New Arrival Inside Llewyn Davis (#794)

The visionary chroniclers of eccentric Americana Joel and Ethan Coen present one of their greatest creations in Llewyn Davis, a singer barely eking out a living on the peripheries of the flourishing Greenwich Village folk scene of the early sixties. As embodied by Oscar Isaac in a revelatory performance, Llewyn (loosely modeled on the Village folk legend Dave Van Ronk) is extraordinarily talented but also irascible, rude, and self-defeating. His circular odyssey through an unforgiving winter cityscape, evocatively captured by cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, is realized with poignant humor and the occasional surreal touch. Featuring a folk soundtrack curated by T Bone Burnett,Inside Llewyn Davisreminds us that in the Coens world, history isnt necessarily written by the winners.

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Film Info

• United States
• 2013
• 104 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #794

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• 4K digital transfer, approved by directors Joel and Ethan Coen, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• New audio commentary featuring authors Robert Christgau, David Hajdu, and Sean Wilentz
• New conversation between filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and the Coen brothers about the evolution of their approach
• Inside Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), a forty-three-minute documentary
• Another Place, Another Time(2014), a 101-minute film documenting anInside Llewyn Davistribute concert, featuring Joan Baez, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Gillian Welch, Jack White, and others
• New conversation between music producer T Bone Burnett and the Coens about folk music, with illustrations by Drew Christie
• New piece about the early sixties Greenwich Village folk scene, featuring music writer and historian Elijah Wald
• Sunday, a short film by Dan Drasin documenting a 1961 clash between folk musicians and police in Washington Square Park
• Trailers
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Kent Jones

  New cover by Telegramme