Between Fargo (1996) and This Country is Not for Old Men (2007), brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have won four Academy Awards.
Added to these awards are many other awards that culminate in filmmakers, screenwriters and editors that began with the classic Blood for Blood (1984) and include titles such as Arizona Jr. (1997), Story of Gangsters (1990), Burton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), Brothers, Where Are You (2000), Serious Man (2009), Indomitable (2010) and By the Way. Llewyn Davis ”(2013).
But fans got worried after Carter Burwell, a resident composer of their films, suggested that the famous duo’s latest work might be The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), released by Netflix.
After Ethan Cohen, 63, decided to take a break from work on a play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, a new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play with Denzel Washington and Francis McDormand, scheduled for release in the fall, is being performed only by Joel Coen (Francis’s husband), who three years older than her brother.
The “pause” may be constant, but the breakup is peaceful.
“Ethan just didn’t want to make films anymore. Ethan seems to be very happy with what he’s doing and I’m not sure what Joel will do after [Macbeth]”- said Carter Burwell in podcast Score…
The composer has no words of encouragement, despite the fact that he said that the brothers have ready-made “huge” scripts on several shelves that still have to be done.
“I hope they come back to them. I’ve read a few things and they are great. We’re all at an age where we just don’t know … we can all retire. This is a surprisingly unpredictable business, ”he said. added.
