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The Man Who Wasn′t There

Open Cinema

Suspense/Mystery · Politics/Conspiracy · Psychology

CountryUnited States
Production Year2001
Running Time116min
Format35mm
ColorB&W

Program Note

Shot in black and white, <b>The Man Who Wasn′t There</b> is an edgy film noir from the Minnesota-based Coen brothers. Set in a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, the film is about a humble barber Ed who suspects his wife, Doris, of having an affair with her boss. When a jovial stranger breezes into town hinting at the fortune to be made investing in an outlandish sounding new invention, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make him rich and get him some revenge at the same time. When his plan backfires, the story becomes embroiled in murderous plots and ugly consequences.

Director

Joel COEN

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesotam 1954, Joel Coen studied at New York University. Working with his brother Ethan, screenwriter and director Coen began with Blood Simple, their brutal, stylish 1984 debut. Both of them wrote and edited the film for which Joel took directing credit and Ethan took producing credit. Their major films are Raising Arizona(1987), Miller′s Crossing(1990), Barton Fink(1991), The Hudsucker Proxy(1995), Fargo(1996) and O brother, Where Art Thou(2000)

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