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Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap (Post 2171477)

I vote for truly strange. My friends raved about the movie when it first came out, I rented it when it came out. I didn't get the rave reviews.

It came out in 2000 and I did not hear much about it. :confused: The soundtrack sold millions and there were Emmys and Grammys associated with this movie.

Strange indeed.

If you know The Odyssey, it helps a little. Not a tremendous amount, but a little.

I read the movie theme and it said there are references to The Odyssey. I apparently do not know The Odyssey as much as I thought I did.

The one good thing is that the man was not really turned into a toad. The movie is 5% less strange now.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2171474)

SHAME.

Am I the only one who does not know what the hell is going on in "O Brother, Where Art Thou" starring George Clooney. I am watching it on Bravo and either GC is that distracting or this movie truly is strange.

It's loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey. If I hadn't been forced to read that at some point in my edjumacation, I never would have connected the dots. Got about 1/3 of the way through the movie before I had the AHA! moment.

All in all, it's a movie I watched once, and that was enough. I don't like Gillian Welch. But I love Ralph Stanley.

ETA: the cyclops was what cracked me up.
ETA2: jinx!

I used to teach the Odyssey to freshmen and I still didn't like O Brother. My English teacher friends shake their heads at me...not an O Brother fan, but I loved Clueless (loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma) and 10 Things I Hate About You (loosely based on Taming of the Shrew). :-)

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Originally Posted by AzTheta (Post 2171491)

The Ku Klux Klan dance meeting was hilarious.

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Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap (Post 2171502)

I used to teach the Odyssey to freshmen and I still didn't like O Brother. My English teacher friends shake their heads at me...not an O Brother fan, but I loved Clueless (loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma) and 10 Things I Hate About You (loosely based on Taming of the Shrew). :-)

I learn something new on GC. :D

I didn't like the movie, but I did enjoy the soundtrack.

Its a Cohen Brother movie....what did you expect....they are always strange!

And I thought Clueless and 10 things was obvious in its homage, but then again, I have just be proven wrong

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Originally Posted by AzTheta (Post 2171491)

Filmed in Mississippi and set in Mississippi makes it special to me. The prison . . . was Parchman Penitentiary (still exists.) The dam and the flood . . . happened during the era when the TVA dams were created to control flood waters. There are whole drowned communities. The politicians . . . very like our historical ones during that time period. The three prison escapees remind me of the Three Stooges. Most Southerners I know really love "O'Brother Where Art Thou." Did you catch that the main character was imprisoned for practicing law without a license? Bonafide!

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2171506)

The Ku Klux Klan dance meeting was hilarious.

Yes it is and the Cyclops has dual meaning there. Love me some John Goodman. He is just wonderful.

O Brother is one of my favorite movies.