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re: o brother, where art thou
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:00 am to Stonehog
Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:00 am to Stonehog
quote:The entire storyline (man has been gone for a long time, returns home, finds other men courting his wife). Individual scenes include:
Just one example, there are several
The cyclops/John Goodman's character
The sirens/women washing at the river
The lotus eaters/the baptism scene
The blind prophet/the blind hobo that fortells the journey
Names:
Clooney's character is named Ulysses (the Latin form of Odysseus
His wife's name is Penny (short form of Penelope)
Pappy McDaniel's first name is Menelaus
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Posted on 3/25/12 at 7:05 am to PJinAtl
Nice, I love modern adaptations of old stories. There's a good movie called Scotland, PA that is set in the disco era but it's based on Macbeth. Thought about starting a thread on it but I'm a Movie Board noob.
Posted on 3/25/12 at 10:00 am to PJinAtl
quote:
o brother, where art thou quote: Just one example, there are several The entire storyline (man has been gone for a long time, returns home, finds other men courting his wife). Individual scenes include: The cyclops/John Goodman's character The sirens/women washing at the river The lotus eaters/the baptism scene The blind prophet/the blind hobo that fortells the journey Names: Clooney's character is named Ulysses (the Latin form of Odysseus His wife's name is Penny (short form of Penelope) Pappy McDaniel's first name is Menelaus
Yep. It is pretty remarkable the depth the movie has.
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