" is their latest film, which takes place in 1961 and focuses on the Greenwich Village folk music revival that was at its peak before Bob Dylan entered the scene and shook up traditional folk with a new sound, blending blues, folk and rock.<br /><br />Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is thoroughly embedded in that scene. We meet him after a partnership has broken up due to tragedy and he's been forced to go it as a solo. But things arent going that well. He has no permanent home, crashing for days at a time here and there, with any kind soul who has an empty couch to offer. His frequent gigs at the Gaslight Cafe have failed to draw critical attention, his solo album is selling poorly, he's gotten Jean (Carey Mulligan), the wife of a friend, pregnant, he has no coat, and he's responsible for letting the pet cat of one of his hosts escape. Life looks bleak.<br /><br />Llewyn seems locked into a routine that only offers him disappointment, disillusionment, and stagnation. It's as if life is dragging him into an ever-widening abyss.<br /><br />The Coens are not the types to present a completely depressing film, so it is filled with interesting little episodes, colorful characters, and vignettes that capture an early 60's vibe. Folk music was sometimes rooted in man's struggles, but could be woefully pretentious as well. Llewyn is serious about his music, but makes a lot of decisions that stunt his career.<br /><br />When he gets a studio gig as second guitarist accompanying friend Jim (Justin Timberlake), it's for a dopey novelty song filled with topical references called "Please Mr. Kennedy," as far from folk music as you can get, but with an insistent beat and funny lyrics that make it the kind of song that just might become a hit. Llewyn looks on this not as a tremendous opportunity, but as a chance to pick up some quick bucks. Labeling Llewyn self-destructive may be too easy. He's more complex than that, and it's that complexity that draws us in.<br /><br />One of his biggest problems is connecting with an audience. He doesn't have boyish good looks or on-stage charm. A fellow who crosses his path, Troy Nelson (Stark Sands), is a marked contrast to Llewyn -- self-effacing, handsome, and talented. Llewyn watches opportunities pass him by as others succeed, failing to look within himself to discover the cause.<br /><br />Mr. Isaac, a graduate of New York City's Juilliard School, performs all his own songs and handles the dramatic scenes effectively despite a fairly skimpy acting resume. His performance incorporates arrogance, anger, frustration, disdain, bitterness, and resignation.<br /><br />Often in movies, music is heard in pieces rather than as a whole, so that dialogue can be interspersed and pace kept brisk. "Inside Llewyn Davis" departs from that convention by allowing full songs to be performed. And it's during these performances that we see that Llewyn has real talent and that he could be successful were it not for his ability to disrupt his own life and the lives of those with whom he comes in contact. So his tragic flaw, if you will, is his own onerynees.<br /><br />The movie is akin to a day in the life of Llewyn Davis, though the events depicted cover a greater time span. The Coens present an assortment of characters who interact with Llewyn in different ways, ranging from the vituperative venom pouring from Jean's mouth to the painfully candid assessment of his singing by record promoter Bud Grossman (F. Murray Abraham) to a rambling tirade by jazz musician Roland Turner (John Goodman).<br /><br />Rated R, "Inside Llewyn Davis" is a character study of a not very enviable person. Mr. Isaac manages to have us care about Llewyn as the Coen Brothers magnify his unremarkable life for the cameras, enlivening a 50-year-old era vividly.<br /><br />Both the Blu-ray and DVD editions contain the behind-the-scenes featurette, "Inside Inside Llewyn Davis," containing interviews with Oscar Isaac, Joan Baez, Patti Smith, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, and Joel and Ethan Coen.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : An aspiring singer-songwriter navigates the 1960s folk-music scene in New York City's Greenwich Village..